Journal article
Strengthening nursing surveillance in general wards: A practice development approach
Journal of Clinical Nursing, Vol.28(15-16), pp.2924-2933
2019
PMID: 31017325
Abstract
To explore the context and culture of nursing surveillance on an acute care ward.
Prevention of patient deterioration is primarily a nursing responsibility in hospital. Registered nurses make judgements and act on emerging threats to patient safety through a process of nursing surveillance. Organisational factors that weaken nursing surveillance capacity on general wards increase the need for patient rescue at the end point of clinical deterioration with poorer outcomes. Yet little is known about cultures that enable and sustain ward nursing surveillance for patient safety.
Workplace observations and semistructured interviews using a critical lens as the first stage of a larger emancipatory practice development project.
Researcher immersion including 96 hr of nonparticipant observation with 12 semistructured interviews during July-August 2017. This study adhered to the COREQ guidelines.
We offer a metaphor of nursing surveillance as the threads that support the very fabric of acute care nursing work. These hidden threads enable nurses to weave the tapestry of care that keeps patients safe. This tapestry is vulnerable to internal and external forces, which weaken the structure, putting patients and staff at risk.
Understanding local context is essential to supporting practice change. This workplace observation challenges us to find ways to creatively engage nurses with the underlying cultural and systems issues that so often remain hidden from view in the deteriorating patient literature.
Building cultural values that strengthen nursing surveillance is a prerequisite for safe and effective hospital care. As such, practice-based research that empowers frontline nurses and teams to develop person-centred workplace cultures can hold the key to unlocking sustainable improvements in patient safety.
Details
- Title
- Strengthening nursing surveillance in general wards: A practice development approach
- Authors
- Jacqueline Peet (Corresponding Author) - Queensland University of TechnologyKaren Theobald (Author) - Queensland University of TechnologyClint Douglas (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
- Publication details
- Journal of Clinical Nursing, Vol.28(15-16), pp.2924-2933
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
- DOI
- 10.1111/jocn.14890
- ISSN
- 1365-2702
- PMID
- 31017325
- Organisation Unit
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine - Legacy; School of Health - Nursing
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99603308502621
- Output Type
- Journal article
Metrics
18 Record Views
InCites Highlights
These are selected metrics from InCites Benchmarking & Analytics tool, related to this output
- Web Of Science research areas
- Nursing
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
This output has contributed to the advancement of the following goals:
Source: InCites