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| Title |
Prescriptive Authority and Nursing: a comparative analysis of Brazil and Canada
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem, December 2015
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| DOI | 10.1590/0104-1169.0418.2650 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Maria Lígia dos Reis Bellaguarda, Sioban Nelson, Maria Itayra Padilha, Jaime Alonso Caravaca-Morera |
| Abstract |
to analyse the differences between medication prescriptions by nurses in Brazil and Ontario, Canada. a comparative study between two different scenarios; this comparison was not performed between the two countries because Canada does not standardize this practice, which is legally established and is considered as an advanced professional knowledge area in Brazil. prescription is a professional position to be occupied by nurses. However, there is tension surrounding this practice because it is perceived as a threat to privileges or traditions of other health professionals. Prescibing medication by nurses in Brazil and Ontario follows current legislation and training proccess in each context. there are some challenges to be overcome in ensuring the visibility and consolidation of the practice by nurses in these realities: guarantee of professional competence, credibility, acceptability, and the respectability of clientele in your professional scope by other health professionals. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 35 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 11 | 31% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 4 | 11% |
| Researcher | 4 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 3 | 9% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 2 | 6% |
| Other | 4 | 11% |
| Unknown | 7 | 20% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing and Health Professions | 13 | 37% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 7 | 20% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 2 | 6% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 1 | 3% |
| Psychology | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 3 | 9% |
| Unknown | 8 | 23% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 23 May 2023.
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#7,777,586
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Outputs from Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem
#143
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#111,277
of 395,397 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem
#1
of 12 outputs
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So far Altmetric has tracked 842 research outputs from this source. They receive a mean Attention Score of 3.3. This one has done well, scoring higher than 82% of its peers.
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