Research Project: The multi-tasking clinician – working conditions in emergency department care.
Project leader
Katarina Göransson, Karolinska Institutet
Project Members
Anna Ehrenberg Jan Florin
Project Period
01-06-2007 -
Project Status
Completed
Description
The study aims at answering the following research questions: 1) What kind of activities occur in the emergency department (ED) context? 2) What is the ED clinicians’ experience of working in an environment where these activities take place? 4) How do these activities affect the ED clinicians’ decision-making processes?
A qualitative design will be used as this is an unexplored field of research in Swedish settings.
A purposeful sample of 18 clinicians (LPNs, RNs and physicians), nine from two hospitals each, will be performed selecting three respondents from each profession, with at least six months of clinical experience in the ED. Observations, in terms of shadowing will be used to collect data regarding activities in the ED while semi-structured interviews will be used to obtain knowledge of the participants experiences.
Keywords
Research Profile
Health and Social Welfare
Subject
Caring Science/Nursing
Financiers
Publications
Källberg, Ann-Sofie, Göransson, Katarina, Florin, Jan, Östergren, Jan, Brixey, Julie, Ehrenberg, Anna . Contributing factors to errors in Swedish emergency departments , International Emergency Nursing , 2015, Vol. 23, No. 2, 156-161. Article : refereed.
Källberg, Ann-Sofie, Göransson, Katarina, Östergren, Jan, Florin, Jan, Ehrenberg, Anna . Perceptions and management of patient safety risks in the emergency department , 2015. Conference paper : refereed.
Berg, Lena, Källberg, Ann-Sofie, Ehrenberg, Anna, Florin, Jan, Östergren, Jan, Göransson, Katarina . Interruptions and disturbances in emergency department work assignments , 2014. Conference paper : refereed.
Berg, Lena, Källberg, Ann-Sofie, Ehrenberg, Anna, Florin, Jan, Östergren, Jan, Göransson, Katarina . Avbrott och störning i arbetet för akutmottagningspersonal - är det någon skillnad? , 2014. Conference paper : refereed.
Berg, Lena M, Källberg, Ann-Sofie, Göransson, Katarina, Östergren, J, Florin, Jan, Ehrenberg, Anna . Interruptions in emergency department work : an observational and interview study , BMJ Quality and Safety , 2013, Vol. 22, No. 8, 656-663. Article : refereed.
Ehrenberg, Anna, Berg, Lena, Källberg, Ann-Sofie, Göransson, Katarina, Östergren, Jan, Florin, Jan . Hur uppfattar personal på akutmottagningar avbrott i arbetet? , 2013. Conference paper : refereed.
Källberg, Ann-Sofie, Göransson, Katarina, Östergren, Jan, Florin, Jan, Ehrenberg, Anna . Medical errors and complaints in emergency department care in Sweden as reported by care providers, health care staff and patients : a national review , European journal of emergency medicine , 2013, Vol. 20, No. 1, 33-38. Article : refereed.
Berg, Lena M, Ehrenberg, Anna, Florin, Jan, Östergren, Jan, Göransson, Katarina . An observational study of activities and multitasking performed by clinicians in two Swedish emergency departments , European journal of emergency medicine , 2012, Vol. 19, No. 4, 246-251. Article : refereed.
Berg, Lena, Ehrenberg, Anna, Florin, Jan, Östergren, Jan, Göransson, Katarina . Multitasking and interruptions of emergency department clinicians' activities , College of Emergency Nursing Australasia International Conference : 2011. Conference paper : refereed.
Berg, Lena, Ehrenberg, Anna, Florin, Jan, Östergren, Jan, Göransson, Katarina . Avbrott på akutmottagning , 6:e nationella konferensen om patientsäkerhet : 2011. Conference paper : refereed.
Farrohknia, Nasim, Castrén, Maaret, Ehrenberg, Anna, Lind, Lars, Oredsson, Sven, Jonsson, Håkan, Asplund, Kjell, Göransson, Katarina . Emergency department triage scales and their components : a systematic review of the scientific evidence , Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine , 2011, Vol. 19, No. 42. Article : refereed.
Källberg, Ann-Sofie, Göransson, Katarina, Östergren, Jan, Florin, Jan, Ehrenberg, Anna . Medical errors at Swedish emergency departments as reported by health care providers, personnel and patients , The Conference on Advances in Health Care Science Research : 2011. Conference paper : refereed.
Källberg, Ann-Sofie, Göransson, Katarina, Östergren, Jan, Florin, Jan, Ehrenberg, Anna . Medical errors in emergency department care reported to national authorities in Sweden by care providers and patients , College of Emergency Nursing Australasia International Conference : 2011. Conference paper : refereed.
Oredsson, Sven, Jonsson, Håkan, Rognes, Jon, Lind, Lars, Göransson, Katarina, Ehrenberg, Anna, Asplund, Kjell, Castrén, Maaret, Farrohknia, Nasim . A systematic review of triage-related interventions to improve patient flow in emergency departments , Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine , 2011, Vol. 19. Article : refereed.