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dc.contributor.authorCalleja, Pauline
dc.contributor.authorAitken, Leanne
dc.contributor.authorCooke, Marie
dc.date.accessioned2017-10-15T21:51:09Z
dc.date.available2017-10-15T21:51:09Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.issn0962-1067
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/jocn.13334
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/100483
dc.description.abstractAims and Objectives: To understand: (1) staff perceptions of best practice for information transfer for multitrauma patients on discharge from the emergency department; (2) what information should be conveyed at transfer and (3) how information is transferred. Background: Information transfer for multitrauma patients is an integral factor for continuity of care, safety, quality assurance and patient outcomes; however, this has not been the focus of previous studies. Design: This was a qualitative study using focus group interviews. Methods: Data were collected during focus group interviews across five clinical areas. Themes were derived from the data with consensus from three data coders. Purposive sampling was used and included staff caring for trauma patients during patient transition out of the emergency department. Participants were representatives of the emergency department, perioperative care, intensive care unit, high dependency care unit and the trauma service unit. Twenty-six registered nurses and two medical officers participated. Results: Five focus group interviews were held. Themes emerged from the data including ‘Variability’, ‘Continuity’ and ‘Putting the pieces together’. The first three themes were all influenced by the fourth theme of ‘Values/Context’. Considered together these themes influenced staff perception of the quality of information transfer for multitrauma patients on discharge from the emergency department. Conclusions: Staff perceived best practice for information transfer to be clear, concise, relevant documentation that travelled with the patient and interactive communication at handover that adhered to agreed principles and a minimum data set specific to trauma patients.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherWiley-Blackwell Publishing
dc.publisher.urihttp://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jocn.13334/full
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom2863
dc.relation.ispartofpageto2873
dc.relation.ispartofjournalJournal of Clinical Nursing
dc.relation.ispartofvolume25
dc.subject.fieldofresearchNursing
dc.subject.fieldofresearchNursing not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchHealth services and systems
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPublic health
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPsychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4205
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode420599
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4203
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4206
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode52
dc.titleStaff perceptions of best practice for information transfer about multitrauma patients on discharge from the emergency department: a focus group study
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
dc.description.versionAccepted Manuscript (AM)
gro.facultyGriffith Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery
gro.rights.copyright© 2016 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Staff perceptions of best practice for information transfer about multitrauma patients on discharge from the emergency department: a focus group study, Journal of Clinical Nursing, Volume 25, Issue 19-20, October 2016, Pages 2863–2873, which has been published in final form at 10.1111/jocn.13334. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving (http://olabout.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-828039.html)
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gro.griffith.authorCooke, Marie L.


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