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Using the Delphi survey technique to develop a professional definition of nursing for analysing nursing workload
Author(s) -
Procter Susan,
Hunt Maura
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
journal of advanced nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1365-2648
pISSN - 0309-2402
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2648.1994.tb01180.x
Subject(s) - delphi method , workload , nursing , delphi , perspective (graphical) , context (archaeology) , survey research , medicine , psychology , computer science , applied psychology , paleontology , artificial intelligence , biology , operating system
This paper describes the use of the Delphi survey technique to develop a professional definition of nursing which is used as a framework for analysing the contribution made to care by learner nurses prior to the introduction of Project 2000. A detailed account is provided of the importance of generating a theoretical nursing perspective to structure the first round of the Delphi survey. The paper goes on to question the validity of developing a consensus about nursing priorities in subsequent rounds of the Delphi survey and argues instead that priorities about nursing care needs can only be determined in the context of practice.