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Changing How Nurses Spend Their Time
Author(s) -
Prescott Patricia A.,
Phillips Carol Y.,
Ryan Judith W.,
Thompson Kathleen O.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
image: the journal of nursing scholarship
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 80
eISSN - 1547-5069
pISSN - 0743-5150
DOI - 10.1111/j.1547-5069.1991.tb00630.x
Subject(s) - nursing , economic shortage , nursing shortage , work time , nursing practice , work (physics) , medicine , psychology , nurse education , mechanical engineering , linguistics , philosophy , government (linguistics) , engineering
The results of work sampling studies are used to examine how nurses spend their time and to relate nurses' time to the shortage of nursing practice in hospitals. Four types of proposals for improving the delivery of nursing care in hospitals are discussed. The likely impact of these proposals on how nurses spend their time and the consequences of increasing the effectiveness of professional nursing practice are explored.