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dc.contributor.authorTatterton, Michael J.
dc.date.accessioned2020-12-07T11:22:48Z
dc.date.accessioned2020-12-17T16:03:51Z
dc.date.available2020-12-07T11:22:48Z
dc.date.available2020-12-17T16:03:51Z
dc.date.issued2017-08
dc.identifier.citationTatterton MJ (2017) Independent non-medical prescribing in children's hospices in the UK: a practice snapshot. International Journal of Palliative Nursing. 23(8): 386-.392.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10454/18246
dc.descriptionNoen_US
dc.description.abstractBackground: Non-medical prescribing is well established within the British health service, with increasing numbers of nurses practicing within children’s hospices. Aim: To identify the context of non-medical prescribing in children’s hospices in the UK, focusing on the perceived benefits and challenges. Method: Internet-based questionnaires were sent to 55 UK children’s hospices, exploring the practice and context of prescribing. Results: Of the 55 invited, 20 children’s hospices responded to the questionnaire, 14 of which employed a total of 39 non-medical prescribers (NMPs). Sixteen individual NMPs responded, of which half (50%) prescribed to enable the continuation of existing medicines, 37.5% prescribed independently surrounding symptom management and control and 31.3% in end-of-life care. Perceived benefits of prescribing included timely access to medicines, increased efficiency and accuracy in the admissions process and medicine reconciliation and the increased ability to offer choice in the place of palliative and hospice care. Perceived barriers to prescribing surrounded opportunities to develop confidence, defining the scope of practice and the time required to assess, diagnose and treat. Conclusion: NMPs are making a significant contribution to the prescribing workforce within hospices; however, a number of challenges need to be addressed to enable hospices to realise the benefits.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectNon-medicalen_US
dc.subjectIndependent prescribingen_US
dc.subjectChildrenen_US
dc.subjectHospiceen_US
dc.titleIndependent non-medical prescribing in children's hospices in the UK: a practice snapshoten_US
dc.status.refereedYesen_US
dc.date.Accepted2017
dc.date.application2017
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.type.versionNo full-text in the repositoryen_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.12968/ijpn.2017.23.8.386
dc.date.updated2020-12-07T11:22:49Z
refterms.dateFOA2020-12-17T16:04:31Z


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