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Older women, medication use and nursing care
Author(s) -
Watson Jennifer,
Mitchell Trish,
DeCrespigny Charlotte,
Grbich Carol,
Biggins Annie
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
international journal of nursing practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.62
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1440-172X
pISSN - 1322-7114
DOI - 10.1046/j.1440-172x.1998.00071.x
Subject(s) - nursing , empowerment , qualitative research , medicine , medline , acute care , health care , social science , sociology , political science , law , economics , economic growth
Watson J, Mitchell T, deCrespigny C, Grbich C, Biggins A. International Journal of Nursing Practice 1998; 4 : 189–196 Older women, medication use and nursing care The purpose of this study is to listen to and interpret the experiences of independent older women in the community regarding their medication use. Their experiences were examined regarding medication information, sources of information, types of medication used, relationships with health care professionals and social support systems. The techniques used for data collection included guided qualitative semistructured interviews based on the principle of empowerment and notions of ideal and nonhierarchical communication. The emergent themes show that for these older women general practitioners were important in their medication experiences. Whilst trusted as carers in the acute care setting, registered nurses did not play a role in the medication experiences of these older women. Registered nurses are perceived as ‘traditional carers’ associated with medical and acute care settings. Although medication issues emerged that ideally required attention, the older women in this study generally perceived themselves to be capable of actively managing their health and medication use.