Independent Nurse: Practical Prescribing

June 8, 2009 by admin 

Q: I work in rural Scotland and qualified as a nurse independent prescriber / supplementary prescriber just under a year ago.  There are are couple of patients, for whom I am responsible, that I can’t always see for face-to-face consultations.  Instead, I provide them with a telephone consultation and then prescribe their medicines on the basis of this. I am unsure if this practice is acceptable.

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