What matters most and for whom? A cross-sectional study exploring goals of health professionals in German neonatal intensive care units.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Quality of care largely depends on successful teamwork, which in turn needs effective communication between health professionals. To communicate successfully in a team, health professionals need to strive for the same goals. However, it has been left largely unaddressed which goals professionals consider to be important. In this study, we aim to identify these goals and analyse whether differences between (1) personal and organisational goals, (2) different professions and (3) hierarchical levels exist in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs).

Design

Goals were identified based on a literature review and a workshop with health professionals and tested in a pilot study. Subsequently, in the main study, a cross-sectional employee survey was undertaken.

Setting an

SUBMITTER: Mensen A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7986904 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature