Skip to main content

LUP Student Papers

LUND UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES

Sjuksköterskors upplevelse av att ge omvårdnad på en akutmottagning

Larsson Sawo, Lina LU and Norgren, Signe LU (2021) AKTM22 20211
Department of Health Sciences
Abstract (Swedish)
År 2019 besökte 1,9 miljoner personer i åldrarna 19 år eller äldre akutmottagningarna i Sverige. Vistelsetiderna på akutmottagningarna ses samtidigt i stora delar av landet öka. Patientflöde och arbetsbelastning är ständigt i förändring och de senaste åren har vårdplatsläget orsakat stora bekymmer med kvarstannande patienter, så kallad crowding. Tidigare forskning visar att sjuksköterskor ofta bli avbrutna i sitt arbete med patienterna och att sjuksköterskors bemanning korrelerar med patientsäkerhetsbrister. Sjuksköterskans omvårdnadsarbete på en akutmottagning påverkas således av flera olika faktorer.

Syfte: Studiens syfte var att undersöka sjuksköterskors upplevelser av att ge omvårdnad på en akutmottagning.

Metod: En kvalitativ... (More)
År 2019 besökte 1,9 miljoner personer i åldrarna 19 år eller äldre akutmottagningarna i Sverige. Vistelsetiderna på akutmottagningarna ses samtidigt i stora delar av landet öka. Patientflöde och arbetsbelastning är ständigt i förändring och de senaste åren har vårdplatsläget orsakat stora bekymmer med kvarstannande patienter, så kallad crowding. Tidigare forskning visar att sjuksköterskor ofta bli avbrutna i sitt arbete med patienterna och att sjuksköterskors bemanning korrelerar med patientsäkerhetsbrister. Sjuksköterskans omvårdnadsarbete på en akutmottagning påverkas således av flera olika faktorer.

Syfte: Studiens syfte var att undersöka sjuksköterskors upplevelser av att ge omvårdnad på en akutmottagning.

Metod: En kvalitativ intervjustudie med induktiv ansats. Elva sjuksköterskor från en akutmottagning i södra Sverige deltog. Data samlades in med hjälp av semistrukturerade intervjuer och analyserades med kvalitativ innehållsanalys.

Resultat: Det övergripande temat var otillräcklighet, vilket framkom i den latenta analysen. Den bygger på den manifesta analysen där tre kategorier framkom; förväntningar av att ge omvårdnad, tillgångar i omvårdnadsarbetet och yttre förutsättningar för omvårdnadsarbetet.

Slutsats: Det är flera faktorer som spelar in i upplevelsen av att ge omvårdnad på en akutmottagning, både yttre omständigheter och inre förmågor. Informanternas gemensamma upplevelse visar på en stark känsla av otillräcklighet i omvårdnadsarbetet på akutmottagningen. (Less)
Abstract
During 2019 the emergency departments in Sweden had 1.9 million visitors aged 19 years or older seeking medical assistance. Throughout the majority of Sweden the time spent at the emergency departments is increasing according to the National Board of Health and Welfare (Socialstyrelsen, 2020).
Several factors influence the work performed by registered nurses at an emergency department. The flow of patients and the related workload is constantly fluctuating and the issue of crowding has increased over the last years. Research has shown that nurses experience frequent interruptions during their interactions with patients and that there is a correlation between the workload of registered nurses and patient safety.

Purpose: The purpose... (More)
During 2019 the emergency departments in Sweden had 1.9 million visitors aged 19 years or older seeking medical assistance. Throughout the majority of Sweden the time spent at the emergency departments is increasing according to the National Board of Health and Welfare (Socialstyrelsen, 2020).
Several factors influence the work performed by registered nurses at an emergency department. The flow of patients and the related workload is constantly fluctuating and the issue of crowding has increased over the last years. Research has shown that nurses experience frequent interruptions during their interactions with patients and that there is a correlation between the workload of registered nurses and patient safety.

Purpose: The purpose of the study was to investigate nurses’ perceptions of providing nursing care at an emergency department.

Method: The study was performed as a qualitative interview study with inductive reasoning. Eleven registered nurses from an emergency department in the south of Sweden participated. Data was collected with the support of semi-structured interviews and was analyzed according to the concept of qualitative content analysis.

Result: The common theme was found to be inadequacy, which was identified in the latent analysis. The latent analysis was based on the manifest analysis where three separate categories emerged: expectations on providing nursing, available assets during nursing and the prerequisites for the nursing process.

Conclusion: In this study eleven nurses share their experiences of nursing at an emergency department in the south of Sweden. Several factors are at play, including both external circumstances and individual abilities. Their common experience suggests a strong feeling of inadequacy. (Less)
Please use this url to cite or link to this publication:
author
Larsson Sawo, Lina LU and Norgren, Signe LU
supervisor
organization
alternative title
Nurses’ perceptions of providing care in an emergency department
course
AKTM22 20211
year
type
H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
subject
keywords
Sjuksköterska, Akutmottagning, Upplevelse, Omvårdnadsarbete, Otillräcklighet
language
Swedish
id
9045526
date added to LUP
2021-06-01 09:12:03
date last changed
2021-06-01 09:12:03
@misc{9045526,
  abstract     = {{During 2019 the emergency departments in Sweden had 1.9 million visitors aged 19 years or older seeking medical assistance. Throughout the majority of Sweden the time spent at the emergency departments is increasing according to the National Board of Health and Welfare (Socialstyrelsen, 2020). 
Several factors influence the work performed by registered nurses at an emergency department. The flow of patients and the related workload is constantly fluctuating and the issue of crowding has increased over the last years. Research has shown that nurses experience frequent interruptions during their interactions with patients and that there is a correlation between the workload of registered nurses and patient safety.
 
Purpose: The purpose of the study was to investigate nurses’ perceptions of providing nursing care at an emergency department. 

Method: The study was performed as a qualitative interview study with inductive reasoning. Eleven registered nurses from an emergency department in the south of Sweden participated. Data was collected with the support of semi-structured interviews and was analyzed according to the concept of qualitative content analysis. 

Result: The common theme was found to be inadequacy, which was identified in the latent analysis. The latent analysis was based on the manifest analysis where three separate categories emerged: expectations on providing nursing, available assets during nursing and the prerequisites for the nursing process. 

Conclusion: In this study eleven nurses share their experiences of nursing at an emergency department in the south of Sweden. Several factors are at play, including both external circumstances and individual abilities. Their common experience suggests a strong feeling of inadequacy.}},
  author       = {{Larsson Sawo, Lina and Norgren, Signe}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Sjuksköterskors upplevelse av att ge omvårdnad på en akutmottagning}},
  year         = {{2021}},
}