title: [Prescriptions by nurses and the law on medications].
abstract: To prescribe means to issue a professional health criteria directed towards a patient in order to select materials, products and/or medication administered as part of nursing care. To prescribe consists in fulfilling medication or a medical formula. At present times, the countries which authorize prescriptions by nurses are Australia, France, the USA, Canada, Botswana, Zambia, New Zealand, South Africa, the United Kingdom, Ireland and Brazil. In Spain, studies show that nurses prescribe more than 200 pharmaceutical medications and other sanitary products every day; moreover, health professionals and management are aware of and approve this activity carried out by nurses.
authors.affiliation: H. U. Virgen de las Nieves de Granada.
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Herrera Gómez
authors.forename: Juan Miguel
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Martínez Galiano
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ratia Ramos
authors.forename: Ma Dolores
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Pozo Cano
mesh_terms: D011307:Drug Prescriptions / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009739:Nursing Services / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013030:Spain