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开处方模式、执业范围和处方药品、对执业护士的调查
Author(s) -
Fong Jacqueline,
Cashin Andrew,
Buckley Thomas
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of advanced nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1365-2648
pISSN - 0309-2402
DOI - 10.1111/jan.14444
Subject(s) - medicine , context (archaeology) , specialty , electronic prescribing , family medicine , scope (computer science) , descriptive statistics , nursing , computer assisted web interviewing , scope of practice , medical prescription , health care , paleontology , statistics , mathematics , marketing , computer science , economics , business , biology , programming language , economic growth
Aims and Objectives The aim of this study was to explore current Australian Nurse Practitioners (NPs) models of prescribing used and medicines prescribed within their scopes of practice. Design Descriptive online electronic national survey. Methods An online survey of Australian NPs was conducted in 2017. A total of 252 NP participants reported on their current prescribing practices. Results Participants reported prescribing via three prescribing models with autonomous prescribing the most frequently used, followed by prescribing under supervision and prescribing under a structured arrangement. Participants reported prescribing 298 separate medications, representative of all major drug classifications from the Australian Medicines Handbook. Conclusions NPs appear to engage in several modes of prescribing as relevant to their context of practice with most NPs prescribing using all models of prescribing at different times. Findings also highlight the diversity of and breath of the medicines that NP prescribes and highlight the need for NPs to have broad capability in relation to the quality use of medicines, irrespective of specialty or location of practice. Impact Findings of this research add to the international literature on NP prescribing and through identification of models of prescribing and medicines prescribed inform future NP education and policy.