Challenges confronting clinicians in acute care

Title: Challenges confronting clinicians in acute care
Creator: Parker, Vicki; Giles, Michelle; Higgins, Isabel
Relation: HNE Handover for Nurses and Midwives Vol. 1, Issue 1, p. 11-16
Relation: http://www.newcastle.edu.au/school/nursing-midwifery
Publisher: University of Newcastle, Hunter New England NSW Health, University of New England
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2008
Description: Aim: The study aimed to identify current challenges confronting health care professionals and to use this information to develop priorities for practice change projects. Method: A 3 phase mixed method design, incorporating descriptive and interpretive approaches was utilised. Data was collected via questionnaire, focus groups and nominal group workshops. Results: Communication, skill-mix and work environments were identified as issues of most concern. Participants were able to identify and prioritise a range of projects they believed would help to better understand and alleviate problems within the workplace. Conclusion: There is an urgent need for improved efficiency around all forms of communication, to reduce interruptions to care, and to reduce anxiety experienced by staff who feel they are unable to provide good care.
Subject: challenges; communication; workplace; skill-mix; resources
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/42944
Identifier: uon:5078
Language: eng
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