title: Nurse prescribing has come of age.
abstract: Nurse prescribing has a convoluted history. We are now at a point where nurse prescribing is well respected but not deified, where prescribing makes expert nurses not mini-doctors.
authors.forename: Rosemary
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cook
mesh_terms: D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000639:trends*; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D024802:Nurse's Role; D010602:Pharmacopoeias as Topic; D055656:Prescriptions / Q000451:nursing*; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D011637:Public Health Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000639:trends*; D006113:United Kingdom