Nurse and midwifery prescribing in Ireland: A scope‐of‐practice development for worldwide consideration

Donna M. Wilson, Jill Murphy, Mavis A. Nam, Anne Fahy and Susanna Tella

Nursing & Health Sciences, 2018, vol. 20, issue 2, 264-270

Abstract: For 10 years, select Irish nurses and midwives who pass a rigorous 6 month theory and practical program can prescribe medications and other medicinal products. Given the need for timely, accessible, and affordable health‐care services in all countries, this nursing/midwifery education and practice development is worthy of examination. Irish nurse/midwife prescribing occurred following long‐term deliberative nursing profession advocacy, nursing education planning, nursing administration and practice planning, interdisciplinary health‐care team support and complementary efforts, and government action. A review of documents, research, and other articles was undertaken to examine this development process and report evaluative information for consideration by other countries seeking to improve their health‐care systems. Nurse/midwife prescribing was accomplished successfully in Ireland, with the steps taken there to initiate and establish nurse/midwife prescribing of value internationally.

Date: 2018
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