Table 3 The effect of profession-role exchange intervention on the students’ attitudes towards nurse–pharmacist collaboration measured with the nurse-pharmacist collaboration survey instrument (Mean ± SD)
Factors | Score range (Min.-Max.) | Pharmacy students | Nursing students | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Control group (n = 10) | Intervention group (n = 10) | Control group (n = 9) | Intervention group (n = 10) | ||||||
Pre-activity | Post-activity | Pre-activity | Post-activity | Pre-activity | Post-activity | Pre-activity | Post-activity | ||
Interprofessional team- based practice | 11–44 | 30.6 ± 3.8 | 35.4 ± 5.1** | 30.7 ± 4.9 | 37.3 ± 5.0** | 29.4 ± 5.0 | 35.2 ± 4.8** | 29.5 ± 5.1 | 37.5 ± 2.8** |
Roles/responsibilities for collaborative practice | 7–28 | 17.8 ± 6.1 | 21.2 ± 6.3 | 17.3 ± 6.4 | 25.0 ± 1.5**# | 13.4 ± 5.7 | 18.4 ± 6.0* | 16.0 ± 6.2 | 24.7 ± 2.5**# |
Relationship between nurses and pharmacists | 4–16 | 10.4 ± 3.2 | 12.7 ± 3.0* | 11.2 ± 2.0 | 13.9 ± 1.4** | 8.9 ± 2.7 | 12.2 ± 1.6** | 9.6 ± 2.2 | 12.8 ± 1.7** |
Nurses’ experience of pharmacist’s role in drug treatment | 3–12 | 10.4 ± 1.3 | 11.7 ± 0.7** | 10.4 ± 1.6 | 11.6 ± 0.7* | 9.4 ± 1.1 | 10.3 ± 1.5 | 8.5 ± 2.2 | 11.0 ± 1.3**# |
Total scores | 25–100 | 69.2 ± 9.8 | 81.0 ± 12.6* | 69.6 ± 7.5 | 87.8 ± 7.1**# | 61.2 ± 11.2 | 76.2 ± 9.9** | 63.6 ± 6.3 | 86.0 ± 3.6**# |