International Journal of Health Professions (Sep 2021)

Predictors of nurses’ response to informal carers’ interventions in medication safety and their collaboration with nurse colleagues and physicians: a cross-sectional factorial survey from Switzerland / Prädiktoren der Reaktion von Pflegefachpersonen auf Interventionen von betreuenden Angehörigen zur Medikationssicherheit und ihre Zusammenarbeit mit pflegerischem und ärztlichem Personal: eine faktorielle Querschnittstudie aus der Schweiz

  • Riguzzi Marco,
  • Jähnke Anke,
  • Bischofberger Iren

DOI
https://doi.org/10.2478/ijhp-2021-0007
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 72 – 85

Abstract

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Informal carers contribute significantly to healthcare delivery in Switzerland. Many of them are experienced in everyday practice and perform medication management procedures. Medication is a vital topic in patient safety; however, there is little knowledge about carers’ involvement in the medication process.

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