Linda Hill writes:  Making a suggestion is absolutely different than
writing a prescription. I love how Lisa Marasco just said in the "making
more milk"conference I attended in San Antonio how when you talk to a
family member or neighbor or friend who tells you they have "xyz" and
you tell them to go home and take some tylenol, you are not
"prescribing" (!) , you are simply making a suggestion. You can suggest
till your blue in the face....it still isnt "prescribing".

And Jennifer Tow writes:  You are not prescribing when you suggest
herbs, homeopathy, supplements, a castor oil compress or a visit to the
chiropractor.

I was taught in Nursing School at a University setting that yes, those
are concerns within the nursing scope of practice.  The following is
from Wikipedia, A prescription is a health-care program implemented by a
physician <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physician>  or other medical
practitioner in the form of instructions that govern the plan of care
for an individual patient. [1]
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_prescription#cite_note-0>
Prescriptions may include orders to be performed by a patient
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patient> , caretaker
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caretaker> , nurse
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nurse> , pharmacist
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharmacist>  or other therapist
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therapist> . Commonly, the term
prescription is used to mean an order to take certain medications
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medication> . Prescriptions are often
written...  Alternatively, they may be issued verbally to the patient, a
nurse, a pharmacist or other therapist
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therapist> . Prescriptions have legal
implications, as they may indicate that the prescriber takes
responsibility for the clinical care of the patient and in particular
for monitoring efficacy and safety <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safety>
.

Any JD's interested in chiming in?

Angie Kirkwood RN, BSN, IBCLC

 

 



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