Research into the workload and roles of oncology nurses within an outpatient oncology unit

Blay, Nicole; Cairns, Jill E.; Chisholm, Joy; O'Baugh, Jenny

doi:10.1054/ejon.2001.0163

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“…Some reports refer to elaboration based on brainstorming with the nursing team (13) , a computer list from a hospital management system (5) , patient file records and direct care observation (10)(11) and self-report by nurses working at the unit (9) . Others are based on a literature review and researchers' professional experiences (6) or culturally adapt instruments available in the literature (8) .…”

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“…A study developed at radiotherapy and onco- hematology units found 24 direct and 26 indirect care activities (13) ; at a telemetry unit -22 activities (5) and at medical clinics (9) 25 items. None of those instruments specifically addresses nurses' activities at Chemotherapy…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The importance of this orientation is also emphasized in other studies developed based on nursing consultations in CTC outpatient clinics (23) , and also in counseling and education activities (14,17) . Hence, cancer nurses play an important role in the education and information of chemotherapy patients (13,17) .…”

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“…Center showed it, on a list of ten activities, clinical assessment was considered the most frequent, while patient/family counseling and education consumed most of the time (13) . In practice, these activities can be compared to the intervention "critical path development" treatment, due to the expected adverse effects of these drugs.…”

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“…The use of the work sampling method is discussed in an Australian study to determine the functions performed and nurses' workload in hematology and outpatient radiotherapy (13) . An experience report on the adaptation of available instruments for productivity measurement at an oncology outpatient clinic has also been described in an American study (14) .…”

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Nursing intervention/activity mapping at a Chemotherapy Center: an instrument for workload assessment

Souza

Jericó

Perroca

2013

Rev. Latino-Am. Enfermagem

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Objectives: identify the interventions/activities nurses develop at a Chemotherapy Center (CTC) using standardized language and validate their contents. Method: data triangulation was used through the combination of three information sources: semistructured interview, document analysis and questionnaire. The instrument, constructed in accordance with the Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC) taxonomy, was submitted to content validation through meetings with the participants. Results: Thirty-five interventions and 48 activities were mapped and validated, organized in five domains (physiological: basic and physiological: complex, behavioral, safety and health system) and 11 classes. Conclusion: The identification of nurses' interventions/activities at CTC supports the determination of the time consumed and permits measuring the workload. It also helps to define these professionals' role, which permits the redesign of the work process and optimizes productivity.

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Section: Although Many Researchers Have Constructed Instruments As Thmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Although Many Researchers Have Constructed Instruments As Thmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Through Its Publications the Instituto Nacional Domentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Literature Findings Show That Nurses Play An Importantmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Nursing intervention/activity mapping at a Chemotherapy Center: an instrument for workload assessment

Souza

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Perroca

2013

Rev. Latino-Am. Enfermagem

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Planning oncologists of ambulatory care units

Sadki

Xie

Chauvin

2013

Decision Support Systems

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This paper addresses the problem of determining the work schedule, called medical planning, of oncologists for chemotherapy of oncology patients at ambulatory care units. A mixed integer programming (MIP) model is proposed for medical planning in order to best balance bed capacity requirements under capacity constraints of key resources such as beds and oncologists. The most salient feature of the MIP model is the explicit modeling of specific features of chemotherapy such as treatment protocols. The medical planning problem is proved to be NP-complete. A threestage approach is proposed for determining good medical planning in reasonable computational time.From numerical experiments based on field data, the three-stage approach takes less than 10 minutes and always outperforms the direct application of MIP solvers with 10h CPU time. Compared with the current planning, the three-stage approach reduces the peak daily bed capacity requirement by 20h to 45h while the maximum theoretical daily bed capacity is 162h.

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