Engelsk titel: Development of an instrument for patient classification in anesthetic care
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Författare:
Bergqvist I
;
Davidsson L
;
Ak EdberG
Email: inger.k.bergqvist@skane.se
Språk: Swe
Antal referenser: 31
Dokumenttyp:
Artikel
UI-nummer: 03103330
Sammanfattning
Patient classification in anaesthetic
care is an undeveloped field
and it is therefore urgent to construct
an instrument for this purpose.
The aim of the study was to
develop an instrument to measure
anaesthetic nursing care with
focus on the unique care needed
by every single patient. The Delphi
technique was used. The method
involved five series of inquiries
to a panel of experts, consisting
of ten nurses. The instrument
developed, included 13 nursing
care areas, with predefined alternatives
graded from 1 to 4, where
4 indicated high workload, and 1
indicated low workload. The
instrument was tested in a pilot
study and showed agreement with
the clinical picture of the patients
needs. An initial inter-rater reliability
test showed very good agreement
for all the nursing care
areas. The instrument, however,
needs to be tested for validity and
reliability in a larger sample.