Table 5 Examples of antimicrobial stewardship nursing posts from UK network
| Domains | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antimicrobial stewardship nursing posts* | Interprofessional working+ |
Strategic influence- Relation with other structures | Clinical outcomes- (What measure of impact? Process?) | Individual identity |
Funding/ Managerial structures | Setting of practice (hospital, community…) |
Role components (clinical, educational, quality, policy, managerial) |
| Nurse 1 | Yes |
Relation with infection prevention and control, pharmacy Evolving role focus on Carbapanemase-producing organism screening | Process | Staff Nurse |
Infection Prevention & Sepsis Team, Nursing Directorate Substantive position | Hospital | Education |
| Nurse 2 | Yes | Relation with infection prevention and control, pharmacy | Process | Staff nurse |
Infection prevention and control, previously in pharmacy Substantive position | Hospital | Clinical, education |
| Nurse 3 | Yes | Relation with infection prevention and control, pharmacy, antimicrobial stewardship team, university | Clinical outcomes, patient satisfaction, process | Advanced nurse practitioner |
Infection Prevention and control/University Substantive position | Hospital | Clinical, education, policy, managerial |
| Nurse 4 | Yes | Relation with infection prevention and control, antimicrobial stewardship team | Clinical outcomes, patient satisfaction, process | Lead nurse |
Antimicrobial stewardship team Initial 1-year funding, then substantive position | Community and long-term care facilities | Clinical, education, policy |
| Nurse 5 | Yes | Relation with infection prevention and control, antimicrobial stewardship team | Process | Staff nurse |
Antimicrobial stewardship team. Substantive position | Hospital | Clinical |
| Nurse 6 | Yes | Relation with infection prevention and control, and sepsis teams, but mainly on education for nurses | Clinical outcome, process | Staff nurse based within pharmacy | Antimicrobial stewardship team | Hospital | Clinical, quality improvement |