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
Dr Debbie Parnell and Amira Obeid describe an audit of diabetic care.
Dr Debbie Parnell is a GP at the Black Country Practice, Tipton.
Amira Sarah Obeid MSc, BSc (Hons), RGN, RM, RHV, DPS:N (CHS), FETC, Cert FP, Dip CHD, CIDC, was an Advanced Nurse Practitioner, Black Country Practice, Tipton at the time of writing. She currently works as a Nurse Practitioner, Lordswood Surgery, Birmingham. Article accepted for publication: June 2002
Jenny Marsh describes a clinic which was developed to meet the needs of children requiring circumcision for cultural reasons.
Jenny Marsh RGN, DNCert, BA (Hons) is a Community Anticoagulation Nurse, Public Health, De Montfort University, Leicester. Article accepted for publication: November 2002
Sarah-Jane Hughes discusses the importance of good nutrition for optimum wound healing.
Sarah-Jane Hughes BSc (Hons), MSc, PGDip, SRD is a Senior Dietitian, Royal Hospitals Trust, Belfast. Article accepted for publication: December 2002
Sylvie Hampton describes a pilot evaluation of a carbon dressing.
Sylvie Hampton MA, BSc (Hons), DpSN, RGN is a Tissue Viability Consultant, Eastbourne.
Article accepted for publication: September 2002
