What is it about?
We wanted to know how doctors and nurses in the Emergency Department deal with the incoming information and change. When do they pick up on change, who do they communicate with and then what? We used a tool that captures stories.
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Why is it important?
It contributes knowledge about interprofessional teamwork and communication. Many studies conducted in the Emergency Department (and other parts of the hospital) considers only one discipline e.g. doctors or nurses, or it is focused on a singled-out process e.g. handing over a patient. This study considered the interplay between doctors and nurses and what they find important, how and when they communicate.
Perspectives
Doctors and nurses have different reporting structures, and when this becomes a barrier for decision-making during chaos or any situation that requires adaptive decision-making and flexibility. This is often the case in the Emergency Department and thus doctors and nurses working in the Emergency Department should have one reporting structure and see themselves as one team.
Charmaine Cunningham
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This page is a summary of: Interprofessional sense-making in the emergency department: A SenseMaker study, PLOS One, March 2023, PLOS,
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0282307.
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