Nurses' Experiences When Introducing Patient-Reported Outcome Measures in an Outpatient Clinic: An Interpretive Description Study

Conclusions Nurses’ experiences with PROMs depended on the systems’ rationale, resulting in limited capacity to use and explore PROMs. Nurses believed that PROMs might have the potential to support clinical practice, as PROMs added new information about patients’ conditions but also identified needs within supportive care, leaving the potential of PROMs uncertain. Simply introducing PROMs to practice does not necessarily actuate their potential because use of PROMs is dependent on institutional conditions and mandatory tasks are prioritized. Implications for Practice This study contributes knowledge of nurses’ experiences when introducing PROMs in a hematological outpatient clinical practice. Findings can guide future PROMs research within the field of nursing.
Source: Cancer Nursing - Category: Nursing Tags: ARTICLES Source Type: research