title: Implementing a competence framework for administering medication: reporting the experiences of mental health nurses and students in the UK.
abstract: Medicine administration is a high risk activity that most nurses undertake frequently. In this paper, the views of registered mental health nurses and final year student nurses are evaluated about the usefulness of the Medicines with Respect Assessment of the Administration of Medicines Competency Framework. A questionnaire using 22 items with closed and open response questions was distributed to 827 practising mental health nurses and 44 final year mental health nursing students. This article presents a content analysis of written replies to the open response questions. Four overlapping themes were identified in response to the open questions posed in the survey: (1) reasons for undertaking the Medicines with Respect Framework; (2) positive aspects; (3) negative aspects; and (4) service user benefits.
authors.affiliation: University of Huddersfield, School of Health and Human Sciences, Huddersfield, United Kingdom. s.j.hemingway@hud.ac.uk
authors.forename: Steve
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hemingway
authors.forename: Jacqueline
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: White
authors.forename: Hazel
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Baxter
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Turner
authors.forename: Terence
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: McCann
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002983:Clinical Competence; D004506:Education, Nursing; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008508:Medication Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008509:Medication Systems; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000451:nursing*; D006113:United Kingdom