Nurses in the lead: a qualitative study on the development of distinct nursing roles in daily nursing practice.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Transitions in healthcare delivery, such as the rapidly growing numbers of older people and increasing social and healthcare needs, combined with nursing shortages has sparked renewed interest in differentiations in nursing staff and skill mix. Policy attempts to implement new competency frameworks and job profiles often fails for not serving existing nursing practices. This study is aimed to understand how licensed vocational nurses (VNs) and nurses with a Bachelor of Science degree (BNs) shape distinct nursing roles in daily practice.

Methods

A qualitative study was conducted in four wards (neurology, oncology, pneumatology and surgery) of a Dutch teaching hospital. Various ethnographic methods were used: shadowing nurses in daily practice (65h), observations an

SUBMITTER: van Schothorst-van Roekel J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8201810 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature