Nurse supplementary prescribing for patients with diabetes: a national questionnaire survey

Journal of Clinical Nursing
Nicola Carey, Molly Courtenay

Abstract

To examine the prescribing practices of nurse supplementary prescribing in diabetes. Nurses in several roles are involved in the management of medicines for patients with diabetes. Nurse prescribing should help optimise these roles. Nurses in the UK have virtually the same independent prescribing rights as doctors. There is little or no evidence on the extent to which nurse supplementary prescribing is used, or the impact and activity of nurse supplementary prescribing for patients with diabetes. Survey. A random sample of 214 nurse supplementary prescribers self-completed a written questionnaire. The majority of nurses held an academic qualification at degree level or higher, had a wealth of clinical experience, worked full-time, were based in primary care and worked in general practice. The majority of nurses prescribed between one and five items a week. Oral anti-diabetic drugs, hypertension and lipid-regulating drugs and insulins were the products most often prescribed. Over 85% had undertaken specialist training in diabetes prior to undertaking the prescribing programme. Supplementary prescribing provides a practical and useful framework within which to prescribe medicines for patients with diabetes and its associated comp...Continue Reading

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