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B Møller Christensen¹, T Pettersson², A Bjällmark¹

¹Department of Natural Science and Biomedicine, School of Health and Welfare, Jönköping University, Gjuterigatan 5, Jönköping, SE-553 18, Sweden.

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Summary

Radiographers in Sweden largely oppose task shifting to nurses and assistant nurses, particularly for technical tasks. Younger radiographers showed more openness to task shifting, especially for patient care and administrative duties.

Keywords:

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Area of Science:

Radiography
Healthcare Management
Nursing Practice

Background:

The radiography profession faces challenges including increased responsibilities and a shortage of qualified radiographers.
Task shifting is a strategy to address healthcare workforce demands.
Understanding radiographer perceptions is crucial for implementing task shifting effectively.

Purpose of the Study:

To evaluate radiographers' perceptions of nurses and assistant nurses performing tasks traditionally done by radiographers.
To assess attitudes towards task shifting in a Swedish radiography context.

Main Methods:

An electronic questionnaire was distributed to 65 radiographers across eleven Swedish hospitals.
Respondents rated their agreement with task shifting on a five-point Likert scale.
Data were analyzed using the Mann Whitney U test in SPSS.

Main Results:

A majority of radiographers (72% for nurses, 65% for assistant nurses) had negative perceptions of task shifting.
Negative attitudes were prevalent for technical tasks like mammography and interventional radiography.
More positive attitudes were observed for tasks such as patient preparation and calculating glomerular filtration rate.

Conclusions:

Most radiographers expressed negative attitudes towards task shifting to nurses and assistant nurses.
Radiographers were more amenable to shifting patient care and administrative tasks than technical radiography tasks.