Table 2 Extent of nurse prescribing, by group(s) of nurses and country

 Ireland

Nurse prescriber¹

IP

IP

IP

IP

IP

IP

 Netherlands

Nurse Specialist²

IP

IP

IP

IP

IP

IP

 UK

Independent prescriber¹

IP

IP

IP

IP

IP

IP

 Denmark

Registered Nurse³

CP

CP

CP

CP

CP

CP

 Estonia

Family nurse (pereõde)

–

CP (hormonal contraceptive)

CP (diabetes, hypertension)

CP (acute cystitis, nitrofurantoiin)

–

–

 Finland

Nurse prescriber

IP (influenza, hep., varicella^)

IP (hormonal contraceptive^#)

CP (asthma, dyslipidemia, T2D, hypertension)^

IP (pharyngitis)^, CP (UTI)^

IP (e.g. local anaesthetics)^

–

 Netherlands

Diabetes, lung, oncology nurses

–

–

IP (diabetes, oncology, lung diseases)

–

IP (oncology)

–

 Norway

Public Health Nurse

IP

IP (including IUD)^a

–

–

IP (adrenaline for allergic reaction, local anaesthetics)

IP (sterile equipment for IU, implants, STD kits)

 Poland

RN (Master)

–

IP (gynaecological drugs)

IP (asthma, e.g. bronchodilators)

IP (throat, ear, sinus, UTI)

IP (analgesics, locally acting anaesthetics)

IP (anti-emetics, anti-parasitic, IV infusion fluids)

 Poland

RN (Bachelor) ⁴

–

CP (as above)

CP (as above)

CP (as above)

CP (as above)

CP (as above)

 Spain

RN (Bachelor)⁵

IP (according to vaccination schedule)

IP (emergency contraception)

CP

CP

CP

IP (OTC)

 Sweden

RN (Bachelor)

–

–

–

IP (throat, mouth, dermatological disease, GI, UTI)

IP (pain management)

–

 UK

Supplementary prescriber

CP

CP

CP

CP

CP

CP