You asked who agreed there is no need? - I understood
that the RCN Society of Occupational Health Nursing debated this topic at their
conference a last year and that the consensus was that treatment, and
therefore the prescribing of medicines, was probably not an OHN role. See
Occupational Health journal February 2004 article written by Jan Maw -'Too much
to handle'
Greta Thornbory
Consultant, Occupational Health &
Education
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Subject: Re: prescribing
> Who agreed there is no need? It depends how far you feel
GP's are equipped
> to manage work related skin complaints etc and other
occupationally related
> complaints, and also how closely you are aligned
to infection control and
> primary care. It is my experience that steroids
are often prescribed without
> emolients or any of the occupational
factors considered and that GPs welcome
> our advice and
intervention. The move towards developing nurse roles in
> terms of
first contact care and nurse practitioners really made me think
> about
how we could act more effectively in practice. I think it may be
>
different outside of the NHS setting, and I peronally felt the need to
know
> more clinically about the advice we give as specialist advisors and
enhance
> the outcome for the patient.
>
> Regards
Jeanette
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Greta
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> Sent: 22 October 2004
09:25
> To: [log in to unmask]> Subject: Re:
prescribing
>
>
> Just interested to know what you are
prescribing and in what sort of
> context? I thought it had been agreed by
OH nurses that there was no need
> for OH nurses to prescribe - so I am
really interested to know - are there
> others out there as well who would
be interested to know?
>
> Regards, Greta
>
> Greta
Thornbory
> Consultant, Occupational Health & Education
>
Consultant Editor, OH Journal
> www.gtenterprises-uk.com> Tel: 01235
770156
> Mob: 07778 518 027
>
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>
>
> > I have just completed my extended prescribing course and wonder is
there
> > anyone else out there who is nurse prescribing in
occupational health?
> >
> > Thanks Jeanette
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