title: Prescribing by mental health nurses: the UK perspective.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This article aims to discuss the growth of mental health nurse (MHN) prescribing in the United Kingdom as an exemplar for readers to compare progress in their own countries and context. This study also aims to provide a historical overview of this process in the United Kingdom where MHNs prescribe safely and competently.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Finally, evidence has shown that MHNs with prescriptive authority are competent when prescribing when compared to psychiatrists.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Despite organizational barriers and educational concerns, MHN prescribing is becoming embedded in the healthcare context in the United Kingdom.
authors.affiliation: Health and Human Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, UK. s.j.hemingway@hud.ac.uk
authors.forename: Steve
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hemingway
authors.forename: Valerie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ely
mesh_terms: D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D038622:Internationality; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000639:trends*; D024802:Nurse's Role; D019555:Physician-Nurse Relations; D055656:Prescriptions / Q000451:nursing*; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000639:trends*; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006113:United Kingdom
chemical_list: D011619:Psychotropic Drugs