Title |
Nurses’ workarounds in acute healthcare settings: a scoping review
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Published in |
BMC Health Services Research, May 2013
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DOI | 10.1186/1472-6963-13-175 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Deborah S Debono, David Greenfield, Joanne F Travaglia, Janet C Long, Deborah Black, Julie Johnson, Jeffrey Braithwaite |
Abstract |
Workarounds circumvent or temporarily 'fix' perceived workflow hindrances to meet a goal or to achieve it more readily. Behaviours fitting the definition of workarounds often include violations, deviations, problem solving, improvisations, procedural failures and shortcuts. Clinicians implement workarounds in response to the complexity of delivering patient care. One imperative to understand workarounds lies in their influence on patient safety. This paper assesses the peer reviewed empirical evidence available on the use, proliferation, conceptualisation, rationalisation and perceived impact of nurses' use of workarounds in acute care settings. |
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United States | 3 | 33% |
Australia | 2 | 22% |
United Kingdom | 2 | 22% |
Unknown | 2 | 22% |
Demographic breakdown
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Members of the public | 4 | 44% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 4 | 44% |
Scientists | 1 | 11% |
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Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Spain | 3 | <1% |
United States | 3 | <1% |
Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
Sweden | 1 | <1% |
Canada | 1 | <1% |
Portugal | 1 | <1% |
United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
Grenada | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 358 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Student > Master | 89 | 24% |
Student > Bachelor | 42 | 11% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 41 | 11% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 34 | 9% |
Researcher | 26 | 7% |
Other | 75 | 20% |
Unknown | 63 | 17% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 81 | 22% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 75 | 20% |
Engineering | 25 | 7% |
Social Sciences | 23 | 6% |
Psychology | 21 | 6% |
Other | 74 | 20% |
Unknown | 71 | 19% |