Open AccessRole of the nurses in partnering with mothers to give oral medication to their hospitalised child: Modification and development of a contextualised evidence-based practice guideline
Author(s) -
Nadia Harris,
Andrea Amos,
Natasha North
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
curationis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.408
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 2223-6279
pISSN - 0379-8577
DOI - 10.4102/curationis.v44i1.2224
Subject(s) - guideline , excellence , documentation , nursing , medicine , quality (philosophy) , adaptation (eye) , medline , family medicine , medical education , psychology , philosophy , epistemology , pathology , neuroscience , political science , computer science , law , programming language
In paediatric wards, children are often reluctant to receive medication from nurses and eventually it is given by the parents. It is a common practice for nurses to hand the medication to mothers to give to their children, However, it is an 'informal' practice and lacks evidence-based guidelines.