Role of the nurse in supporting patients to self-manage their medicines effectively
Role of the nurse in supporting patients to self-manage their medicines effectively
Medicines are an integral element of the effective management of many clinical conditions. As people live longer, many of them will experience multiple long-term conditions, and will frequently require various prescribed medicines. Patients, their family members and/or carers will often have to manage their medicines at home without the assistance of nurses or other healthcare professionals. In addition, many patients do not adhere to their medicine regimens, either unintentionally due to issues such as memory loss, or intentionally because of fears about side effects, for example. This article explains how nurses practising in hospital, community and primary care settings can support patients to self-manage their medicines effectively, in accordance with the principles of shared decision-making and person-centred care.
clinical, medicines, medicines management, medicines review, nurse prescribing, older people, pharmacology, prescription medicine, self-medication, vaccines
45-50
Latter, Sue
83f100a4-95ec-4f2e-99a5-186095de2f3b
2 March 2022
Latter, Sue
83f100a4-95ec-4f2e-99a5-186095de2f3b
Latter, Sue
(2022)
Role of the nurse in supporting patients to self-manage their medicines effectively.
Nursing standard (Royal College of Nursing (Great Britain) : 1987), 37 (3), .
(doi:10.7748/ns.2022.e11813).
Abstract
Medicines are an integral element of the effective management of many clinical conditions. As people live longer, many of them will experience multiple long-term conditions, and will frequently require various prescribed medicines. Patients, their family members and/or carers will often have to manage their medicines at home without the assistance of nurses or other healthcare professionals. In addition, many patients do not adhere to their medicine regimens, either unintentionally due to issues such as memory loss, or intentionally because of fears about side effects, for example. This article explains how nurses practising in hospital, community and primary care settings can support patients to self-manage their medicines effectively, in accordance with the principles of shared decision-making and person-centred care.
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Accepted/In Press date: 19 August 2021
e-pub ahead of print date: 10 January 2022
Published date: 2 March 2022
Keywords:
clinical, medicines, medicines management, medicines review, nurse prescribing, older people, pharmacology, prescription medicine, self-medication, vaccines
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Local EPrints ID: 455812
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/455812
ISSN: 0029-6570
PURE UUID: 18b2e436-bb94-46ea-b97c-7988b09e9c04
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