A bottom-up framework for nurses' protocol-based care decision-making.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To develop a conceptual framework for nurses' protocol-based care decision-making.

Design

Miles & Huberman's bottom-up approach to developing conceptual frameworks was followed, using data collected from a multiple embedded case study examining protocol-based decision-making by nurses in three hospital wards within a university hospital in northern Spain.

Methods

The qualitative data from the case study, obtained through documentary analysis, observations, and interviews, underwent a secondary analysis consisting of four steps: data reduction, data display, comparison, and drawing conclusions.

Results

The framework for protocol-based care decision-making comprises four components: (1) protocol-based care, as a balance between standardisation and individuali

SUBMITTER: Vazquez-Calatayud M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11403125 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature