title: The nurse prescriber and the pharmacist.
abstract: In the second of this six-part series, Eileen Gape focuses on the effects of limited prescribing powers for nurses. These privileges will formalise what, it is suspected, is already common practice in many areas, and will free community nurses from the restriction of requiring medical authority for actions which they, in all probability, have planned independently. The successful implementation of the limited prescribing measures will depend to a large extent on the continued co-operation and encouragement of pharmacists, whose educational input and altruistic support are vital ingredients for a smooth transition period to nurse prescribing.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gape
mesh_terms: D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D011307:Drug Prescriptions; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000523:psychology*; D010595:Pharmacists / Q000523:psychology*