Role definition in nursing handoff: a focus group study
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1672-7088.2019.33.013
- VernacularTitle: 护士交接班角色定位的影响因素分析——专题小组讨论法
- Author:
Xiaoyun WANG
1
;
Dianhui WANG
2
,
3
;
Guomei YE
4
;
Deyan CAO
5
;
Xia CUI
6
;
Feifei CHEN
1
;
Xingfeng LIN
1
Author Information
1. Nursing Department, the Second Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan 250033, China
2. Endocrinology Department
3. the Second Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan 250033, China
4. Urology Department, the Second Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan 250033, China
5. Neurology Department, the Second Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan 250033, China
6. Neurosurgery Department, the Second Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan 250033, China
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Handoff;
Role definition;
Nurse;
Focus group study
- From:
Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing
2019;35(33):2617-2620
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective:To identify the impeding and promoting factors of role definition in nursing handoff, in order to increase the quality of nursing handoff.
Methods:Two nursing managers, 22 head nurses and four nurses were recruited by purpose sampling. Data were collected by using focus group study, and analyzed using content analysis.
Results:According to the framework of role transition theory, the factors could be classified as individual factors (37 items, 23.72%), organizational factors (105 items, 67.31%), effectiveness of role definition (11 items, 7.05%), and problems of role definition (3 items, 1.92%).
Conclusions:Role definition in nursing handoff helping the coming nurse check the performance of the last shift and transfer the nursing responsibility, contributes to the improvement of nursing quality, but there are still many factors affecting the role definition in nursing handoff.
