title: IV therapy: nurses must be competent to perform new duties.
abstract: This article considers the professional duty of the nurse to keep up to date and the extent, if any, to which she could refuse to take on expanded role activities, which in the past have normally been undertaken by other health professionals. It also considers the implications of the role of the new healthcare post of registered medical care practitioner.
authors.affiliation: University of Glamorgan.
authors.forename: Bridgit
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dimond
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D032781:Codes of Ethics; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D004651:Employment / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D005440:Fluid Therapy / Q000451:nursing; D006801:Humans; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous / Q000451:nursing; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000458:organization & administration; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000193:education / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D018962:Phlebotomy / Q000451:nursing*; D010823:Physician Assistants / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D016079:Refusal to Treat / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D013222:State Medicine / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006113:United Kingdom