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Non-medical prescribers in substance misuse services in England and Scotland: a mapping exercise

09 June 2014

Mental Health Practice

Arts & science

Aims To locate all non-medical prescribers working in substance misuse services in England and Scotland. To record each one’s profession, employment sector, work...

Medicines management programme for non-medical prescribers

28 December 2012

Nursing Management

Feature

The National Prescribing Centre has developed a single competency frameworkfor all prescribers, including medical and dental prescribers. The framework demonstrates...

Review of non-medical prescribing among acute and community staff

27 February 2014

Nursing Management

Art & Science

All employers of non-medical prescribers (NMPs) have a duty to ensure they remain competent and current, and have access to relevant continuing professional...

Non-medical prescribing in a child and adolescent mental health service

01 September 2007

Mental Health Practice

General

Noreen Ryan illustrates how non-medical prescribing has been introduced into one aspect of care offered by child and adolescent mental health services at Bolton...

Nurse prescribing in child and adolescent mental health services

01 July 2007

Mental Health Practice

General

Children and young people who receive care and treatment from specialist CAMHS have multiple and complex needs. These needs are best addressed by the...

Delivering a non-medical prescribing module for mental health practitioners

01 February 2007

Mental Health Practice

General

Non-medical prescribing courses continue to expand throughout the United Kingdom, with the numbers of students and areas of practice covered continually increasing...

Supporting practice learning time for non-medical prescribing students: managers’ views

01 June 2016

Nursing Management

Art & Science

Managers in healthcare services have ever-increasing demands to consider in relation to front line care, including the continuing professional education needs of...

Independent non-medical prescribing for paramedics

19 August 2015

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Independent non-medical prescribing has made significant advances in nursing and is now being considered and developed by other professions. The role of the...

Cancer pain part 2: assessment and management

01 August 2012

Nursing Standard

A&S Science

Pain is common in patients with cancer and may be caused by the disease itself or treatments. Part 1 of this article identified the causes and types of cancer pain...

A qualitative systematic review of the factors that influence prescribing decisions by nurse independent prescribers in primary care

26 March 2018

Primary Health Care

Evidence & practice

This article aims to understand the factors that influence nurse independent prescribers’ decisions in primary care in the UK. The author undertook a search of all...