ArticlePharmacy (Basel, Switzerland)2020
PRN Medicines Optimization and Nurse Education.
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- Practical Considerations of PRN Medicines Management: An Integrative Systematic Review.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2022Pooled it
- Nurses' Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practice in Relation to Pharmacovigilance and Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting: A Systematic Review.BioMed research international · 2021Pooled it
- Lost in Translation: Interprofessional Variability in Understanding Pro Re Nata (PRN) Prescribing in Geriatric Practice-A Prospective Observational Study.Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- "It's Not Just a System Error": A Qualitative Study of Nurses' Perspectives on Medication Safety in Saudi Hospitals.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Prevalence and types of medication errors in pro re nata medication orders among hospitalized patients: a cross-sectional study.Journal of pharmaceutical health care and sciences · 2025Article
- Assessing self-perceptions related to safe medication management among nursing students: an analytical cross-sectional study in Iran.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- Evaluating the relationship between pain empathy, knowledge and attitudes among nurses in North China: a cross-sectional study.BMC nursing · 2023Article
- As-Needed Prescribing and Administration of Psychotropic Medications in Assisted Living: A 7-State Study.Journal of the American Medical Directors Association · 2022Article
- Ethical Tenets of PRN Medicines Management in Healthcare Settings: A Clinical Perspective.Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Use of Psychotropic "Pro Re Nata" Medications by Patients Attending the Outpatient Clinic in a Hospital: A Qualitative Exploration.Frontiers in medicine · 2021Article
- PRN Medicines Management for Older People with Long-Term Mental Health Disorders in Home Care.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2021Review
- Older Adults Living in Sheltered Housing's Experiences of Involvement in Pro Re Nata Decisions. A Narrative Positioning Analysis.Global qualitative nursing researchArticle
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5 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.
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Abstract
Medicines management is a high-risk and error prone process in healthcare settings, where nurses play an important role to preserve patient safety. In order to create a safe healthcare environment, nurses should recognize challenges that they face in this process, understand factors leading to medication errors, identify errors and systematically address them to prevent their future occurrence. ''Pro re nata'' (PRN, as needed) medicine administration is a relatively neglected area of medicines management in nursing practice, yet has a high potential for medication errors. Currently, the international literature indicates a lack of knowledge of both the competencies required for PRN medicines management and the optimum educational strategies to prepare students for PRN medicines management. To address this deficiency in the literature, the authors have presented a discussion on nurses' roles in medication safety and the significance and purpose of PRN medications, and suggest a model for preparing nursing students in safe PRN medicines management. The discussion takes into account patient participation and nurse competencies required to safeguard PRN medication practice, providing a background for further research on how to improve the safety of PRN medicines management in clinical practice.
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