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Corporate working in health visiting: a concept analysis
1Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery, Kings College London, London, UK. anna.houston@kcl.ac.uk
Journal of Advanced Nursing
|May 1, 2001
Summary
Corporate working in health visiting offers shared workloads and enhanced professional support. This model promotes innovation and prevents burnout, leading to improved service delivery and public health work.
Area of Science:
- Health Visiting Practice
- Management Styles
- Public Health
Background:
- This study examines corporate working in health visiting, comparing it to individualized care.
- It is based on a practice developed by health visitors in Haywards Heath, West Sussex.
- Key elements include reflexivity, active listening, reflection, and praxis within a corporate caseload approach.
Purpose of the Study:
- To examine individualized health visiting care.
- To compare individualized care with corporate working under a consensual management style.
- To analyze the complexity and practical application of corporate working in health visiting services.
Main Methods:
- Utilized Rogers' evolutionary concept model.
- Illuminated and explained different methods of delivering health visiting services.
- Comparative analysis of individualized versus corporate working models.
Main Results:
- Corporate working offers benefits such as shared workload, increased professional support, and improved accountability.
- This model provides opportunities for practitioner innovation and offsets initial setup difficulties.
- Outcomes include improved service delivery, enhanced professional growth, and increased public health work opportunities.
Conclusions:
- Corporate working in health visiting can prevent burnout, enhance practice, and foster innovation.
- Practitioners can develop tailored corporate working styles for equitable, proactive, efficient, and accessible client services.
- This model represents a worthwhile change in health visiting practice.