or the refusal of digoxin, if the apex
and redial pulses are below 60 beats
per minute. These issues question the
policies and procedures, which may fail
to represent the nurses as autonomous
and knowledgeable practitioners, who are
able to use their own clinical judgement
in such situations without the fear of
being accused of a drug error. With the
increase in independent prescribing by
disciplines other than in the medical
profession, nurses may find themselves
administering drugs prescribed by
non-medical prescribers (pharmacists,
physiotherapists and other nurses, for
example), which may add to the complex
nature of patient management and the
right to refuse