[Nurse prescribing rights, the UK experience].

Soins

Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham NG7 2UH, England.

Published: October 2016

The United Kingdom has gradually introduced nurse prescribing. This authorisation is granted upon completion of a theoretical and practical training course. This evolution has been deemed to have had a positive impact twenty years after its implementation.

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