title: Supporting practice learning time for non-medical prescribing students: managers' views.
abstract: Managers in healthcare services have ever-increasing demands to consider in relation to front line care, including the continuing professional education needs of qualified practitioners who are advancing their roles. One advancement is non-medical prescribing, and this article reports part of the findings from a survey undertaken in Scotland which explored managers' views of the clinical support of staff enrolled on a non-medical prescribing programme. The article discusses how managers have an important role to play in supporting these learners in practice, and suggests all stakeholders should be aware of the pressure this adds to managers, and seek creative solutions to support the process of learning.
authors.affiliation: Robert Gordon University, Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Health and Social Care, Aberdeen.
authors.forename: Rachel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Unwin
authors.affiliation: University of Dundee.
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Redman
authors.affiliation: Robert Gordon University.
authors.forename: Heather
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bain
authors.affiliation: University of Stirling.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Macphee
authors.affiliation: Glasgow Caledonian University.
authors.forename: Evelyn
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: McElhinney
authors.affiliation: University of the West of Scotland.
authors.forename: Frances
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Downer
authors.affiliation: Edinburgh Napier University.
authors.forename: Ruth
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Paterson
mesh_terms: D011307:Drug Prescriptions; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D009718:Nurse Administrators; D024382:Professional Role; D012606:Scotland; D013222:State Medicine
keywords: continuing professional education; learning in practice; manager; non-medical prescribing