Clinical
Nurse-led drug monitoring in the rheumatology clinic
<p>Nurses are increasingly incorporating into their skills areas of care traditionally undertaken by medical colleagues. In rheumatology, nurses have taken responsibility for monitoring disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) and cytotoxic therapy. Phelan et al (1992) found that 86 per cent of rheumatology nurse specialists considered drug monitoring to be part of their role</p>
