Nurses gain PBS prescribing powers - Nursing Review
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Nurses gain PBS prescribing powers - Aged Care Insite
Registered nurses will be able to prescribe Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) medicines for the first time after parliament passed landmark legislation expanding the profession’s scope of practice. The Health Legislation Amendment (Prescribing of Pharmaceutical Benefits) Bill 2025, passed on July 2, amends the National Health Act 1953, allowing endorsed designated registered nurse prescribers to prescribe PBS-subsidised medicines in partnersh…
Nurses gain PBS prescribing powers - Nursing Review
Registered nurses will be able to prescribe Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) medicines for the first time after parliament passed landmark legislation expanding the profession’s scope of practice. The Health Legislation Amendment (Prescribing of Pharmaceutical Benefits) Bill 2025, passed on July 2, amends the National Health Act 1953, allowing endorsed designated registered nurse prescribers to prescribe PBS-subsidised medicines in partnersh…
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