Talk:Pro re nata

Palliative care and mental health usage

How does PRN in Palliative Care or Mental Health Care circles differ from PRN in other spheres of medicine?

PRN in mental health the same PRN. I'm not sure why you expect a difference. Alantin (talk) 18:23, 21 October 2008 (UTC)

It's also widely referred to humorously as abbreviating "Pills Right Now" everywhere I've been in mental health. Not sure if this warrants a mention. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.175.130.250 (talk) 18:08, 13 August 2012 (UTC)

PRN jobs?

Are PRN jobs common in healthcare only?--89.13.98.73 (talk)

Well, not exclusively, because the locum concept applies to substitute teachers, too. But the words used tend to be occupation-specific; for example, we speak of locum tenens (LT) physicians, PRN nurses, substitute teachers, and pinch hitters. And one can compare locum work to contingent work, although one fundamental difference with skilled jobs as opposed to day labor is that skilled people typically aren't in danger of underemployment—they may be moving around filling in for different people during different weeks, but there isn't a chronic lack of demand for their labor, which can happen to day laborers. Quercus solaris (talk) 23:15, 29 September 2015 (UTC)

as opposed to?

Does anyone know whether theres a medical term that means the opposite of PRN? I.e. when a medicine is to be taken daily? I think it would be worthwhile to include such a term if it exists.--TyrS 18:14, 25 April 2017 (UTC)