<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>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 that their 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.</p></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 that their 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.

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

University Medical Centre Ljubljana Pharmacy, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Ljubljana, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

Acta Pharmaceutica

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It is essential to identify the expectations of physicians and nurses regarding clinical pharmacy (CP) services before its introduction in a hospital, because...

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

Published Online: Dec 20, 2014

Page range: 447 - 461

Accepted: Sep 01, 2014

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

Keywords
clinical pharmacist, activities, physicians, nurses

© by Igor Locatelli

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

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

Published Online: Dec 20, 2014

Page range: 447 - 461

Accepted: Sep 01, 2014

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

Keywordsclinical pharmacist, activities, physicians, nurses

© by Igor Locatelli

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
clinical pharmacist, activities, physicians, nurses