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Time management strategies in nursing practice.

Susan Waterworth1

  • 1School of Nursing, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand. susanpw@xtra.co.nz

Journal of Advanced Nursing
|August 16, 2003
PubMed
Summary

Nurse time management is complex, involving strategies like routinization and prioritizing. Understanding these nursing time management techniques is crucial for effective healthcare delivery.

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Area of Science:

  • Nursing Practice
  • Healthcare Management
  • Workforce Efficiency

Background:

  • Time management is critical for healthcare efficiency and effectiveness.
  • Despite its importance, empirical investigation into nursing time management is limited.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore how nurses organize and manage their time in clinical practice.

Main Methods:

  • Qualitative study using narratives, focus groups, and semi-structured interviews.
  • Practitioner-researcher observations and informal conversations.
  • Data collected from five UK healthcare organizations (1995-1999).

Main Results:

  • Nurses employ a complex range of time management strategies and actions.
  • Routinization and prioritizing are key strategies identified.
  • Implications for understanding time management in nursing are discussed.

Conclusions:

  • An individualistic view of time management overlooks team and organizational influences.
  • Failure to address systemic factors hinders effective work organization and care coordination.
  • A broader perspective is needed to improve nursing time management.

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