Mental health nurse prescribing: a difficult pill to swallow?

Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing
Austyn Snowden, Colin R Martin

Abstract

This paper develops an interpretation of the impact of mental health nurse prescribing in the UK. A constructivist-grounded theory methodology was applied to 13 semi-structured interviews with mental health clinicians and service users. The same interpretivist methodology was applied to the literature. Thirty-two practising UK mental health nurse prescribers gave structured feedback on the coherence of the emergent theory. It was found that the theory describes the process of becoming competent in mental health nurse prescribing. This process highlights possible deficits in non-prescribing mental health nurses. It is recommended that if this is corroborated then structured education in medicines management be introduced into pre- and postregistration mental health nursing in UK. The findings of this research offer a framework. That is, the categories emerging within this research translate easily into learning outcomes which can underpin delivery of a consistent medicine management strategy across all levels of nurse education.

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Citations

Jun 3, 2011·BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth·Austyn SnowdenCaroline Hollins Martin
Feb 3, 2012·Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing·J D Ross, A M Kettles
Nov 29, 2012·Journal of Clinical Nursing·Dianne BowskillVeronica James
Feb 19, 2013·Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing·J D RossA M Kettles
Jun 3, 2015·Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing·J D Ross
Aug 5, 2017·International Journal of Mental Health Nursing·Michelle ClearyRichard Gray
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Nov 1, 2017·Nursing Open·Austyn Snowden, Jenny Young
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