Table 2 Staff responses to survey instrument items regarding the role of the emergency pharmacist.
| Questions | Type of staff | Mean score* | Agree or strongly agree | Neutral | Disagree or strongly disagree | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | 95% CI | n (%) | 95% CI | n (%) | |||
| The presence of an emergency pharmacist improves quality of care in the ED | Providers (33) | 1.2 | 33 (100) | 89 to 100 | 0 (0) | 0 to 11 | 0 (0) |
| Nurses (42) | 1.2 | 41 (98) | 87 to 100 | 1 (2) | 0 to 13 | 0 (0) | |
| All (75) | 1.2 | 74 (99) | 93 to 100 | 1 (1) | 0 to 7 | 0 (0) | |
| The emergency pharmacist is an integral part of the ED team | Providers (33) | 1.2 | 32 (97) | 84 to 100 | 1 (3) | 0 to 16 | 0 (0) |
| Nurses (42) | 1.2 | 40 (95) | 84 to 99 | 1 (2) | 0 to 13 | 1 (2) | |
| All (75) | 1.2 | 72 (96) | 89 to 99 | 2 (3) | 0 to 9 | 1 (1) | |
| I make more use of a pharmacist when they are located in the ED as opposed to when I have to call the pharmacy | Providers (33) | 1.2 | 33 (100) | 89 to 100 | 0 (0) | 0 to 11 | 0 (0) |
| Nurses (42) | 1.5 | 37 (88) | 74 to 96 | 4 (10) | 3 to 23 | 1 (2) | |
| All (75) | 1.3 | 70 (93) | 85 to 98 | 4 (5) | 1 to 13 | 1 (1) | |
| It is helpful to me when the emergency pharmacist checks orders before they are carried out | Providers (33) | 2.0 | 23 (70) | 51 to 84 | 8 (24) | 11 to 42 | 2 (6) |
| Nurses (42) | 1.9 | 32 (76) | 61 to 88 | 6 (14) | 5 to 29 | 4 (10) | |
| All (75) | 2.0 | 55 (73) | 62 to 83 | 14 (18) | 11 to 29 | 6 (8) | |
| The presence of the emergency pharmacist during trauma and medical resuscitations enhances my ability to deliver safe, quality care to patients | Providers (33) | 1.2 | 32 (97) | 84 to 100 | 1 (3) | 0 to 16 | 0 (0) |
| Nurses (42) | 1.4 | 35 (83) | 69 to 93 | 7 (17) | 7 to 31 | 0 (0) | |
| All (75) | 1.3 | 67 (89) | 80 to 95 | 8 (10) | 5 to 20 | 0 (0) | |
| The emergency pharmacist is valuable as a patient educator | Providers (33) | 2.0 | 20 (61) | 42 to 77 | 13 (39) | 23 to 58 | 0 (0) |
| Nurses (42) | 1.7 | 35 (83) | 69 to 93 | 5 (12) | 4 to 26 | 2 (5) | |
| All (75) | 1.8 | 55 (73) | 62 to 83 | 18 (24) | 15 to 35 | 2 (3) | |
| The emergency pharmacist is a valuable teaching resource | Providers (33) | 1.5 | 19 (58) | 39 to 75 | 1 (3) | 0 to 16 | 13 (39) |
| Nurses (42) | 1.4 | 27 (64) | 48 to 78 | 0 (0) | 0 to 8 | 15 (36) | |
| All (75) | 1.4 | 46 (61) | 49 to 72 | 1 (1) | 0 to 7 | 28 (37) | |
| Paediatrics only: questions answered only by participants who work in the paediatric ED | |||||||
| A mandatory review by the emergency pharmacist of all routine orders (ie, non‐emergent) for patients <1 year old or <10 kg would improve medication safety | Providers (21) | 2.3 | 14 (67) | 43 to 85 | 4 (19) | 5 to 42 | 3 (14) |
| Nurses (10) | 2.4 | 6 (60) | 26 to 88 | 3 (30) | 7 to 65 | 1 (10) | |
| All (31) | 2.4 | 20 (65) | 45 to 81 | 7 (23) | 10 to 41 | 4 (13) | |
| Implementing a mandatory review (described in #25) is desirable to me | Providers (21) | 2.8 | 8 (38) | 18 to 62 | 9 (43) | 22 to 66 | 4 (19) |
| Nurses (10) | 2.9 | 3 (30) | 7 to 65 | 5 (50) | 19 to 81 | 2 (20) | |
| All (31) | 2.8 | 11 (36) | 19 to 55 | 14 (45) | 27 to 64 | 6 (19) | |
*Mean score is calculated based upon the following scale: 1 = strongly agree; 2 = agree; 3 = neutral; 4 = disagree; 5 = strongly disagree.