Facilitators and barriers in oncology clinical practice influencing nurses’ completion of GRASP Workload Measurement System to ensure patient-centred care

<p class="p1">Hospital administrators have a great interest in obtaining a valid and reliable nursing workload measurement to help determine the hours of care needed per patient; one such method available is the GRASP Workload Measurement System. At Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre,...

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Main Authors: Eleonora Cretu, Anita Long, Kalliopi (Kalli) Stilos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pappin Communications 2022-10-01
Series:Canadian Oncology Nursing Journal
Online Access:https://canadianoncologynursingjournal.com/index.php/conj/article/view/1323
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Anita Long
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description <p class="p1">Hospital administrators have a great interest in obtaining a valid and reliable nursing workload measurement to help determine the hours of care needed per patient; one such method available is the GRASP Workload Measurement System. At Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, nurses’ GRASP compliance and accuracy varies and often does not meet the target of 90%. The target assists the organization in estimating ongoing nursing workload and patients’ care needs, while ensuring the provision of safe and appropriate care that is fiscally responsible. The objective of the quality initiative reported in this paper was to identify the facilitators and barriers that influence nurses’ completion of GRASP. The quality improvement project was conducted using a mixed-method design with a sample of 28 nurses working in oncology acute care and palliative care inpatient units. The Theoretical Domain Framework (TDF), often used in behaviour change studies, was used in designing the questionnaire survey and interview questions that listed pertinent and measurable factors that may influence nurses’ GRASP completion. Facilitators included: nurses' knowledge about the role GRASP has in funding and staffing levels, job responsibility, and perception of GRASP as a potential tool to organize work. Barriers identified by nurses included insufficient GRASP knowledge, limited access to workstations and computers, GRASP tool elements not capturing the complexity of the nursing work, time constraints, increased patients’ acuity, and care demands. In addition to the Theoretical Domain Framework, the Normalization Process Theory was used to guide the implementation and evaluation of the recommendations to enhance nurses’ GRASP compliance and adherence practice.</p><p class="p5">Keywords: nurses, GRASP, nursing workload measurement, nursing work, model funding</p>
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spelling doaj.art-88a4c4bbfcd34e22b74d24b2715f02872024-02-08T16:29:02ZengPappin CommunicationsCanadian Oncology Nursing Journal1181-912X2368-80762022-10-013244634721112Facilitators and barriers in oncology clinical practice influencing nurses’ completion of GRASP Workload Measurement System to ensure patient-centred careEleonora CretuAnita LongKalliopi (Kalli) Stilos<p class="p1">Hospital administrators have a great interest in obtaining a valid and reliable nursing workload measurement to help determine the hours of care needed per patient; one such method available is the GRASP Workload Measurement System. At Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, nurses’ GRASP compliance and accuracy varies and often does not meet the target of 90%. The target assists the organization in estimating ongoing nursing workload and patients’ care needs, while ensuring the provision of safe and appropriate care that is fiscally responsible. The objective of the quality initiative reported in this paper was to identify the facilitators and barriers that influence nurses’ completion of GRASP. The quality improvement project was conducted using a mixed-method design with a sample of 28 nurses working in oncology acute care and palliative care inpatient units. The Theoretical Domain Framework (TDF), often used in behaviour change studies, was used in designing the questionnaire survey and interview questions that listed pertinent and measurable factors that may influence nurses’ GRASP completion. Facilitators included: nurses' knowledge about the role GRASP has in funding and staffing levels, job responsibility, and perception of GRASP as a potential tool to organize work. Barriers identified by nurses included insufficient GRASP knowledge, limited access to workstations and computers, GRASP tool elements not capturing the complexity of the nursing work, time constraints, increased patients’ acuity, and care demands. In addition to the Theoretical Domain Framework, the Normalization Process Theory was used to guide the implementation and evaluation of the recommendations to enhance nurses’ GRASP compliance and adherence practice.</p><p class="p5">Keywords: nurses, GRASP, nursing workload measurement, nursing work, model funding</p>https://canadianoncologynursingjournal.com/index.php/conj/article/view/1323
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Canadian Oncology Nursing Journal
title Facilitators and barriers in oncology clinical practice influencing nurses’ completion of GRASP Workload Measurement System to ensure patient-centred care
title_full Facilitators and barriers in oncology clinical practice influencing nurses’ completion of GRASP Workload Measurement System to ensure patient-centred care
title_fullStr Facilitators and barriers in oncology clinical practice influencing nurses’ completion of GRASP Workload Measurement System to ensure patient-centred care
title_full_unstemmed Facilitators and barriers in oncology clinical practice influencing nurses’ completion of GRASP Workload Measurement System to ensure patient-centred care
title_short Facilitators and barriers in oncology clinical practice influencing nurses’ completion of GRASP Workload Measurement System to ensure patient-centred care
title_sort facilitators and barriers in oncology clinical practice influencing nurses completion of grasp workload measurement system to ensure patient centred care
url https://canadianoncologynursingjournal.com/index.php/conj/article/view/1323
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