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Glossary of terms

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  • Clinical Management Plan (CMP)A patient-specific document to be used in supplementary prescribing
  • Designated Medical Practitioner (DMP)The doctor who be responsible for assessing whether the practice based learning outcomes have been met and whether the student has acquired certain competencies
  • Independent prescribing This term applies to a prescriber who is legally permitted and qualified to prescribe and take the responsibility for the clinical assessment of the patient, establishing a diagnosis and the clinical management required . An independent prescriber is also responsible for their own prescribing decisions
  • Non-medical prescribing prescribing by nurses, midwives, pharmacists and allied health professionals who have undertaken an appropriate prescribing qualification
  • Nurse Prescribers’ Extended Formulary a list of the specific medical conditions that nurses can prescribe for, and the medicines they can prescribe. It covers 80 medical conditions and about 180 POMs, and all P and GSL medicines http://www.dh.gov.uk/assetRoot/04/12/06/15/04120615.pdf
  • Nurse Prescribers’ Formulary (NPF) for District Nurses (DN) and Health Visitors (HV) the formulary used by district nurse and health visitor prescribers. It contains 13 POMs, some pharmacy (P) and general sales list (GSL) medicines, and a list of dressings and appliances relevant to community nursing and health visiting practice
  • Observed Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE)A clinical skills examination
  • Supplementary Prescribing A voluntary partnership between an independent prescriber (a doctor or dentist) and a supplementary prescriber to implement an agreed patient-specific Clinical Management Plan with the patient’s agreement.” (DH 2003)

 


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