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Understanding nursing scope of practice: a qualitative study.

Jessica Schluter1, Philippa Seaton, Wendy Chaboyer

  • 1Medication Services Queensland, Queensland Health, Australia. jess.schluter@gmail.com

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|April 8, 2011
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Nurses are navigating complex work environments by negotiating their roles to ensure patient safety and optimize care delivery amidst changing hospital demands. This involves redefining proximity and teamwork strategies.

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Published on: June 21, 2010

Area of Science:

  • Nursing Practice
  • Healthcare Management
  • Patient Care Dynamics

Background:

  • Increased patient acuity and shorter hospital stays have intensified nursing workload.
  • This has prompted a re-evaluation of how nursing staff manage their responsibilities.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore how medical and surgical nurses perceive their scope of practice.
  • To understand how nurse staffing, skill mix, and the availability of support staff influence nursing work patterns.
  • To identify shifts in nursing work in response to evolving patient needs and workforce composition.

Main Methods:

  • A constructivist methodology employing critical incident technique (CIT).
  • Interviews with 20 nurses (16 registered nurses, 4 enrolled nurses) in two Australian hospitals.
  • Exploration of significant events related to perceived role boundaries and care delegation.

Main Results:

  • Five key themes emerged: proximity to patients, safeguarding patients, "picking up the slack," teamwork strategies, and care prioritization.
  • Negotiation was a central theme, with registered nurses grappling with time allocation and delegation.
  • Registered nurses questioned whether direct patient care was always the most effective use of their skills.

Conclusions:

  • Negotiation is now essential in acute care nursing due to diverse care providers.
  • Negotiation enables nurses to redefine nurse-patient proximity and enhance patient safety.
  • Innovative teamwork strategies have emerged from the need to adapt nursing roles.