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Anecita Gigi Lim1, Michelle Honey, Judy Kilpatrick
1School of Nursing, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92-019, Auckland, New Zealand. g.lim@auckland.ac.nz
Abstract:
The place of nurse prescribing and the preparation for this role is an educational challenge that has been heavily debated in New Zealand and overseas for the past 10 years. Nurse prescribing is relatively new in New Zealand and is related to the expanding roles and opportunities for nurses in health care. Opposition to nurse prescribing in New Zealand has been marked and often this has been linked to concerns over patient safety with the implication that nurses could not be adequately prepared for safe prescribing. The educational framework used to teach pharmacology to nurses by one university in New Zealand is presented, along with early findings on the effectiveness of this approach. Further research is required to confirm that nurse prescribers in New Zealand are well prepared and able to utilise effective decision-making processes for safe prescribing.
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