In each issue we investigate a hot topic currently affecting you and your community practice. Here, Jason Beckford-Ball looks at some of the challenges that lie ahead in the coming year.
In the first of a series of articles looking at nurse prescribing, Anne Baird plots the recent history of nurse prescribing and the possibilities for the future.
Anne Baird RGN, MA (Nurse Practitioner), Extended Formulary Nurse Prescriber, Nurse Practitioner, Abbey Lane Surgery, Sheffield. Article accepted for publication: February 2003
Diana Warner gives an overview of the theory underpinning nurse prescribing.
Diana Warner BA (Hons), Dip HE, BSc (Hons). Specialist Practitioner District Nursing. Article accepted for publication: August 2004
In her second article Maureen Benbow identifies the need for nurses to be aware of their accountability particularly within the fields of wound healing/management.
Maureen Benbow MSc, BA, RGN, HERC is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Chester.
Article accepted for publication: November 2006
