Exploration of home care nurse's experiences in deprescribing of medications: a qualitative descriptive study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The aim of this study is to explore the barriers and enablers of deprescribing from the perspectives of home care nurses, as well as to conduct a scalability assessment of an educational plan to address the learning needs of home care nurses about deprescribing.

Methods

This study employed an exploratory qualitative descriptive research design, using scalability assessment from two focus groups with a total of 11 home care nurses in Ontario, Canada. Thematic analysis was used to derive themes about home care nurse's perspectives about barriers and enablers of deprescribing, as well as learning needs in relation to deprescribing approaches.

Results

Home care nurse's identified challenges for managing polypharmacy in older adults in home care settings, includ

SUBMITTER: Sun W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6538031 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature