title: The introduction of nurse prescribing in the community: 1.
abstract: A group of district nurses run a children's clinic. The district nurses who have prescribing powers are able, where appropriate, to give the mothers a prescription for any necessary medicinal products. Mavis decided that one child required a preparation for head lice and asked the mother if the child was asthmatic. The mother said no and the nurse wrote a prescription. Mavis said that she had been unable to refer to the child's records as they were not available at this clinic. She subsequently learnt that because of an allergic reaction, the child had suffered considerable harm. Is she liable?
authors.affiliation: University of Glamorgan.
authors.forename: Bridgit
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dimond
mesh_terms: D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D011307:Drug Prescriptions; D004358:Drug Therapy / Q000451:nursing*; D005569:Formularies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007880:Legislation, Drug; D024802:Nurse's Role; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D006113:United Kingdom