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Published on: January 7, 2019
Taking control of information.
1At School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Wolverhampton.
Nursing
Area of Science:
- Nursing Science
- Healthcare Informatics
Background:
- Clinical communication is the primary source for understanding nursing practice.
- Informal, 'professional' nursing information often exists outside formal systems.
- Increasing demands for accountability and legal compliance necessitate better information management.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore the nature of nursing information.
- To identify challenges in capturing informal nursing knowledge.
- To advocate for integrating informal nursing information into organizational systems.
Main Methods:
- Qualitative analysis of clinical communication patterns.
- Review of current information systems in nursing.
- Discourse analysis of professional nursing knowledge sharing.
Main Results:
- A significant portion of nursing's professional information is tacit, residing 'in the head'.
- Subsidiary notes are common but unintegrated methods for recording informal information.
- Current systems struggle to capture the nuances of informal nursing knowledge.
Conclusions:
- Nursing's professional identity and practice are deeply intertwined with informal information.
- Nurse managers and leaders face challenges due to uncaptured informal knowledge.
- Integrating informal nursing information into organizational systems is crucial for the profession.
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