The role of inter‐professional relationships and support for nurse prescribing in acute and chronic pain

Abstract

AimThis paper is a report of a study exploring nurse prescribers' views on the role of inter-professional relationships and other means of support for nurse prescribing for patients in acute and chronic pain.

Nurse prescribing for inpatient pain in the United Kingdom: A national questionnaire survey

“…Importantly, nurses considered that becoming a prescriber had helped in the promotion of evidence-based practice, to which education contributed. Formal and informal education by pain nurses has previously been reported as important for both maintaining skills within teams and improving the consistency of evidencebased prescribing for pain, particularly amongst less experienced or junior doctors (Stenner and Courtenay, 2008a). The opportunity for nurses to influence local prescribing policy through representation on appropriate committees has also been reported as a means to promote evidencebased practice (Stenner and Courtenay, 2008b).…”

Prescribing by mental health nurses in acute general hospitals

“…The conclusion being there was little difference in the prescribing of both groups. Stenner and Courtenay (2008) also concluded NMPs encourage collaborative working whilst prescribing within their own competencies.…”

“…Jones (2011) and Goswell, Siefers (2009) and Stenner and Courtenay (2008) based their findings on general nursing NMPs. Therefore there can be an inference that MHN NMPs working within acute environments add value to patient care and the multidisciplinary team.…”

Fostering Learning Opportunities Through Employee Participation Amid Organizational Change

“…In situations of change, learning as identity work is also bound up with meeting the new responsibilities that people must undertake, for example, via the creation of new roles and knowledge, and the production or reproduction of new practices (see Gherardi and Nicolini 2001). In health care, new work roles and practices have been created, for example, in situations where tasks previously performed by physicians have been transferred to nurses (Stenner and Courtenay 2008).…”