Audit of advanced nurse practitioner-led care of the person prescribed oral anticancer medicines

A community-based Advanced Nurse Practitioner-led integrated oncology care model for adults receiving oral anticancer medication: A pilot study

“…Outcomes Related to Patient Safety Data obtained from the repeat audit of the randomly selected sample of 20 charts and OAM prescriptions, when compared to the hospital-based results completed in Phase 1 demonstrated an alllevel improvement in all aspects of patient education, OAM prescribing, and patient monitoring with adherence rates often reaching 100% and no deterioration in care detected (Richmond et al, 2023). The participant safety data obtained for all participants (N = 37) was compared to established parameters relating to the OAM drug protocols (NCCP, 2022).…”

“…Patient safety in the community-based ANP-led OAM clinic was measured twofold. Firstly, there was a repetition of and comparison with, an initial audit performed in Phase 1 of this study (Richmond et al, 2023) to determine adherence to best practice for patient assessments & OAM prescriptions. This best practice audit was conducted by a non-clinical member of the research team using speci cally developed Microsoft® Excel® data capture tools (Richmond et al, 2022a) and involved retrospective chart reviews of randomly selected participant assessments (n = 20) and OAM prescriptions (n = 20) written by the ANP Oncology.…”

“…Subsequently, additional analysis of international guidelines identi ed recommendations for clinical practice which were collated. This enabled development of best practice standards, clinical guideline and audit tools (Richmond et al, 2022a) and a base-line audit was performed (Richmond et al, 2023). Thirdly, to determine the acceptability of ANP-led care and possible transition to an integrated context, a qualitative study was performed which involved all relevant stakeholders (Richmond et al, 2022b).…”