TELL ME WHAT WE DO. USING WORK SAMPLING TO FIND THE ANSWER | Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing Home Archives Vol. 20 No. 3 (2003): March - May 2003 Research Papers Main Article Content

Christine Duffield, RN, PhD,
Wendy Wise, RN, BSocSci, GradDipNsg

Keywords

work sampling, skill mix, management tool

Abstract

As Australian hospitals have restructured and work patterns have changed ‘multi-skilling’ has become a necessary component for health care professionals, especially nurses. To date, there has been little empirical evidence to assess these changes and their effects on nurses and nursing work. This paper will discuss work sampling as a research method to assess what nurses do and how they spend their working day. The results examine nursing activities carried out in a private, not for profit hospital in metropolitan Sydney, Australia, and will be used to highlight the uses of this type of data. Work sampling can, in conjunction with other management tools, prove invaluable for managers.

Abstract 95 | view PDF Downloads 10 Article Sidebar Article Details

Manuscripts accepted for publication become the property of the AJAN.