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Interprofessional pharmaceutical care: the physician's view of the nurse's work
| Resumo: | Abstract Introduction: In pharmaceutical care (PC), multiple professionals interact with unclear role boundaries and significant variability across contexts and countries. Objective: To identify Portuguese physicians’ views on nurses’ roles in interprofessional PC. Methods: Qualitative, exploratory, and descriptive study with an intentional selection of eight physicians with experience in PC. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews and analyzed according to Polit and Beck (2019). Results: In interprofessional PC, nurses are involved in the preparation, administration, monitoring, and prescription of medication, as well as patient/caregiver education. There are some reservations about nurses prescribing medication, although some admit this possibility under specific conditions. Physicians highlighted the nurse-patient/caregiver relationship as strength and the training in pharmacotherapy as a weakness. Conclusion: The nursing activity in PC fits into five areas of care. Nurses prescribing medication in specific situations can become a reality if nurses’ training in pharmacotherapy accompanies this evolution. |
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| Autores principais: | Seguro,José Miguel |
| Outros Autores: | Batalha,Luís Manuel; Fernandes,Maria Isabel |
| Assunto: | pharmaceutical care medication management interprofessional collaboration teamwork nursing |
| Ano: | 2023 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso aberto |
| Instituição associada: | Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | SciELO Portugal |
| Resumo: | Abstract Introduction: In pharmaceutical care (PC), multiple professionals interact with unclear role boundaries and significant variability across contexts and countries. Objective: To identify Portuguese physicians’ views on nurses’ roles in interprofessional PC. Methods: Qualitative, exploratory, and descriptive study with an intentional selection of eight physicians with experience in PC. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews and analyzed according to Polit and Beck (2019). Results: In interprofessional PC, nurses are involved in the preparation, administration, monitoring, and prescription of medication, as well as patient/caregiver education. There are some reservations about nurses prescribing medication, although some admit this possibility under specific conditions. Physicians highlighted the nurse-patient/caregiver relationship as strength and the training in pharmacotherapy as a weakness. Conclusion: The nursing activity in PC fits into five areas of care. Nurses prescribing medication in specific situations can become a reality if nurses’ training in pharmacotherapy accompanies this evolution. |
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