PEDIATRICS Vol. 98 No. 1 July 1996, pp. 27
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NURSE PRESCRIBING—WHAT NEXT?

J. F. L. MD

. . . The Medicinal Products: Prescribing by Nurses Act (1992) is in existence, permitting certain groups of nurses prescribing rights for a limited formulary of products. Why should the nursing profession be seeking prescribing rights? Meeting chairman Dr Graham Burton (Zeneca) identified the trend to increasing specialization of the nurse's role, and that many more nurses undertake postgraduate research in their chosen specialization, leading to an increased amount of clinical responsibility in practice.