What is a non medical prescriber?
-A qualified healthcare professional, like a nurse, pharmacist, physiotherapist, or paramedic, who isn’t a doctor or dentist but has further training to prescribe medicines for patients
-They can be Independent or Supplementary Prescribers
What can non medical prescribers prescribe?
-unlicensed medications
-controlled drugs schedules
2-5
-cannot prescribe CDs for addiction
What does the civil law do in relation to prescribing errors?
-A nurse prescriber may be liable under civil law if clinical negligence occurs
-usually results in compensation not punishment
-e.g prescribing a medication the patient was allergic to
-still liable to the NMC however
What does the criminal law do in relation to prescribing errors?
-criminal liability may result when anything illegal has occurred, e.g prescribing CDs illegally, falsifying prescriptions, unlawful supply or administrating of medicines,
What is meant by deontology?
-an ethical theory that looks at duties and rules and establishing right from wrong
What is the main difference between the Human Medicines Regulation (2012) and the Medicines Act (1968)
-Medicines Act (1968)= why medicines must be controlled- original law to protect the public
-Human Medicines Regulation (2012)= how medicines are controlled today in practice
What is a home office license?
A specific, individual license required for doctors in the UK to prescribe certain highly controlled drugs (specifically cocaine, diamorphine (heroin), and dipipanone) for the treatment of addiction.
What are the 5 schedules of controlled drugs?
- = minimal therapeutic value but high potential for abuse- only prescribed with a Home Office Licence
- high potential for abuse with recognised medical value e.g mophine, fentanyl, ketamine
- low potential for abuse with medicinal value e.g gabapentin
- low potential for abuse and dependence e.g diazepam and steroids
- minimal risk of misuse, mostly exempt from CD requirements e.g Codeine
What is the definition of sustainable healthcare?
-the ability to provide healthcare to meet the needs of this generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their healthcare needs
What are the four principles of sustainable healthcare?
-prevention
-patient self-care
-lean service delivery
-low carbon alternatives
What do these abbreviations mean?
-IM
-SC
-PO
-INH
-BUC
-NG
-NJ
-SL
-IM= Intramuscular injection
-SC= Subcutaneous injection
-PO= Oral
-INH= Inhaled
-BUC= Buccal
-NG= Nasogastric
-NJ= Nasojejunal
-SL= Sublingual
