title: The current status of nurse prescribing in dermatology.
abstract: This review describes the current status of prescribing by nurses and other nonmedical staff in the UK with particular emphasis on issues affecting secondary care dermatology departments. We discuss background issues of how the process has evolved, the requirement for this initiative and its assessment, the terminology applied to different groups of prescribers, and training issues.
authors.affiliation: Therapy Guidelines Committee, British Association of Dermatologists. Neil.Cox@ncumbria-acute.nhs.uk
authors.forename: N H
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Cox
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jackson
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bowman
mesh_terms: D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration; D003880:Dermatology / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends; D011307:Drug Prescriptions; D004506:Education, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D024802:Nurse's Role; D013222:State Medicine; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D006113:United Kingdom