Abstract
For 10 years, select Irish nurses and midwives who pass a rigorous 6 month theory and practical program can prescribe medications and other medicinal products. Given the need for timely, accessible, and affordable health-care services in all countries, this nursing/midwifery education and practice development is worthy of examination. Irish nurse/midwife prescribing occurred following long-term deliberative nursing profession advocacy, nursing education planning, nursing administration and practice planning, interdisciplinary health-care team support and complementary efforts, and government action. A review of documents, research, and other articles was undertaken to examine this development process and report evaluative information for consideration by other countries seeking to improve their health-care systems. Nurse/midwife prescribing was accomplished successfully in Ireland, with the steps taken there to initiate and establish nurse/midwife prescribing of value internationally.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 264-270 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Nursing and Health Sciences |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Jun 2018 |
Keywords
- Ireland
- legislation
- midwife
- nurse prescribing
- post-graduate education
- scope of practice
