Polypharmacy and deprescribing are important considerations in long-term care, where nurses play a central role in supporting safe and appropriate medication use. This Lunch & Learn will present findings from a published qualitative study exploring nurses' perspectives on deprescribing in long-term care facilities in Edmonton.
Participants will gain an overview of polypharmacy and deprescribing, learn about the barriers nurses identified to participating in deprescribing initiatives, and explore practical tools and strategies to strengthen nursing involvement and improve medication appropriateness in long-term care.
Roni Kraut, MD, CCFP, is an assistant professor in the Department of Family Medicine at Queen’s University. She has a family practice, is an attending physician in long-term care, and leads research studies in primary care and long-term care. Her research is shaped by questions arising from everyday clinical practice, with a focus on medication appropriateness and deprescribing.
