PERCEPTION OF RECORDING MISSION OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSES AND EVALUATION OF HEALTH RECORDS IN THEIR WORKPLACES

Abstract

AIM:This study aimed to evaluate occupational health nurse’s perception of their professional roles in documenting health records and their recorded forms contents.METHODOLOGY:This study is conducted as a qualitative manner using a purposive sample. Qualitative data were collected by the way of structered interviews.These interviews were established inAnkara city between February and June 2005. 16 occupational health nurses were participated in thisstudy. Before study, researchers were taken formal permission and interviews were informed aboutstudy aim, were participated voluntary. Participation continued until no new content appeared.Each interview was conducted in their enterprises in one time and repeat interviews with in it. İnterviews takes about approximately one hour.All interviews were recorded. İnterviews notes were analyzed byusing thematic content analyzing method. And also all documented health records content in these enterprises were evaluated by the researchers. FINDINGS AND RESULTS:At the end of this research results shows that the OHN couldn’t aware of their recording roles and their records forms content was not related to the nursing activities . Thisresearch suggets in service training program and also certificational training program should be conducted to the these groups especially emphasized to this topics to promoting efficiency in these nursing activities

Keywords

• occupational health,nurse,recording,perception

İŞYERİ HEMŞİRELERİNİN KAYIT TUTMA GÖREVLERİNE İLİŞKİN ALGILAMALARI İLE İŞYERİNDE TUTULAN SAĞLIK KAYITLARININ DEĞERLENDİRİLMESİ

Abstract

AMAÇ: Bu çalışma, iş sağlığı hemşirelerinin kayıt tutmada kendi mesleki rollerine ilişkin algılamalarını belirlemek ve işyerlerinde tutulan kayıtları değerlendirmek amacıyla yapılmıştır.YÖNTEM: Bu çalışma, amaca uygun örnekleme yöntemi ile katılımcıların belirlendiği ve kalitatifyaklaşımın kullanıldığı bir çalışmadır. Veriler yapılandırılmış görüşme tekniği kullanılarak Şubat-Haziran 2005 tarihleri arasında Ankara’da gerçekleştirilmiştir. İşyerlerinde çalışan 16 işyeri hemşiresi vesağlık memuru araştırma kapsamında yer almıştır. İşyerlerinden yazılı izin alınmış ve çalışmaya katılmayı kabul edenlerle görüşme yapılmıştır. Her bir görüşme yaklaşık bir saat sürmüştür. Görüşmeden elde edilen veriler- görüşme içeriği- araştırmacılar tarafından kaydedilmiş ve veriler ”tematik içerik analizi ” yöntemi kullanılarak değerlendirilmiştir. Ayrıca her bir işyerinde kullanılan kayıt formları toplanmış ve formların içeriği araştırmacılar tarafından değerlendirilmiştir.BULGULAR VE SONUÇ:Bu araştırmanın sonucunda işyeri hemşirelerin kayıt tutma rollerininfarkında olmadıkları ve tuttukları kayıt içeriğinin hemşirelik eylemleri ile ilişkili olmadığı saptanmıştır.Araştırmanın sonuçları, hizmet içi eğitim programı ve sertifika programlarında işyeri hemşirelerinin kayıt tutma rollerini ayrıntılı olarak ele alınmasının özellikle hemşirelik eylemlerinin etkinliğini artırmakiçin gerekliliğine işaret etmektedir

Keywords

• iş sağlığı,hemşire,kayıt tutma,algılama

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