Medication issues for nursing older people (part 1)
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Medication issues for nursing older people (part 1)

Lindsay Dingwall Teaching fellow, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Dundee

This article aims to raise awareness about professional responsibility and accountability in medication issues that impact on older people. Nurses must recognise their responsibilities in regard to the safe administration of medicines and challenge poor drug administration practices.

Nursing Older People. 19, 1, 25-29. doi: 10.7748/nop2007.02.19.1.25.c4362

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