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The participation of hospital nurses in the multidisciplinary ward round on a cancer‐therapy ward
Author(s) -
WHALE ZOE
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of clinical nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.94
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1365-2702
pISSN - 0962-1067
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2702.1993.tb00155.x
Subject(s) - multidisciplinary approach , nursing , multidisciplinary team , medicine , hospital ward , family medicine , medical emergency , social science , sociology
Summary• The aim of this study is to describe the participation of a group of hospital nurses in the multidisciplinary ward rounds on a cancer‐therapy ward. • Thirteen multidisciplinary group meetings (which took place before the ‘walk round’ meeting with the patients at the bedside) were tape recorded over a period of 4 weeks. The participating nurses were interviewed immediately after each ward round, yielding 23 interviews in total. In addition, three multidisciplinary team meetings were observed by the researcher. • The verbal contributions of the nurses are categorized. The behaviour and the views of the participating nurses about ward rounds are described. • Aspects of decision making and time management are highlighted. Barriers to the participation of nurses in ward rounds are identified. • Recommendations which may improve the participation of nurses in ward rounds are made.