Prescriptive Authority and Nursing: a comparative analysis of Brazil and Canada

• Main Authors: Maria Lígia dos Reis Bellaguarda (Author), Sioban Nelson (Author), Maria Itayra Padilha (Author), Jaime Alonso Caravaca-Morera (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo, 2015-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: to analyse the differences between medication prescriptions by nurses in Brazil and Ontario, Canada. Methods: a comparative study between two different scenarios; this comparison was not performed between the two countries because Canada does not standardize this practice, which is legall...