Nursing Management
The connotation, characteristics and implementation paths of nurses′ prescription rights in China
Lin Taoyu, Tian Chong, Fang Pengqian
Published 2023-06-02
Cite as Chin J Hosp Admin, 2023, 39(6): 431-436. DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn111325-20230403-00263
Abstract
It is already an inevitable choice for the innovative development of the global healthcare system to grant nurse practitioners the prescription rights, in an effort to improve the access to primary care services and clinical outcome of patients. The contradiction between supply and demand of health service in China is becoming increasingly prominent, making it urgent for nurses with prescription rights to join the primary healthcare team. On the basis of clarifying the connotation and characteristics of nurses′ prescription rights, the authors demonstrated and analyzed the demands, realistic basis and challenges of nurses′ prescription right granting, and put forward their thoughts on the feasible paths from the aspects of national system construction and local pilot exploration, aiming to provide reference for promoting the reform of nurses′ prescription right granting in China.
Key words:
Nurses; Prescription right; Connotation and characteristic; Foundations of reality; Implementation path
Contributor Information
Lin Taoyu
Nursing Department, Suzhou Branch of Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine ( People′s Hospital of Suzhou New District), Suzhou 215129, China
Tian Chong
College of Nursing, Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China
Fang Pengqian
Institute of Health Policy and Management (Think Tank), Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China