TY - JOUR
T1 - Roles of the allocated nurse and shift leader in the intensive care unit
T2 - Findings of an ethnographic study
AU - Endacott, Ruth
PY - 1999/1/1
Y1 - 1999/1/1
N2 - In the UK, recent policy guidelines emphasize the role of nurses in managing the minute-by-minute care of critically ill patients (Department of Health 1996). This article reports on a study that explored the extent to which the nurse at the bedside (the allocated nurse) and the nurse in charge of the shift (the shift leader) make decisions about the needs of children who are critically ill. The study also identified areas of need using a modified Delphi study and explored how nurses perceive and act on the needs of critically ill children. These aspects are presented elsewhere (Endacott 1998a, 1998b, 1998c).
AB - In the UK, recent policy guidelines emphasize the role of nurses in managing the minute-by-minute care of critically ill patients (Department of Health 1996). This article reports on a study that explored the extent to which the nurse at the bedside (the allocated nurse) and the nurse in charge of the shift (the shift leader) make decisions about the needs of children who are critically ill. The study also identified areas of need using a modified Delphi study and explored how nurses perceive and act on the needs of critically ill children. These aspects are presented elsewhere (Endacott 1998a, 1998b, 1998c).
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0033068588&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/S0964-3397(99)80061-5
DO - 10.1016/S0964-3397(99)80061-5
M3 - Article
C2 - 10401337
AN - SCOPUS:0033068588
SN - 0964-3397
VL - 15
SP - 10
EP - 18
JO - Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
JF - Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
IS - 1
ER -