Knowledge, Attitudes, Beliefs and Hesitancy towards Nurse Prescribing
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2023) | Viewed by 3748
Special Issue Editor
Interests: nursing; oncology; dentistry; education; infection; neurodegenerative diseases
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Over the past several hundred years, nursing practice has drastically changed in response to the need to provide services to patients in remote geographical areas, reduce the workload, and/or to address the shortage of doctors and physicians, among other reasons. In this sense it is worth mentioning nurse prescribing, an independent or supplementary process in which nurses, based on their clinical judgment, make decisions in order to initiate, continue, or cease pharmacological treatments. Despite barriers that have hampered nurses’ ability to prescribe, such as doctors’ reticence, evidence suggests that nurse prescribing could be very useful. It has been linked not only to positive patient outcomes (for example, improved quality of life in patients with chronic conditions) but also to higher patient safety and satisfaction, enhanced health promotion, and increased job satisfaction among nurses.
Nurse prescribing started in the late 1960s in the United States and nowadays it is a reality in many countries worldwide; however, educational and legal conditions, models of nurse prescribing, types of drugs and/or devices that can be prescribed, etc., vary widely across countries. Likewise, research on the current situation of nurse prescribing is very limited.
Due to the boom of nurse prescribing in the last few decades, evaluating its impact is an urgent priority. This Special Issue focuses on the current state of knowledge on the links between nurse prescribing and human health care. New research papers, reviews, case reports, and conference papers are welcome.
Dr. Silvia Novío
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- attitudes
- beliefs
- health care
- hesitancy
- knowledge
- nurse prescribing
- nursing process/legislation and jurisprudence
- pharmacology
- satisfaction
