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Regulation in Practice Topics

This information is provided to help nurses and midwives apply their professional judgement, putting regulatory principles into practice

• Chaperoning

• Complementary and alternative therapies

• Confidentiality

• Confirmation of death for registered nurses

• Conscientious objection by nurses and midwives

• Consent

• Controlled drugs

• Covert administration of medicines

• Delegation

• Free birthing

• Gifts and gratuities

• Maintaining Boundaries

• Mixing medicines prior to administration

• Nurses or midwives caring for relatives and friends

• Patient Group Directions (PGDs)

• Post registration education and practice (Prep)

• Registered nurses or midwives working as Healthcare Assistants or other non-registered support roles

• Remote prescribing and injectable cosmetic medicinal products

• Role boundaries

• Social networking sites

• Supplementary Prescribing and Clinical Management Plans (CMPs)

• Use of qualification after registration has lapsed

• Working as a self-employed nurse or midwife

• Working with young people