Patient group directions: training practitioners for competency

Flint, H.; Scott, L.

Nursing Times 99(22): 30-32

2003


ISSN/ISBN: 0954-7762
PMID: 12808748
Document Number: 554337
Since the mid-1990s, three new initiatives have been introduced by the government to allow the prescribing of medicines by practitioners other than doctors: extended nurse prescribing, supplementary prescribing and patient group directions. Professional education and assessment is vital to ensure that these systems operate safely. After the implementation of patient group directions within a regional cancer centre, a training programme was developed, incorporating an assessment framework for competency development.

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