Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.2478/acph-2014-0034

Attitudes of physicians, nurses and pharmacists concerning the development of clinical pharmacy activities in a university hospital

ANDREJA ČUFAR ; University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Pharmacy, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
ALEŠ MRHAR ; Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Ljubljana, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
IGOR LOCATELLI ; Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Ljubljana, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

Abstract

It is essential to identify the expectations of physicians and nurses regarding clinical pharmacy (CP) services before its introduction in a hospital, because it is known thattheir expectations can substantially differ from the pharmacists’ point of view. Agreement of leading physicians, nurses and clinical pharmacists about the importance of CP activities in the hospital was evaluated using five point Likert scale questionnaire. Two groups of CP activities were set; the activities related to the hospital system (first group) and the activities connected with an individual patient (second group). Total mean score of agreement of physicians with the first and second group of CP activities is 4.28 and 3.73, respectively, while these scores are lower for nurses (3.87 and 3.38 for the first and second group, respectively). Pharmacists’ total mean scores are highest, 4.57 and 4.23 for the first and second group, respectively.

Keywords

clinical pharmacist; activities; physicians; nurses

Hrčak ID:

123212

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/123212

Publication date:

31.12.2014.

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