Characterization of nurses’ work methods: The analysis of a Portuguese hospital
Background & Aim: Providing nursing care occurs through work methods that ensure the organization and implementation of care: the functional work method, the teamwork method, the individual work method, or the reference nurse work method. This study aims to identify work methods that nurses ado...
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Tehran University of Medical Sciences
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| author | João Miguel Almeida Ventura-Silva Maria Manuela Ferreira Pereira da Silva Martins Letícia de Lima Trindade Ana da Conceição Alves Faria Sónia Cristina da Costa Barros Ricardo Manuel da Costa Melo Olga Maria Pimenta Lopes Ribeiro |
| author_facet | João Miguel Almeida Ventura-Silva Maria Manuela Ferreira Pereira da Silva Martins Letícia de Lima Trindade Ana da Conceição Alves Faria Sónia Cristina da Costa Barros Ricardo Manuel da Costa Melo Olga Maria Pimenta Lopes Ribeiro |
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Background & Aim: Providing nursing care occurs through work methods that ensure the organization and implementation of care: the functional work method, the teamwork method, the individual work method, or the reference nurse work method. This study aims to identify work methods that nurses adopt in a Portuguese hospital.
Methods & Materials: A cross-sectional study was conducted in a hospital in northern Portugal. A non-probabilistic convenience sampling technique was used, and 627 nurses were enrolled. Data were collected between March and April 2023 using the “Nurses’ Work Methods Assessment Scale.” The Statistical Package for the Social Sciences was used to perform descriptive and inferential statistics, using the Mann-Whitney, Kruskal-Wallis, and Spearman’s correlation tests.
Results: The individual method predominated, followed by the functional and teamwork methods. A lower adherence to the nurse reference method was observed. The variable “work context” was the most significant for the four working methods. In the individual method, the frequency of the variable “condition in which the profession is practiced” was higher in specialist nurses and, particularly, rehabilitation nursing specialists. The frequency of using the individual method is also higher when nurses have a master’s degree and training in nursing care organization methodology.
Conclusion: The highest frequencies of the individual method are related to the level of training, suggesting the influence of training in adopting working methods in clinical practice. Although the reference nurse method points to better satisfaction of clients’ needs, nursing practice environments sometimes have inadequate conditions for its operationalization.
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| spelling | doaj.art-d3d9f9532ff044afb815c08fd7bf52f12024-03-11T05:36:47ZengTehran University of Medical SciencesNursing Practice Today2383-11542383-11622023-12-0111110.18502/npt.v11i1.14940Characterization of nurses’ work methods: The analysis of a Portuguese hospitalJoão Miguel Almeida Ventura-Silva0Maria Manuela Ferreira Pereira da Silva Martins1Letícia de Lima Trindade2Ana da Conceição Alves Faria3Sónia Cristina da Costa Barros4Ricardo Manuel da Costa Melo5Olga Maria Pimenta Lopes Ribeiro6Abel Salazar Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal AND Superior School of Health, North of the Portuguese Red Cross, Oliveira de Azeméis, PortugalAbel Salazar Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal AND Center for Health Technology and Services Research (CINTESIS@RISE), Porto, PortugalSanta Catarina State University, Santa Catarina, Brazil AND Regional Community University of Chapecó, Chapecó-Santa Catarina, BrazilAbel Salazar Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal AND North Region Health Administration, Abel Salazar Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Porto, Porto, PortugalCentro Hospitalar Universitário de São João, Porto, PortugalSuperior School of Health, North of the Portuguese Red Cross, Oliveira de Azeméis, Portugal AND Health Sciences Research Unit: Nursing (UICISA: E), Health School of the Polytechnic Institute of Viseu, Viseu, PortugalCenter for Health Technology and Services Research (CINTESIS@RISE), Porto, Portugal AND Nursing School of Porto, Porto, Portugal Background & Aim: Providing nursing care occurs through work methods that ensure the organization and implementation of care: the functional work method, the teamwork method, the individual work method, or the reference nurse work method. This study aims to identify work methods that nurses adopt in a Portuguese hospital. Methods & Materials: A cross-sectional study was conducted in a hospital in northern Portugal. A non-probabilistic convenience sampling technique was used, and 627 nurses were enrolled. Data were collected between March and April 2023 using the “Nurses’ Work Methods Assessment Scale.” The Statistical Package for the Social Sciences was used to perform descriptive and inferential statistics, using the Mann-Whitney, Kruskal-Wallis, and Spearman’s correlation tests. Results: The individual method predominated, followed by the functional and teamwork methods. A lower adherence to the nurse reference method was observed. The variable “work context” was the most significant for the four working methods. In the individual method, the frequency of the variable “condition in which the profession is practiced” was higher in specialist nurses and, particularly, rehabilitation nursing specialists. The frequency of using the individual method is also higher when nurses have a master’s degree and training in nursing care organization methodology. Conclusion: The highest frequencies of the individual method are related to the level of training, suggesting the influence of training in adopting working methods in clinical practice. Although the reference nurse method points to better satisfaction of clients’ needs, nursing practice environments sometimes have inadequate conditions for its operationalization. https://npt.tums.ac.ir/index.php/npt/article/view/2622nursing care delivery systems; nursing care; nursing administration research; hospitals; organization; administration |
| spellingShingle | João Miguel Almeida Ventura-Silva Maria Manuela Ferreira Pereira da Silva Martins Letícia de Lima Trindade Ana da Conceição Alves Faria Sónia Cristina da Costa Barros Ricardo Manuel da Costa Melo Olga Maria Pimenta Lopes Ribeiro Characterization of nurses’ work methods: The analysis of a Portuguese hospital Nursing Practice Today nursing care delivery systems; nursing care; nursing administration research; hospitals; organization; administration |
| title | Characterization of nurses’ work methods: The analysis of a Portuguese hospital |
| title_full | Characterization of nurses’ work methods: The analysis of a Portuguese hospital |
| title_fullStr | Characterization of nurses’ work methods: The analysis of a Portuguese hospital |
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| title_short | Characterization of nurses’ work methods: The analysis of a Portuguese hospital |
| title_sort | characterization of nurses work methods the analysis of a portuguese hospital |
| topic | nursing care delivery systems; nursing care; nursing administration research; hospitals; organization; administration |
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