Research into the workload analysis in the outpatient oncology unit

Blay, N; Cairns, J; Chisholm, J; O'Baugh, J

Research into the workload analysis in the outpatient oncology unit

Blay, N

Cairns, J Chisholm, J O'Baugh, J

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Publisher:: Harcourt Publishers
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: European Journal of Oncology Nursing, 2002, 6 (1), pp. 6 - 12
Issue Date:: 2002-01

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dc.contributor.author	Blay, N https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8515-4209	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Cairns, J	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Chisholm, J	en_US
dc.contributor.author	O'Baugh, J	en_US
dc.date.issued	2002-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	European Journal of Oncology Nursing, 2002, 6 (1), pp. 6 - 12	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1462-3889	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/4793
dc.description.abstract	This project evaluated the roles and workload of Registered Nurses (RNs) within an outpatient Cancer Care Centre (CCC) of a tertiary referral hospital in Sydney, Australia. The research incorporated the two distinct areas of radiation oncology and haematology oncology. Patient throughput (incorporating clinic attendance and treatments) was known to have increased substantially since the centre opened in 1994. The nursing Full Time Equivalents (FTEs) for the CCC were determined when the centre opened with minimal change to the nursing establishment since then. Nursing staff perceived that their workload had increased substantially and that their roles had become more complex. Work sampling was conducted over a 3-month period and identified the range of nursing activities performed by the oncology outpatient nurse. The nurses were found to have a large administrative role while their nursing activities ranged from basic nursing tasks to more specialist activities including patient counseling and complex chemotherapy regimes.	en_US
dc.publisher	Harcourt Publishers	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	European Journal of Oncology Nursing	en_US
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dc.title	Research into the workload analysis in the outpatient oncology unit	en_US
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Abstract:

This project evaluated the roles and workload of Registered Nurses (RNs) within an outpatient Cancer Care Centre (CCC) of a tertiary referral hospital in Sydney, Australia. The research incorporated the two distinct areas of radiation oncology and haematology oncology. Patient throughput (incorporating clinic attendance and treatments) was known to have increased substantially since the centre opened in 1994. The nursing Full Time Equivalents (FTEs) for the CCC were determined when the centre opened with minimal change to the nursing establishment since then. Nursing staff perceived that their workload had increased substantially and that their roles had become more complex. Work sampling was conducted over a 3-month period and identified the range of nursing activities performed by the oncology outpatient nurse. The nurses were found to have a large administrative role while their nursing activities ranged from basic nursing tasks to more specialist activities including patient counseling and complex chemotherapy regimes.

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