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Item Education programmes preparing independent prescribers in Scotland: An evaluation(Elsevier, 2013-02-19) Boreham, Nick; Coull, Alison; Murray, Ian; Turner-Halliday, Fiona; Watterson, Andrew E.Background Nurse prescribing (NP) is part of the modernisation of the health care workforce and contributes to patient care by improving access to quality services and medication, through utilisation of advanced professional skills. Nurses and midwives need to complete additional education in order to prescribe. This paper explores pedagogical issues relevant to professional training programmes.Item The expansion of nurse prescribing in Scotland: An evaluation(Mark Allen Group, 2013-05-01) Coull, Alison; Murray, Ian; Turner-Halliday, Fiona; Watterson, AndrewMedicine prescribing by community nurses commenced in the UK in 1996. By 2001, nurse prescribing was extended to include more nurses and to cover a wider formulary. This research project provides an evaluation of the extension of prescribing powers to nurses in Scotland, following the introduction of legislation in 2001. It aimed to evaluate the impact of nurse prescribing powers on patients, nurses, prescribers, and other stakeholders. A range of methods were used, including two public surveys, stakeholder interviews, postal questionnaires and case studies.