Skip to main content

Table 2 Nurses’ and pharmacists’ ability to prescribe electronically

From: Supporting patient access to medicines in community palliative care: on-line survey of health professionals’ practice, perceived effectiveness and influencing factors

Are you able to prescribe via an electronic system?

 

Total

N (%)

CNS

N (%)

CN

N (%)

PCP

N (%)

CP

N (%)

No – pad only

142 (58)

122 (94)

14 (64)

68 (78)

4 (20)

Yes – with transfer to pharmacy

74 (30)

2 (1.5)

4 (18)

17 (20)

11 (55)

Yes – no transfer to pharmacy

28 (11)

6 (4.6)

4 (18)

2 (2.3)

5 (25)

  1. Key: CNS Clinical Nurse Specialist, CN Community Nurse, GP General Practitioner, PCP Primary Care Pharmacist, CP Community Pharmacist