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- Title
REVIEW OF NON-MEDICAL PRESCRIBING AMONG ACUTE AND COMMUNITY STAFF.
- Authors
Pearce, Chris; Winter, Helen
- Abstract
All employers of non-medical prescribers (NMPs) have a duty to ensure they remain competent and current, and have access to relevant continuing professional development as identified through their staff appraisals. This article describes a survey that was undertaken to evaluate non-medical prescribing in one trust that operates an acute district hospital and community services. Five themes emerged from the results: prescribing activity, patient safety, effect of non-medical prescribing on care, workforce planning and organisational support. The findings also suggested that most NMPs surveyed were compliant with local and national policy. Non-compliance was addressed through line manager intervention. Support for NMPs must be addressed at organisational level to ensure safety of all stakeholders.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; NON-medical prescribing; LEGAL compliance; DRUG prescribing; RESEARCH methodology; NURSES; PATIENT safety; PHARMACISTS; PROFESSIONAL employee training; PROFESSIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICAL sampling; WORLD Wide Web; PHYSICIAN practice patterns; NURSE prescribing; THEMATIC analysis; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Nursing Management - UK, 2014, Vol 20, Issue 10, p22
- ISSN
1354-5760
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.7748/nm2014.02.20.10.22.e1165