Effective Interventions Unit - An Exploration of the Role of Substance Misuse Nurses in Scotland

An exploration of the role of substance misuse nurses in Scotland

Appendix 4: Further Questionnaire Data

Table A1: Self-reported job title of respondents

Job Title ¹	N=191²	%
Charge Nurse	31	16.2
Community Psychiatric Nurse (CPN)	21	11.5
Staff Nurse	27	14.1
Senior Charge Nurse	8	4.2
Addictions Nurse	7	3.7
Community Addictions Nurse	7	3.7
Midwife	7	3.7
Team Leader	8	4.2
Addictions Liaisons Nurse	6	3.1
Community Mental Health Nurse	6	3.1
Deputy Charge Nurse	6	3.1
Senior Community Mental Health Nurse	6	3.1
Clinical Nurse Specialist	5	2.6
Senior Staff Nurse	4	2.1
Clinical Nurse Manager	3	1.6
Nurse Team Leader	3	1.6
Senior Addictions Nurse	3	1.6
Other e.g. youth worker, public health nurse	32	16.8
Total	191	100.0

Open-ended question, ² 1/191 incomplete

Table A2: Services provided by employing organisation

Services provided¹	N=192	%
Counselling Service	154	80.2
Assessment of eligibility for treatment options	150	78.1
Methadone maintenance prescribing	148	77.1
Community Detoxification	139	72.4
Development of an aftercare management plan	127	66.1
Needle and syringe exchange	92	47.9
Drop-in clinic	29	15.1

¹ Respondents selected all that applied

Table A3: Location of services

Location	Detail	N=192	%
Health Board	Argyll & Clyde	20	10.5
	Ayrshire & Arran	14	7.3
	Borders	4	2.1
	Dumfries & Galloway	8	4.2
	Fife	13	6.8
	Forth Valley	13	6.8
	Grampian	21	11.0
	Glasgow	23	12.0
	Highland	10	5.2
	Lanarkshire	28	14.7
	Lothian	19	9.9
	Tayside	15	7.9
	Western Isles	3	1.6
	Total	191	99.4
Location ^1,2	City centre/suburban (Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness)	76	40.9
	Urban (4,000-90,000 inhabitants)	88	47.3
	Rural (4,000)	32	17.2

10/186 nurses worked in multiple sites
² Definitions of city centre, urban and rural locations are based on previous national surveys of GPs and pharmacists.

Table A4: Views on prescribing practice

Prescribing practice	N=181	%
Only very experienced nurses given extra training in prescribing should sign prescriptions	127	70.2
GPs/Doctors only should write and sign prescription as it is not a nursing responsibility	49	27.1
All nurses working with drug misusers should be able to write and sign prescriptions	5	2.8
Total ¹	181	100.1

11/192 incomplete

Table A5: Nurse-prescribed medication

Medications¹	N=192	%
Diazepam	50	26.0
Methadone	46	24.0
Lofexidine	33	17.2
Zoplicone	21	10.9
Dihydrocodeine	20 ²	10.4
Naltrexone	16	8.3
Zolpidem	15	7.7
Temazepam	3	1.6
Nitrazepam	2	1.0

Participants selected all that applied
² 13/20 from Lothian.

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