Qualitative Research Reviews



Qualitative Research Reviews

Background: Surveillance has been identified as an important patient quality and safety intervention, but the process used by registered nurses as they perform this function with their hospitalized patients on a single work shift has not been conceptualized or studied. b Objective: The purpose of this study was to generate a substantive theory of the process used by hospital registered nurses as they watch over their assigned patients during a work shift. Registered Nurses are in a key position to impact patient safety and welfare due to their constant presence with patients. The importance of this ...