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Journal of Intensive and Critical Care Nursing | Volume 2
October 24-25, 2019 | Zurich, Switzerland
2nd European
Nursing Congress
International Conference on
Clinical Nursing & Practice
Joint Event
&
J Intensive Crit Care Nurs, Volume 2
Gather to upgrade the Practice of Nursing in Human Well-being: The Case for Nurse
Prescribing
M Casey
University College Dublin, Ireland
T
o present the quantitative findings from a study on nurse
and midwife prescribing behaviors in Ireland. Since May
2007, registered nurses and midwives in Ireland who have
successfully obtained a level 8 prescribing qualification and
have met the relevant requirements can register with the
Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) to become
nurse or midwife prescribers.
This paper reports on the quantitative findings from an online
survey open to all Registered Nurse Practitioners in Ireland
who prescribe medications as part of their role. A total
of, n=117 nurse prescribers and n=12 midwife prescribers
participated in the study. The most commonly prescribed
medications reported by nurse prescribers are analgesics
and anti-infective medications, while for midwives the most
commonly prescribed medications by midwives are blood
and electrolyte medications. All respondents reported a
high level of confidence in their own prescribing activities
and most participants reported that prescribing scheduled
mediations enabled them to work to their full scope of
practice. A majority of nurses and midwives reported feeling
professionally satisfied, clear headed, efficient, trusted, safe,
fulfilled,empowered,andcalmwhenprescribingmedications.
There were no statistically significant differences between
nurses or midwives, although the number of midwives
particularly is very small. Registered Nurses and Midwife
prescribers improve patient outcomes through promoting
access to medications through their quality use of medicines.
e
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mary.casey@ucd.ie