The emergency, trauma, and transport nursing workforce

Schumaker, Janie; Taylor, W M; McGonigle, Tim

doi:10.1097/01.numa.0000605152.42445.4b

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“…The study had professional nurses with different qualifications, where nine professional nurses had a general qualification, one master’s trauma trained professional nurse, and seven diploma trauma trained professional nurses. The qualification proportions of emergency nurses still indicate a gap of trauma trained nurses in rural hospitals [ 24 ]. Table 2 shows most nurses were more experienced in emergency nursing and probably should be more knowledgeable and skilled in triage.…”

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Strategies to Enhance Knowledge and Practical Skills of Triage amongst Nurses Working in the Emergency Departments of Rural Hospitals in South Africa

Phukubye

Mothiba

2021

IJERPH

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Purpose: Lack of knowledge and practical skills on triage remains a global problem, especially within rural hospitals, and very little is known about enhancing the knowledge and skills of emergency nursing staff in rural hospitals of South Africa. The objective was to describe the perceived strategies for enhancing knowledge and practices of triage among nurses working in the emergency departments (EDs) of rural hospitals in South Africa. Research methods: A descriptive qualitative research design was applied to achieve the research objective. A non-probability sampling method was applied to select 17 professional nurses from rural hospitals. An unstructured face-to-face interview method was used to collect data. Data collected were analyzed using Tesch’s method of data analysis. Results: The study findings highlighted the academic needs of nurses working in the ED of rural hospitals. Two themes emerged from this study; (1) The consistent description of the importance of triage training for emergency unit staff, and (2) The description of measures to enhance triage practices amongst emergency unit staff. Findings indicated that triage knowledge and practice remains a challenge, but with formulated strategies like continuous training by workshops, refresher courses, and offering a training module on triage, evaluation of developed guidelines and benchmarks is often enhanced. Conclusions: The study describes the strategies to enhance the conversion of knowledge and practice of triage amongst nurses working in the ED of rural hospitals. The paper argues that the knowledge and practical skills of nurses working in ED are enhanced through the provision of continuous training as workshops, triage module, evaluating the developed guidelines to implement triage, and benchmarking with other hospitals.

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Strategies to Enhance Knowledge and Practical Skills of Triage amongst Nurses Working in the Emergency Departments of Rural Hospitals in South Africa

Phukubye

Mothiba

2021

IJERPH

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“…Nursing professionals working in urgent and emergency sectors provide critical care in dynamic, high-risk and highstress environments (1,4) . These professionals are at the frontline of health care, which places them in a routine of high demands and responsibility (4) . Therefore, the unpredictable is a reflection of the complexity of their work object, which cannot be predicted and is conditioned to the demand of the community.…”

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“…It is known that there is strong pressure on urgent and emergency nursing workers. They are expected to respond to different situations with ability and confidence, without margin for errors, in contexts where immediate actions play a decisive role in clinical outcomes (4) .…”

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“…Studies have shown a set of vulnerabilities of nursing professionals working in these units. Workers deal with patients at imminent risk of death on a daily basis (3,4) . There is work overload and living with a toxic environment, in which nursing often experiences physical, mental and emotional exhaustion related to work (3) .…”

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Routine of the unpredictable: workloads and health of urgent and emergency nursing workers

Mass¹,

Coelho

Santos

et al. 2022

Rev. Gaúcha Enferm.

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Objective: To know the perceptions of nursing professionals in urgent and emergency services regarding workloads and the relationship with their health. Method: Descriptive qualitative study carried out in two urgent and emergency sectors in southern Brazil. 16 nursing professionals were interviewed. The data were subjected to thematic content analysis. Results: The first thematic category highlighted the workloads in the daily lives of professionals, highlighting Covid-19 as an element recently incorporated into the perception of biological load. The psychic load is enhanced by stress and suffering in the face of deaths, in addition to adverse working conditions. The second category showed the interface between the loads, the overload and the workers’ health, highlighting the importance of the psychic load in mental health. Conclusion: Workloads are enhanced by working conditions and the relationship with the profession’s work object, generating overload and risk of mental illness.

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