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Does Pro Re Nata Oral Medication Shorten Outburst Duration in Children?

Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2022
We report a prospective, naturalistic, institutional review board-approved study of 104 children ages 5-12 in a psychiatric hospital, of whom 59 were treated with oral PRN medications per parent/guardian-consent, given at nursing discretion, with physicians informed subsequently, and intramuscular STAT medication and/or seclusion/restraint/holds (S/R/H)
Gabrielle A. Carlson, Lauren Spring, Joseph E. Schwartz   +2 more
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Children’s postoperative pro re nata (PRN) analgesia: Nurses’ administration practices

Contemporary Nurse, 2011
This paper reports a study aimed at exploring the nursing practices associated with the administration of pro re nata (PRN) postoperative analgesia to children, and at gaining a preliminary understanding of the decisions that nurses make about this important intervention.Nurses are responsible for assessing and administering the appropriate medication ...
Smyth, Wendy, Toombes, Janelle, Usher, Kim   +2 more
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Use of Pro Re Nata Medications in Acute Inpatient Care

Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 2008
Objectives: Available evidence suggests that the use of ‘as needed’ (PRN; from the Latin pro re nata: for an occasion that has arisen) medications has remained a standard aspect of treatment in acute inpatient mental health units over a number of years despite lack of evidence from controlled clinical trials.
Jane, Stein-Parbury, Kim, Reid, Narelle, Smith, Diane, Mouhanna, Fiona, Lamont   +4 more
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Scheduled versus Pro Re Nata Dosing in the VIEW Trials

Ophthalmology, 2015
To analyze visual acuity (VA) outcomes before and after preplanned treatment regimen change in the VIEW studies at week 52 (W52).Multiple post hoc analyses for retrospectively defined subgroups in 2 multicenter, multinational, double-masked trials.Two thousand four hundred fifty-seven neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD) patients.Patients
Gisbert, Richard, Jordi, Monés, Sebastian, Wolf, Jean François, Korobelnik, Robyn, Guymer, Michaella, Goldstein, Christiane, Norenberg, Rupert, Sandbrink, Oliver, Zeitz   +8 more
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Non-pharmacological alternatives to pro re nata psychotropic medication [PDF]

Nursing Times, 2021
Pro re nata (as-required) psychotropic medicines are used frequently in mental health settings; however, concerns have been raised over the safety and lack of evidence of effectiveness of this practice. A mental health trust conducted a survey exploring the non-pharmacological interventions used by nurses to support agitated service users.
Pickup, Jaclyn, Price, Owen
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Pro Re Nata Medication for Psychiatric Inpatients: Time to Act

Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 2008
Pro re nata (PRN; ‘as needed’) medication is an archetypal mainstay for managing acute psychiatric inpatient symptoms and behaviours. Psychiatric and mental health nursing practices have circumnavigated the development of a uniform medical–ethical standard for the administration of PRN psychotropic medication.
Michael Hilton, Whiteford, Harvey
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One-Year Outcomes of 1 + pro re nata versus 3 + pro re nata Intravitreal Aflibercept Injection for Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Ophthalmologica, 2017
<b><i>Purpose:</i></b> We compared 1-year outcomes of 1 + pro re nata (PRN) versus 3 + PRN of intravitreal aflibercept injection (IAI) for age-related macular degeneration (AMD). <b><i>Methods:</i></b> Forty-two eyes with naïve AMD received 3 + PRN IAI treatment and 47 eyes with naïve AMD received 1 + PRN
Kei Takayama, Hiroki Kaneko, Tadasu Sugita, Ruka Maruko, Kyoko Hattori, Eimei Ra, Kenichi Kawano, Keiko Kataoka, Yasuki Ito, Hiroko Terasaki   +9 more
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Pro Re NataMedication Use in Acute Care Adolescent Psychiatric Unit

Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology, 2020
Objective: Evidence to support the use of pro re nata (PRN) medication is limited, and the details of PRN use (indication, frequency of administration, patient characteristics) are rarely reported, particularly in youth populations. The goal of this study was to report on the pattern of PRN use over 6 years in an acute care psychiatric unit for ...
Ema, Saito, Stephanie, Eng, Christine, Grosso, Zeynep, Ozinci, Anna, Van Meter   +4 more
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Relaxation Training as a Nursing Intervention Versus Pro Re Nata Medication

Nursing Research, 1978
To determine the effect of relaxation training on the frequency of intake of pro re nata medication for relief of tension and to compare the difference between live and taped instructions of this training 60 patients on PRN minor tranquilizers and sedatives in one nursing unit were studied.
E G, Tamez, M J, Moore, P L, Brown
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Pro Re Nata Drug Use in Nursing Home Residents: A Systematic Review

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 2019
In addition to routinely administered long-term medication, complex drug regimens of nursing home residents often include as needed or pro re nata (PRN) medication. However, there has been no systematic evaluation of the frequency and concomitants of PRN medication in nursing homes.
Michael Dörks, Katharina Allers, Falk Hoffmann   +2 more
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