Interprofessional working and learning in a UK operating department.
This study explores the issues of working and training together for nurses and operating department assistants and practitioners (ODAs/ODPs), based on experiences in an operating department. Interviews and focus groups with nurses, ODAs/ODPs and medical staff were the means of collecting data.
Hind
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M
Institute of Health and Community Studies, Bournemouth University, Bournemouth, England, BH1 3LG. mhind@cwcom.net
Andrews
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Galvin
K
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Jackson
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Platt-Mellor
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D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D017144:Focus Groups; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013527:Perioperative Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling; D006113:United Kingdom