TY - JOUR
T1 - Method Development for Describing Content of Multitasked Interventions Using the Omaha System
AU - Altiner, Merve
AU - Secginli, Selda
AU - Mathiason, Michelle A.
AU - Monsen, Karen A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2019/5/1
Y1 - 2019/5/1
N2 - BACKGROUND: Understanding multitasking within nursing and midwifery is needed for efficient, effective, and cost-effective health services. Methods are needed to measure and analyze multitasking in alignment with the nursing process. The Omaha System operationalizes the nursing process and may be a valuable resource for multitasking analysis. PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to develop and test a method for describing intervention content of nurse/midwife multitasked interventions using the Omaha System and Time Capture Tool (TimeCaT) in a family health center in Turkey. METHODS: Eight nurses/midwives were observed with TimeCaT in a family health center in 2016. Preidentified 84 nurse/midwife interventions employed in the center were mapped on Omaha System terms and entered in TimeCaT software for data collection. Co-occurring interventions were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics and visualization techniques. RESULTS: Of 1066.8 total minutes observed, 34.0% included more than one intervention that occurred at the same time. Caretaking/parenting and postpartum problems, teaching, guidance, and counseling category, and caretaking/parenting skills target were more often multitasked than others. IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE: It was feasible to use the Omaha System and TimeCaT to categorize, describe, and measure multitasking nursing/midwifery interventions. This method may be applied to other time-motion data when more than one co-occurring intervention is recorded.
AB - BACKGROUND: Understanding multitasking within nursing and midwifery is needed for efficient, effective, and cost-effective health services. Methods are needed to measure and analyze multitasking in alignment with the nursing process. The Omaha System operationalizes the nursing process and may be a valuable resource for multitasking analysis. PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to develop and test a method for describing intervention content of nurse/midwife multitasked interventions using the Omaha System and Time Capture Tool (TimeCaT) in a family health center in Turkey. METHODS: Eight nurses/midwives were observed with TimeCaT in a family health center in 2016. Preidentified 84 nurse/midwife interventions employed in the center were mapped on Omaha System terms and entered in TimeCaT software for data collection. Co-occurring interventions were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics and visualization techniques. RESULTS: Of 1066.8 total minutes observed, 34.0% included more than one intervention that occurred at the same time. Caretaking/parenting and postpartum problems, teaching, guidance, and counseling category, and caretaking/parenting skills target were more often multitasked than others. IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE: It was feasible to use the Omaha System and TimeCaT to categorize, describe, and measure multitasking nursing/midwifery interventions. This method may be applied to other time-motion data when more than one co-occurring intervention is recorded.
KW - Omaha System
KW - interventions
KW - methods
KW - multitasking
KW - time and motion studies
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U2 - 10.1891/1541-6577.33.2.147
DO - 10.1891/1541-6577.33.2.147
M3 - Article
C2 - 31123160
AN - SCOPUS:85066878353
SN - 1541-6577
VL - 33
SP - 147
EP - 168
JO - Research and Theory for Nursing Practice
JF - Research and Theory for Nursing Practice
IS - 2
ER -
