Nurse prescribers’ experiences of recording prescribing data to the Minimum Data Set in Ireland.

This study aimed to investigate and enhance understanding of nurse prescribers’ experiences of working with the Irish national data gathering system for nurse prescribing: the Minimum Data Set (MDS) in Irish clinical practice. A phenomenological research design was used, collecting data via semi-str...

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Published in:British Journal of Community Nursing Vol. 19; no. 12; pp. 594 - 601
Main Authors: Creedon, Rena, McCarthy, Suzanne, Kennedy, Julia
Format: research Journal Article
Published: Mark Allen Holdings Limited Dec2014
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          Creedon, Rena
          McCarthy, Suzanne
          Kennedy, Julia
        affil: Lecturer and Nurse Prescribing Programme Coordinator, School of Nursing, University College Cork, Ireland.
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          Minimum Data Set
          Data Collection Methods
          Prescriptive Authority
          Nurses
          Life Experiences
          Human
          Semi-Structured Interview
          Phenomenological Research
          Purposive Sample
          Thematic Analysis
          Ireland
          Qualitative Studies
          Audiorecording
          Coding
          Male
          Female
          Communication
          Workload
          Time
          Nurse Attitudes
          Male
          Female
      ab: This study aimed to investigate and enhance understanding of nurse prescribers’ experiences of working with the Irish national data gathering system for nurse prescribing: the Minimum Data Set (MDS) in Irish clinical practice. A phenomenological research design was used, collecting data via semi-structured interviews using a purposive sample of practising nurse prescribers. The study identified three recurrent themes: communication, workload/time, and attitudes. The MDS produces only standard national reports (lists) on nurse/midwife prescribing that cannot be utilised efficiently to inform practice or understand health service needs. Nurses have reacted to this situation and evaluate the MDS in the context of their clinical setting, identifying conflicting demands and expectations and an increased workload as factors that correlated negatively with the process of collecting nurse prescribing data. Consultation and evaluation is required, particularly to analyse the nurse prescribers’ views of collecting data and working with the MDS in the context of the major adjustments that the Irish health service has experienced over the past 6 years.
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