Biblioteca Virtual en Salud Enfermería

Within the Nursing field, it is common that when talking about prescription an association is established among drug administration, prescribed dosage, frequency and route of administration and it is also normal for this to be the case; a drug without dosage, frequency and route of administration is not of much use, given that little could be decided about its effects, safety in administration, and response of the body to substances prescribed to solve health problems. Following this common thread, when we nurses hear about prescription, we quickly associate this term with drugs, opening a collective debate between what can be prescribed and what cannot. However, we often forget our real competence in prescribing, which is undoubtedly care.