Need Your Input Hospice and Home Health Nurses

[AnnEvans]

Need Your Input Home Health/Hospice Nurse Friends!

I am a RN, currently seeking nurses, individuals and family members that use a hand held pill crusher at home on a daily basis, to crush medications. I am conducting a study to research what problems/ inconveniences, individuals/family members encounter when using their current pill crusher. The following questions I am asking via a survey and are the following (see below).

I ask that you copy these questions, and answer them completely. Please copy the questions and answer them in the comments below. . I also am in the process of obtaining approval, through a large hospital, to conduct the same survey. Your name will not be required to complete the survey.

This research will help me understand what current problems, inconveniences and frustrations consumers, nurses and family members are currently experiencing with hand held pill crushers. Thank you for taking the time to conduct this survey. Results will be posted in 4-6 weeks.

Questions:

1. Age:

2. Gender:

3. City, state you reside:

4. Are you the caregiver of the individual that needs their pills crushed?

5. Are you able to crush your own pills?

( please answer if you aren't the caregiver)

6. Reason why you/ patient are unable to swallow pills (example: Stroke, Parkinson's)

7. How long have you been crushing

Your medications?

8. Please list three problems/inconveniences, you have encountered using your current pill

crusher:

1.

2.

3.

9. If known, What is name of your current pill crusher?

10. If a new designed pill crusher was invented to solve your current pill crushing problems or inconveniences, would you switch to this new brand?

Copy and paste the questions into your response and answer the above 10 questions. Thank you for your participation!