Nurses’ roles in medicines optimisation: an interview study
Research type
Research Study
Full title
A SWOT* analysis on the role of nurses in interprofessional pharmaceutical care in 14 European countries: an interview study *SWOT stands for ‘Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats’
IRAS ID
260060
Contact name
Sue Jordan
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Swansea University
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
SHW 18 61, Antwerp University, Ethics Committee
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 11 months, 11 days
Research summary
In this Erasmus+ large-scale international study, we investigate the strengths and weaknesses of nurses’ current role in inter-professional and multi-professional medicines’ management, medicines’ optimisation and pharmaceutical care and the opportunities and threats from the perspectives of nurses, doctors and pharmacists. We are conducting this study in fourteen European countries: Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Republic of North Macedonia, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and the United Kingdom (Wales and England).
In each country, 3 nurse researchers will interview nurses, doctors and pharmacists who have knowledge, understanding and insights into medicines management and pharmaceutical care in: acute hospitals, mental health, residential care and domiciliary care (2 in each category, 24 in total). These interviews will each require approximately 45min – 60 min of staff time. Students have received / are receiving training in purposive international courses in research methods in Antwerp, funded by Erasmus. The UK students are mature nurses, pursuing masters’ courses.
The 24 UK semi-structured interviews will be analysed in the UK and combined with the other 312 in Antwerp. We shall use this information to explore how nurses’ roles might change to meet the increasing demands of the service and address related patient safety issues.
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