Table 3 Summary of responses to open-ended question 'What I would do with more time?'
From: Measuring the context of care in an Australian acute care hospital: a nurse survey
Theme | Specific areas | total |
|---|---|---|
Fundamentals of Care | Have more time to discuss patient's condition (with them) (11) | 88 |
| Â | Do extra things for patients (8) | Â |
| Â | Do routine things properly e.g., washing showering (54) | Â |
| Â | Contact time with family (10) | Â |
| Â | Providing psychological, emotional, spiritual care (5) | Â |
Learning and Teaching | Professional development (19) | 57 |
| Â | Clinical presentations by experts (6) | Â |
| Â | Educating junior staff (28) | Â |
| Â | Taking better care of myself (2) | Â |
| Â | Advanced clinical skills (2) | Â |
Specific Clinical Aspects | Assessment (6) | 42 |
| Â | Patient education (19) | Â |
| Â | Counselling (6) | Â |
| Â | Discharge planning (5) | Â |
| Â | Patient involvement (5) | Â |
| Â | Palliative care (1) | Â |
Information retrieval | More time to do more in-depth searching for information (40) | 40 |
Staffing Issues/infrastructure | Night duty staff challenges (1) | 25 |
| Â | Keeping equipment clean/tidy (6) | Â |
| Â | Nursing documentation (9) | Â |
| Â | Non-nursing duties (1) | Â |
| Â | Better handovers/orientation (4) | Â |
| Â | More down time/recovery time (4) | Â |
Research | Ward based research (13) | 17 |
| Â | QI/protocol work (4) | Â |
Teamwork | More time to communicate with colleagues (6) | 6 |
Total | Â | 276 |