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Collaboratively planning for medicines administration competency: a survey evaluation.

Steve Hemingway¹, Hazel Baxter, George Smith

¹School of Human and Health Sciences, University of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, UK. s.j.hemingway@hud.ac.uk

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Summary

Mental health nurses positively view medicine administration competency frameworks. Environmental factors are key barriers to medicine safety, though not fully captured by current assessments.

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Area of Science:

Nursing Practice
Medicines Management
Healthcare Education

Background:

Criticisms of current medicines management practices.
Need for improved education and training in medicine administration.
Role of Higher Education and National Health Service collaborations.

Purpose of the Study:

Evaluate mental health nurses' experiences with medicine administration competency assessments.
Assess the effectiveness of established assessment frameworks.
Identify barriers and facilitators to safe medicine administration.

Main Methods:

Survey distributed to practicing and graduate mental health nurses.
Utilized 22 closed and open-ended questions.
Collected responses from nurses who completed competency assessment frameworks.

Main Results:

High positive reception of assessment frameworks by nurses.
Environmental factors identified as primary barriers to medicine safety.
Discrepancy noted between perceived environmental barriers and their reflection in competency frameworks.

Conclusions:

Medicine administration requires focused attention in mental health and general nursing.
Competency frameworks, like the 'Medicine with Respect Project,' are valuable tools for skill enhancement.
Further refinement of frameworks may be needed to fully address environmental safety factors.