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Professional

The journey of nurse prescribing

02 April 2025
Comment
02 April 2025
Volume 14 · Issue 2

Abstract

Linda Mather shares a glimpse into the evolution of nurse prescribing

Nurse prescribing has come a long way since the Cumberledge Report in 1986 (Department of Health, 1986) and continues to be a privilege that nurses and other health professionals work hard to attain. Currently, nurses can undertake an additional programme of study to become independent and supplementary prescribers (IP/SP). These prescribing qualifications are grounded in law, and upon successful completion, the prescribing status is annotated on the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) register. Having gained my qualification to become an independent prescriber (IP) some years ago, I have decided to take this opportunity alongside the lead of the V300 prescribing course at Northumbria University, Dr Claire Pryor, to reflect upon how non-medical prescribing has evolved, how it applies to aesthetic practice and examine recent changes and how this has impacted my practice.

» Practicing in aesthetics does not set aesthetic nurses aside from any other nurse in terms of professional work and regulation «

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