- Title
- Nurses, physicians and patients' knowledge and attitudes about nurse prescribing
- Creator
- Haririan, Hamidreza; Seresht, Deniz Manie; Hassankhani, Hadi; Porter, Joanne E.; Wytenbroek, Lydia
- Date
- 2022
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/189022
- Identifier
- vital:17370
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-022-00888-0
- Identifier
- ISSN:1472-6955
- Abstract
- One of the roles that nurses have acquired in recent years is the role of prescribing. This study aimed to investigate the knowledge and attitudes of critical care nurses, physicians and patients about nurse prescribing. A descriptive cross-sectional study with the participation of 152 nurses, 53 physicians and 75 patients was carried out. Participants were selected by stratified random sampling from the critical care units of six hospitals in Tabriz, Iran. Demographics and participants' knowledge and attitudes about nurse prescribing questionnaires were used to collect data. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS-22 software. The mean scores of total knowledge about nurse prescribing in nurses, patients and physicians' were 15.41 ± 1.85,16.45 ± 2.31, 14.74 ± 1.7 respectively (from a range of 10 -20), and the mean score of knowledge by physicians was significantly higher than others (P = 0.000) and they had more knowledge about nurse prescribing. The mean scores of the attitudes towards nurse prescribing in nurses, physicians and patients were 40.62 ± 3.68, 37.98 ± 5.92 and 39.38 ± 4.39 respectively (from a range of 10 -50). However, the total mean score of attitudes among nurses was significantly higher than others (P = 0.000) and nurses had more positive attitudes toward prescribing. The results showed that the participants have a good understanding and attitudes toward nurse prescribing. Nurse prescribing as a new duty and authority can be considered in providing more effective care by specialist nurses. The results of this study can also be used in the future planning of health policy for nurses to have the right to prescribe and ultimately improve the quality of patient care.
- Publisher
- BioMed Central Ltd
- Relation
- BMC Nursing Vol. 21, no. 1 (2022), p. 112-112
- Rights
- All metadata describing materials held in, or linked to, the repository is freely available under a CC0 licence
- Rights
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Rights
- Copyright © 2022, The Author(s)
- Rights
- Open Access
- Subject
- 4205 Nursing; Attitude; Attitudes; Critical care; Data collection; Drugs; Education; Knowledge; Medical care; Nurse Prescribing; Nurses; Nursing; Patient; Patients; Physician; Physicians; Practice; Prescribing; Quality management; Questionnaires; Roles; Services; Teaching hospitals
- Full Text
- Reviewed
- Funder
- This work was supported by the deputy of research in Tabriz University of Medical Sciences [Grant number 64459].
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