Nursing qualifications needed in municipal emergency inpatient units. A qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Providing care to older individuals with complex needs and patients with chronic illness is a concern worldwide. In Norway, this situation led to the transfer of responsibility for care and treatment to the municipalities. Providing emergency care at the municipal level - thereby reducing the need for emergency hospital admissions - is part of the Coordination Reform in Norway. This reform from 2012 warrants a reconsideration of which nursing qualifications are needed in the municipalities. The aim of the study is to explore which professional qualifications nurses need to provide emergency care in municipal emergency inpatient units.

Method

A qualitative design with a hermeneutic approach was employed. Interviewing physicians about nursing qualifications may be c

SUBMITTER: Landstad BJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8576997 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature