Nurse prescribing limited

July 30, 2010

NURSE practitioners will only be able to prescribe PBS medications with the formal consent of patients’ general practitioners, under new “collaborative care arrangements” confirmed by the govt this week. The regulations require that nurse practitioners and midwives who provide care must keep the partient’s usual GP up to date on test results, referrals and services provided. Collaborative arrangements mean that nurse practitioners will be able to access Medicare and the PBS for patients who have been formally referred by a doctor. Unreferred patients will also be able to be treated if the nurse has a written formal agreement with a doctor over the scope of the nurse’s practice, covering specific clinical conditions.

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Nurse prescribing limited

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