Nurse Prescribing: Reflections of Safety in Practice  

Oleh:

Bradley, Eleanor ; Hynam, Brian ; Nolan, Peter

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Social Science & Medicine (www.elsevier.com/locate/sosscimed) vol. 65 no. 3 (Aug. 2007), page 599-609.
Topik: UK; Non-Doctor Prescribing; Safety; Drug Errors; Role Change; Nurse Prescribers

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Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: SS53.13 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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This qualitative study explores how recently qualified nurse prescribers describe, and rate, the safety of their prescribing. Internationally, the costs of drug errors are enormous and they can have serious implications for staff and patients. Nurses are now undertaking extended prescribing practice throughout the UK. Nurse prescribers work across different work settings and although safe prescribing is a priority in all of them, it is essential to ascertain the conditions that foster the highest levels of safety and how nurses can be supported in practice. Thirty-one nurses form the West Midlands area of England agreed to participate in an in-depth interview which sought to elicit their responses to various aspects of their prescribing work. They came from a variety of specialities and from hospital, community and general practice backgrounds. On completion of their training nurses were acutely aware of the responsibility that prescribing imposed on them. Although this awareness was thought to encourage caution and safety, it may also account for the fact that 26% of the nurses (n=8) had not prescribed since qualifying. Nurses felt that the multidisciplinary team had a vital role to play in supporting their prescribing practice as did collaborative working. It is concluded that those working in specialty areas that are less well-defined in terms of scope of practice (e.g. older adult nursing and learning disability) would benefit in particular from ongoing mentoring relationships with experienced prescribers and the development of individual formularies.

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