Table 2 Frequency distribution of the participants’ knowledge in the nurse prescribing
From: Nurses, physicians and patients’ knowledge and attitudes about nurse prescribing
Responses | True | False | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
knowledge | Nurse n (%) | Physician n (%) | Patient n (%) | Nurse n (%) | Physician n (%) | Patient n (%) |
1. Nurses in most developed countries (i.e. UK, United States, Australia, Sweden, New Zealand,.) have the right to prescribe medications | 138 (90.8) | 33 (62.3) | 43 (57.3) | 14 (9.2) | 20 (37.7) | 32 (42.7) |
2. The rules for nurse prescribing vary from country to country | 142 (93.4) | 50 (94.3) | 64 (85.3) | 10 (6.6) | 3 (5.7) | 11 (14.7) |
3. In the countries where nurses have the right to prescribe, they can prescribe medication from a limited list of drugs | 97 (63.8) | 29 (54.7) | 68 (90.7) | 55 (36.2) | 24 (45.3) | 7 (9.3) |
4. In the countries where nurses have the right to prescribe, they can prescribe medication under the supervision of a doctor | 117 (77) | 30 (56.6) | 74 (98.7) | 35 (23) | 23 (43.4) | 1 (1.3) |
5. In the countries where nurses have the right to prescribe, they can prescribe independently | 20 (13.2) | 1 (1.9) | 8 (10.7) | 132 (86.8) | 52 (98.1) | 67 (89.3) |
6. In the countries where nurses have the right to prescribe, they must have sufficient clinical experience and take a special prescription course | 98 (64.5) | 33 (62.3) | 71 (94.7) | 54 (35.5) | 20 (37.7) | 4 (5.3) |
7. The nurses prescribing have potential benefits for patients | 132 (86.8) | 52 (98) | 75 (100) | 20 (13.2) | 1 (2) | 0 |
8. The nurses prescribing have potential benefits for healthcare systems | 110 (72.4) | 36 (67.9) | 71 (94.7) | 42 (27.6) | 17 (32.1) | 4 (5.3) |
9. Nurses in Iran do not have the right to prescribe | 141 (92.8) | 45 (84.9) | 73 (97.3) | 11 (7.2) | 8 (15.1) | 2 (2.7) |
10. To meet the urgent needs of patients in critical care units, prescribing by nurses is done informally in Iran | 81 (53.3) | 3 (5.7) | 28 (37.3) | 71 (46.7) | 50 (94.3) | 47 (62.7) |