Intraprofessional teamwork in district nursing: in whose interest?
J Adv Nurs
; 20(6): 1038-45, 1994 Dec.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-7860849
The purpose of this paper is to examine intraprofessional teamworking between district nurses. Data from an exploratory study, conducted in the United Kingdom, of 130 home visits of 16 district nurses describes intraprofessional relationships in community nursing teams. Participant observation and in-depth interviews were the methods of data collection. The findings suggest that the professional culture of community nursing has led to the development of organizational rules which, in a quest to avoid conflict between team members, potentially militate against patient choice. The data presented here explore three areas of the nurses' practice: committing services, changing care and working unsocial hours.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Public Health Nursing
/
Nursing, Team
Type of study:
Qualitative_research
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
En
Journal:
J Adv Nurs
Year:
1994
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Reino Unido
Country of publication:
Reino Unido