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The concept of “non-medical prescribing” refers to the expansion of prescriptive authority for non-physician professional groups, i.e., nurses, midwives, physiotherapists, etc. In this chapter, the research, documentation and foundation for nurse prescribing are presented. Throughout the chapter the term “nurse” is used to represent all nurses with further education who are afforded prescriptive authority in a specific country. In many countries, prescriptive authority is given to advanced practice nurses. Today, following many years of experience of non-physician prescriptive authority (non-medical prescribing), the key question is not whether nurses should be allowed prescriptive authority but rather to what extent nurse prescribing has been established.
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Fagerström, L.M. (2021). The Right to Prescribe Medications as an Advanced Practice Nurse. In: A Caring Advanced Practice Nursing Model . Advanced Practice in Nursing. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53555-1_10
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