title: Extended prescribing: the legal implications.
abstract: The number of nurses with prescribing powers is increasing and the potential legal implications of this extended responsibility are not yet known. This article describes the development of nurse prescribing, from the Crown reports and the government's responses to them to the most recent moves to extend nurses' prescribing powers. It also examines whether enhanced prescribing responsibilities are likely to place nurses at increased risk of litigation.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Law, University of Leicester.
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: McHale
mesh_terms: D011307:Drug Prescriptions; D006801:Humans; D016365:Liability, Legal; D012308:Risk Management / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D013041:Specialties, Nursing / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006113:United Kingdom