Registered nurses in Ontario excited about power to prescribe
Registered nurses in Ontario excited about power to prescribe
By Minu Mathew
NEW CANADIAN MEDIA
An association representing registered nurses in Ontario sees their new powers to prescribe as a way to address the lack of family physicians. The doctors, though, are not so thrilled.
November 24, 2023
“We are celebrating. This is good news for Ontario,” exclaimed Dr. Doris Grinspun, CEO of the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario (RNAO), reacting to an Ontario announcement that her members may soon begin prescribing medications.
Grinspun sees this as a way to address the critical issue of more than 2.2 million Ontarians lacking a family physician, as revealed by research from INSPIRE Primary Health Care. (Registered nurses have passed the NCLEX international exam.)
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