Nurse prescribing in Poland

Binkowska-Bury, Monika; Więch, Paweł; Bazaliński, Dariusz; Marć, Małgorzata; Bartosiewicz, Anna; Januszewicz, Paweł

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“…These issues justify the difference between their findings and the results of this study regarding nurses' readiness for prescribing [13]. In another study conducted by Binkowska-Bury et al, more than half of nurses were not ready to take responsibility for prescribing [16]. The finding of this study is not consistent with their findings, probably due to the educational attainment of participants.…”

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Iranian Nurses' Attitudes and Readiness for Nurse Prescribing: A Cross Sectional Study

Babaie

Haririan

Rahmani

2022

J Holist Nurs Midwifery

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Introduction: Since prescribing is a new subject in the nursing profession, it is necessary to assess nurses' attitudes to and readiness for this new responsibility. Objective: This study aimed to investigate nurses' attitudes to and readiness for nurse prescribing in teaching hospitals of Tabriz City, Iran. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional analytical study was conducted on 335 nurses working in the hospitals of Tabriz from June to October 2019. The participants were selected with a stratified random sampling method, and study data were collected using a two-part questionnaire: demographics and the nurse prescribing questionnaire.The demographics were analyzed using descriptive statistics. The Spearman rank correlation coefficient and the Mann-Whitney U tests were employed to examine the correlation and to compare the mean scores, respectively. The significance level for all tests was determined to be less than 0.05. Results: About 82.1% of participants were female, 59.7% were working in general wards, and 42.1% were in critical care units. The results showed that the mean ±SD scores of attitude and readiness were 34.79 ±8.15 and 36.99 ±6.01, respectively. Moreover, 71.6% of nurses agreed with nurse prescribing. The results showed that the score of attitudes towards prescribing the drug was significant in terms of gender (P = 0.039), employment status (P = 0.032), work experience (P =0.041), and academic degree (P = 0.028). Also, results showed readiness to implement was significant in terms of gender (P = 0.028), employment status (P = 0.049), work experience (P = 0.037), and academic degree (P = 0.042). Finally, there was a positive and significant correlation between nurses' attitudes toward and readiness for prescribing (P = 0.042, rs=0.626). Conclusion: Because nurses have a positive attitude toward and are ready for prescribing, it is possible to make them more prepared for this new role by increasing their pharmacological knowledge and improving their accountability.

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Iranian Nurses' Attitudes and Readiness for Nurse Prescribing: A Cross Sectional Study

Babaie

Haririan

Rahmani

2022

J Holist Nurs Midwifery

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“…Another study at primary health care facilities regarding the nurses' opinion on writing prescriptions showed that the vast majority pointed to medical devices, followed by medicines previously ordered by a doctor and foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses [41]. A similar position on the subject of prescribing medicines by nurses was expressed in another study by doctors [42].…”

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Nurse Prescribing-Readiness of Polish Nurses to Take on New Competencies—A Cross-Sectional Study

Bartosiewicz

Różański

2019

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From January 2016, nurses in Poland received new competencies for prescribing. The work is the first in Poland to elaborate on the subject of nurses' readiness to learn and develop in the context of new nursing rights regarding autonomous prescription of medication and continuation of the prescription for medication. The aim of the study is to analyze the readiness of Polish nurses to learn and develop in the context of new competencies to write prescriptions. The research was conducted among 756 nurses. The standardized questionnaire (Readiness of Employees for Learning and Development) was used. For all subscales of readiness for learning and development, average scores prevailed. The readiness to write prescriptions was significantly related to the level of openness to changes in the work environment (A1 scale), self-evaluation of past educational development (C5 scale) and educational and professional goals alignment-employee and company (scale D2) and increasing the readiness of nurses to practice all of the aforementioned agents, in particular medical devices. The readiness of nurses to learn and develop at all levels of the subscales was on an average level. Younger nurses, with a shorter seniority, having higher education and additional qualifications had a higher readiness to prescribe medications and write prescriptions. The higher readiness for learning and development was matched by a greater readiness to prescribe. The results obtained can be used to plan training and courses, as well as to create special pro-development programs, which may increase the nurses' involvement in personal and professional development.

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“…To date, there have not been any other analyses of nurse prescribing in Poland during the implementing period. Some Polish research has reported the positive opinions of nurses about prescribing [20][21][22], but that research did not assess nurse prescribing practice. A better understanding of the determinants of prescribing patterns in Poland may help shape future workforce policy in the medical sector and contribute to the design and implementation of optimal and cost-effective initiatives to improve care quality.…”

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The Implementation Process of Nurse Prescribing in Poland – A Descriptive Study

Zimmermann

Cieplikiewicz

Wąż

et al. 2020

IJERPH

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The study aimed to investigate the situation of nurse prescribing, introduced in Poland in 2016, by analyzing the opinions of nurses, expected to be influential on nurses’ actual practices, in response to legislative change to enable nurses to prescribe and comparing this with actual nurse prescribing behaviours during the early years of the legislation. The paper fills a knowledge gap and provides baseline data analysis for subsequent research. Nurses’ opinions were collected during the period they were preparing themselves for prescribing. That data was compared with data on the character and extent of nurses’ actual prescribing practices over the first two years of implementation. The study showed the number of nurse prescriptions increased. Comparing the first and second years of nurse prescribing, the number of nurse independent prescriptions more than doubled. Over the same period, the number of nurse supplementary prescriptions increased almost six-fold. The implementation of nurse prescribing has increased the scope of nursing care, especially in the treatment of the infections, pain and chronic conditions in the elderly.

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Nurse prescribing in Poland

Cited by 15 publications

References 14 publications

Iranian Nurses' Attitudes and Readiness for Nurse Prescribing: A Cross Sectional Study

Iranian Nurses' Attitudes and Readiness for Nurse Prescribing: A Cross Sectional Study

Nurse Prescribing-Readiness of Polish Nurses to Take on New Competencies—A Cross-Sectional Study

The Implementation Process of Nurse Prescribing in Poland – A Descriptive Study

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