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Table 3 Prescriptive authority for nurses in Western European and Anglo-Saxon countries

From: Nurse prescribing of medicines in Western European and Anglo-Saxon countries: a systematic review of the literature

 

Prescriptive authority

Country

Independent

Collaborative/

supplementary

Use of PGDs/

medical directives

Australia

√

 

√

Canada

√

 

√

Ireland

√

  

Netherlands*

√

√

 

New Zealand

√

  

Spain*

√

√

 

Sweden

√

  

United Kingdom

√

√

√

United States of America

√

√

 
  1. * Intended form(s) of prescriptive authority, nurse prescribing is not yet legal (see table 2)