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RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AMONG INTENSIVE CARE NURSES: AN ETHNOGRAPHIC STUDY
BACKGROUND: Nurses are the main users of supplies and equipment applied in the Intensive Care Units (ICUs) which are high-priced and costly. Therefore, understanding ICU nurses’ experiences about resource management contributes to the better control of the costs. OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to inve...
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AVICENA, d.o.o., Sarajevo
2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4733552/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26889097 http://dx.doi.org/10.5455/msm.2015.27.390-394 |
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author | Heydari, Abbas Najar, Ali Vafaee Bakhshi, Mahmoud |
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description | BACKGROUND: Nurses are the main users of supplies and equipment applied in the Intensive Care Units (ICUs) which are high-priced and costly. Therefore, understanding ICU nurses’ experiences about resource management contributes to the better control of the costs. OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to investigate the culture of nurses’ working environment regarding the resource management in the ICUs in Iran. PATIENTS AND METHODS: In this study, a focused ethnographic method was used. Twenty-eight informants among ICU nurses and other professional individuals were purposively selected and interviewed. As well, 400 hours of ethnographic observations as a participant observer was used for data gathering. Data analysis was performed using the methods described by Miles and Huberman (1994). RESULTS: Two main themes describing the culture of ICU nurses regarding resource management included (a) consumption monitoring and auditing, and (b) prudent use. The results revealed that the efforts for resource management are conducted in the conditions of scarcity and uncertainty in supply. ICU nurses had a sense of futurism in the supply and use of resources in the unit and do the planning through taking the rules and guidelines as well as the available resources and their values into account. Improper storage of some supplies and equipment was a reaction to this uncertain condition among nurses. CONCLUSIONS: To manage the resources effectively, improvement of supply chain management in hospital seems essential. It is also necessary to hold educational classes in order to enhance the nurses’ awareness on effective supply chain and storage of the items in the unit stock. |
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spelling | pubmed-47335522016-02-17 RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AMONG INTENSIVE CARE NURSES: AN ETHNOGRAPHIC STUDY Heydari, Abbas Najar, Ali Vafaee Bakhshi, Mahmoud Mater Sociomed Original Paper BACKGROUND: Nurses are the main users of supplies and equipment applied in the Intensive Care Units (ICUs) which are high-priced and costly. Therefore, understanding ICU nurses’ experiences about resource management contributes to the better control of the costs. OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to investigate the culture of nurses’ working environment regarding the resource management in the ICUs in Iran. PATIENTS AND METHODS: In this study, a focused ethnographic method was used. Twenty-eight informants among ICU nurses and other professional individuals were purposively selected and interviewed. As well, 400 hours of ethnographic observations as a participant observer was used for data gathering. Data analysis was performed using the methods described by Miles and Huberman (1994). RESULTS: Two main themes describing the culture of ICU nurses regarding resource management included (a) consumption monitoring and auditing, and (b) prudent use. The results revealed that the efforts for resource management are conducted in the conditions of scarcity and uncertainty in supply. ICU nurses had a sense of futurism in the supply and use of resources in the unit and do the planning through taking the rules and guidelines as well as the available resources and their values into account. Improper storage of some supplies and equipment was a reaction to this uncertain condition among nurses. CONCLUSIONS: To manage the resources effectively, improvement of supply chain management in hospital seems essential. It is also necessary to hold educational classes in order to enhance the nurses’ awareness on effective supply chain and storage of the items in the unit stock. AVICENA, d.o.o., Sarajevo 2015-12 /pmc/articles/PMC4733552/ /pubmed/26889097 http://dx.doi.org/10.5455/msm.2015.27.390-394 Text en Copyright: © Abbas Heydari, Ali Vafaee najar, Mahmoud Bakhshi http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Paper Heydari, Abbas Najar, Ali Vafaee Bakhshi, Mahmoud RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AMONG INTENSIVE CARE NURSES: AN ETHNOGRAPHIC STUDY |
title | RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AMONG INTENSIVE CARE NURSES: AN ETHNOGRAPHIC STUDY |
title_full | RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AMONG INTENSIVE CARE NURSES: AN ETHNOGRAPHIC STUDY |
title_fullStr | RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AMONG INTENSIVE CARE NURSES: AN ETHNOGRAPHIC STUDY |
title_full_unstemmed | RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AMONG INTENSIVE CARE NURSES: AN ETHNOGRAPHIC STUDY |
title_short | RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AMONG INTENSIVE CARE NURSES: AN ETHNOGRAPHIC STUDY |
title_sort | resource management among intensive care nurses: an ethnographic study |
topic | Original Paper |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4733552/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26889097 http://dx.doi.org/10.5455/msm.2015.27.390-394 |
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