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Prescriptive authority for nurses in Western European and Anglo-Saxon countries
| Prescriptive authority | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Country | Independent |
Collaborative/ supplementary |
Use of PGDs/ medical directives |
| Australia | √ | √ | |
| Canada | √ | √ | |
| Ireland | √ | ||
| Netherlands* | √ | √ | |
| New Zealand | √ | ||
| Spain* | √ | √ | |
| Sweden | √ | ||
| United Kingdom | √ | √ | √ |
| United States of America | √ | √ | |
* Intended form(s) of prescriptive authority, nurse prescribing is not yet legal (see table 2)
