Hi all,
Can anyone offer any pearls of wisdom and where best to find the 'official' stance on prescribing of Botox. I have contacted the NMC but, not surprisingly, they chose not to answer the direct question!
Without getting into the who should and who shouldn't be administering debate, I am interested to know if, as a prescriber prescribing Botox for another Botox trained nurse or beautician we should be specifying units to be used in each area?
Does anyone know where to find any official advice/rules from the NMC or RCN on prescribing for beauty therapists please?
My concern is obviously that nurse prescribers only ever prescribe in a hospital etc for other nurses to administer the medication. So where do nurse
prescribers stand when prescribing for BTs? However, my other thought is that the prescriber is prescribing for the client, the prescription belongs to them! So surely it is entirely their decision on who they choose to administer it? We often discharge patients on injectable medication that they have to administer themselves or for someone close to administer.
I have also clarified the recent statement from Hamilton Fraser and the original one was incorrect.
They say they have issued the second one stating that nurses can be insured (providing they are following the NMC guidelines) to administer Botox providing the client has undergone the face to face consultation with the prescriber!
Thanks guys
Can anyone offer any pearls of wisdom and where best to find the 'official' stance on prescribing of Botox. I have contacted the NMC but, not surprisingly, they chose not to answer the direct question!
Without getting into the who should and who shouldn't be administering debate, I am interested to know if, as a prescriber prescribing Botox for another Botox trained nurse or beautician we should be specifying units to be used in each area?
Does anyone know where to find any official advice/rules from the NMC or RCN on prescribing for beauty therapists please?
My concern is obviously that nurse prescribers only ever prescribe in a hospital etc for other nurses to administer the medication. So where do nurse
prescribers stand when prescribing for BTs? However, my other thought is that the prescriber is prescribing for the client, the prescription belongs to them! So surely it is entirely their decision on who they choose to administer it? We often discharge patients on injectable medication that they have to administer themselves or for someone close to administer.
I have also clarified the recent statement from Hamilton Fraser and the original one was incorrect.
They say they have issued the second one stating that nurses can be insured (providing they are following the NMC guidelines) to administer Botox providing the client has undergone the face to face consultation with the prescriber!
Thanks guys