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
-
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
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