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Ongoing education is important for ensuring emergency department nurses play a vital role in the speedy delivery of patient pain relief, according to a new Australian study.

A (PAH) Emergency Department and research team conducted a study to better understand the practice of nurse-initiated medication in the emergency department.

PAH Emergency Department Director of Research Dr Michael Sinnott said nurse-initiated medication is an important and established practice in the emergency department.

鈥淕iving nurses the autonomy to provide pain-relief and selected medications in the absence of a clinician enhances patient care and clinical outcomes. Reducing the time to pain relief is particularly important in the emergency department,鈥� he said.

The (EMF) awarded Dr Sinnott a Staff Specialist grant to conduct the study. The grant was fully funded by Queensland Health.

Members of the research team 鈥� in particular PAH Emergency Department Nurse Researchers James Hughes and CJ Cabilan 鈥� interviewed 24 emergency department nurses to identify the factors that hinder medication knowledge; identify practice gaps; isolate flaws in the education method currently utilised; and establish strategies that maintain medication safety and sustain the nurse-initiating practice.

The team found the nurses鈥� willingness to initiate medications was motivated by multiple factors such as patients鈥� needs, safety and nurses鈥� confidence.

Dr Sinnott said: 鈥淚t appears that the nurse-initiating practice is mainly influenced by nurses鈥� attitudes towards patient-centred care and safety. We also identified that continued education and support were important for nurses initiating pain relief.鈥�

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Article originally published in the .

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