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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NURSING STUDIES
卷 49, 期 8, 页码 1002-1012出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2012.02.002
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Drug prescriptions; Nurses; Physicians; Physician-nurse relations; Professional practice; Professional role
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- Astra Zeneca
- Bristol-Myers Squib
Background: The number of Western European and Anglo-Saxon countries where nurses are legally allowed to prescribe medicines is growing. As the prescribing of medicines has traditionally been the task of the medical profession, nurse prescribing is changing the relationship between the medical and nursing professions. Objectives: To gain more insight into the forces that led to the introduction of nurse prescribing of medicines in Western European and Anglo-Saxon countries, as well as into the legal, educational and organizational conditions under which nurses prescribe in these countries. Moreover, this study sought to determine which consequences nurse prescribing has for the division of jurisdictional control over prescribing between the nursing and medical professions. Design: International survey. Participants: An email survey was sent to 60 stakeholders of professional nursing or medical associations or government bodies, at national, state or provincial level across ten Western European and Anglo-Saxon countries, namely Australia, Canada, Finland, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States of America. Methods: The survey addressed the reasons for the introduction of nurse prescribing and the conditions under which nurses are or will be prescribing medicines. Results: The response rate was 65% (n = 39). It was shown that a diversity of forces led to the introduction of nurse prescribing, and respondents from nursing and medical associations and government bodies cited different forces as being important for the introduction of nurse prescribing. Representatives of nurses' associations oftentimes emphasized the medication needs of patients living in remote geographical areas, while representatives of medical associations more often pointed to workforce shortages within the health care service. The conditions under which nurses prescribe medicines vary considerably, from countries where nurses prescribe independently to countries in which prescribing by nurses is only allowed under strict conditions and the supervision of physicians. Conclusions: Citing different forces as being important in the introduction of nurse prescribing can be conceived as a professional 'problem construction' in order to gain jurisdiction over the prescribing task In most countries, nurses prescribe in a subordinate position and the jurisdiction over prescribing remains predominantly with the medical profession. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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