PURPOSE. This article aims to discuss the growth of mental health nurse (MHN) prescribing
in the United Kingdom as an exemplar for readers to compare progress in their own …

Caring for children with behavioral and mental health concerns is a common, yet often
complex, endeavor for physicians, educators, and a range of mental health professionals …

Background Increasing numbers of nurses, pharmacists and allied health professionals
across the world have prescribing rights for medicines: over 90,000 of the eligible United …

BACKGROUND: In the United Kingdom, mental health nurses (MHNs) can independently
prescribe medication once they have completed a training course. This study investigated …

Accessible summary• Nurse prescribing has grown relatively slowly in mental health care
since it was introduced in early 2000s.• This paper reports findings from a survey of directors …

The role of the nurse in the process of medication prescription and ordering diagnostic tests
and clinical examinations has intensified worldwide. For the International Council of Nursing …

A nurse prescribing scheme has recently been implemented within the Republic of Ireland.
This paper reports on the views of community mental health nurses on nurse prescribing just …

An evaluation of the scope and practice of Non Medical Prescribing Page 1 1 An evaluation of
the scope and practice of Non Medical Prescribing in the North West For NHS North West Final …

Discussion A decade after the IOM recommendation that nurses should practice to the full
extent of their education and training, with implications of a national standard that APRNs …

Independent prescribing (IP) is a new form of prescriptive authority for mental health
services. Very little is known about where IP is being implemented and factors to support or …