Empowering staff: The first time writing a standing order

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Empowering staff: The first time writing a standing order

13 March 2024

Jo Scott-Jones

Wednesday 13 March 2024, 12:35 AM

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Specialist GP Jo Scott-Jones looks at how standing orders can be used to share workload and extend scope of practice among staff

Key points, Standing orders improve patients’ timely access to medications. People providing medication through a standing order need to be competent, adequatel, Pract Green w Pale Yellow

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References

1. Nursing Council of New Zealand. Mātanga Tapuhi Nurse Practitioner.

2. New Zealand Gazette. Specified Prescription Medicines for Designated Registered Nurse Prescribers. 23 March 2022.

3. Scott-Jones J, Young F, Keir D, Lawrenson R. Standing orders extend rural nursing practice and patient access. Nurs N Z 2009;15(3):14–38.

4. Medical Council of New Zealand. Good prescribing practice. March 2020.

5. Ministry of Health. Standing Order Guidelines, second edition. Wellington, NZ: Ministry of Health; 2016.

6. Ministry of Health. Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act. 28 February 2018.

7. New Zealand Nurses Organisation. Standing Orders. September 2016.

8. Murtagh J. Diagnostic modelling in general practice. Australian Medical Student Journal 2011;2(1):46–47.

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