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I get the feeling this is more of an issue for NHS OH department than elsewhere. I did note that one of the job requirements for the Nurse Consultant post in Stoke on Trent was the posession of ,or willingness to undertake the Nurse Prescibing Course. I know I attended a lecture by Jan Maw at the AOHNP Synposium in 2003 where this was dicussed thouroughly-and I think the general consensus there was that PGDs could cover pretty well everything that most OH nurses needed, and that one would have to learn and maintain expertise about a lot of drugs that one would not be likely to prescibe(except perhaps for personnal use!) I think for many of us ther would be difficulty in having the appropriate medical support while undertaking the training (am I correct in saying that one has ot identify a medic to oversee/asssit during the course) Having said that I would find it quite a challenge and think that employers might perceive it to be of benefit. I would like to hear what was involved and if you found it relvant. My concern is that there would be pressure from management (in the non-nhs sector) to be a mini GP and prescribe for the coughs and colds, to reduce sickness absence..or to reduce absence by reducing the need to visit GP by providing prescriptions for on going treatments. An interesting topic- And with regards to skin .. where i am currently working (a university) we can refer directly to a skin specialist , however I had not considered that we might set up a PGD for skin care products.. With regards to the varicella PGD- try the drug rep- i got a disc last year with a lot of PGDs on, but i am not sure if the was one for varicella... BW Diane _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself with cool new emoticons http://www.msn.co.uk/specials/myemo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please remove this footer before replying. For list archives and documents, go to http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/occ-health.html for list archives For jobs in Occupational Health, go to http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/OHJobs/