Becoming a nurse prescriber could take you in unexpected directions
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Becoming a nurse prescriber could take you in unexpected directions

Lynne Pearce Health journalist

Prescribing offers nurses greater autonomy

Who can prescribe?

The term ‘non-medical prescribing’ covers prescribing by healthcare professionals other than doctors. Alongside nurses, it includes pharmacists and allied health professionals.

Mental Health Practice. 25, 1, 12-13. doi: 10.7748/mhp.25.1.12.s6

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