Developing a competence framework for nurses in pharmaceutical care: A Delphi study
Developing a competence framework for nurses in pharmaceutical care: A Delphi study
Samenvatting
Background: Nurses play an important role in pharmaceutical care. They are involved in: detecting clinical change; communicating/discussing pharmacotherapy with patients, their advocates, and other healthcare professionals; proposing and implementing medication-related interventions; and ensuring follow-up of patients and medication regimens. To date, a framework of nurses' competences on knowledge, skills, and attitudes as to interprofessional pharmaceutical care tasks is missing.
Objectives: To reach agreement with experts about nurses' competences for tasks in interprofessional pharmaceutical care.
Methods: A two-phase study starting with a scoping review followed by five Delphi rounds was performed. Competences extracted from the literature were assessed by an expert panel on relevance by using the RAND/UCLA method. The experts (n = 22) involved were healthcare professionals, nurse researchers, and educators from 14 European countries with a specific interest in nurses' roles in interprofessional pharmaceutical care. Descriptive statistics supported the data analysis.
Results: The expert panel reached consensus on the relevance of 60 competences for 22 nursing tasks. Forty-one competences were related to 15 generic nursing tasks and 33 competences were related to seven specific nursing tasks.
Conclusions: This study resulted in a competence framework for competency-based nurse education. Future research should focus on imbedding these competences in nurse education. A structured instrument should be developed to assess students' readiness to achieve competence in interprofessional pharmaceutical care in clinical practice.
Organisatie | Hogeschool Utrecht |
Afdeling | Kenniscentrum Gezond en Duurzaam Leven |
Lectoraat | Proactieve zorg voor thuiswonende ouderen |
Gepubliceerd in | Nurse Education Today Vol. 104, Pagina: 104926 |
Jaar | 2021 |
Type | Artikel |
DOI | 10.1016/j.nedt.2021.104926 |
Taal | Engels |