Educating Physicians on the Workload Management Systems for Nursing
Abstract
This project was intended to solve the problem of the lack of physician knowledge at Irwin Army Community Hospital, Fort Riley, Kansas, about the Workload Management System for Nursing (WMSN). It explores what nurses think physicians should know about nursing to perform their physician tasks in a manner that uses the scarce resources of nursing in the most efficient way possible. The objectives of the study were to: determine what the physician needs to know, and create a method for teaching it; and evaluate the physician needs to knowledge that is expected to result from the education. An interview process was used with a group of nurses familiar with the WMSN to determine what physicians needed to know about the WMSN. This resulted in the development of a survey instrument that represents the sets of WMSN knowledge required by physicians. The second step of the project was to develop a curriculum based on the knowledge sets. This initial curriculum was taught to a group of physicians at Irwin Army Community Hospital. The physicians took a pre-test and a post- test, to assist in validating the change in their knowledge and to adjust the material to their needs.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 06, 1990
- Accession Number
- ADA237860
Entities
People
- Margaret A. Horrell
Organizations
- Academy of Health Sciences