Registered Nurses’ Experiences with the Medication Administration Process
Table 2
The nurses’ roles in prescribing and documenting medication.
Stage
Role
Specification
Prescribing events
An advocate of patients
Informing patient of medications Taking responsibility in (i) prescribing situations based on their understanding of the patient’s condition, (ii) suggesting changes if needed in patient medications (dosing/choice of medication)
An active attendee
Monitoring physician orders (i) ensuring the validity of prescriptions, (ii) considering patient medications as a whole (following up interactions, extra/unnecessary medications), (iii) reminding physician of medications that need to be discontinued, (iv) informing of patients prevailing condition that needs to be considered with upcoming prescriptions, (v) guiding/suggesting physician to prescribe specific medicines/increase of doses