Standing orders' role is important while waiting for nurse prescribing

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Standing orders' role is important while waiting for nurse prescribing

Karen Hoare and Tracy McKee
nurse throat swab, teen girl
Nurses worked under standing orders to treat GAS-positive sore throats

Nurse prescribing is coming; but, until then, GPs and nurse practitioners support your colleagues because nurses working under standing orders improve child and youth health

The 1978 Declaration of Alma-Ata highlighted that fundamental to the delivery of primary healthcare is the availability of essential medicines (WHO, 1
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