Towards the idea of 'clinical capital': A longitudinal study exploring nurses' dispositions and workplace manifestations in an Australian intensive care unit.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore the concept of 'capital' through the study of successive interventions and outcomes (patient and staff) in a quaternity intensive care unit (ICU) across a 5-year time frame.

Design

A longitudinal intrinsic single site, a survey study was designed. The concept of 'capital' was explored through an adopted interpretive approach that involved understanding meanings from different sources, for example, discussions at compassion cafés, follow-up from staff-initiated activities, informal responses to organizational imperatives external to the unit (i.e. staff reductions and resource constraints), alongside empirical data about workplace climate and patient incidents.

Setting

A single ICU employing approximately 220 registered nurses at a quaternary hospi

SUBMITTER: Henderson A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9790404 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature