Autonomy and improved care in one qualification
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Autonomy and improved care in one qualification

Lynne Pearce Health journalist

Non-medical prescribing offers nurses opportunities for autonomous practice and patients a shorter care pathway

Non-medical prescribing is prescribing by healthcare professionals other than doctors, for example nurses, pharmacists and allied health professionals.

Nursing Standard. 37, 3, 35-36. doi: 10.7748/ns.37.3.35.s17

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