| New roles in rehabilitation--the implications for nurses and other professionals. | |
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PMID: 17100864 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: The development of rehabilitation and intermediate care services, and roles therein, is part of current UK health policy to meet the demands of the ever-growing older population. One new role is the rehabilitation assistant (RA). This is a generic support worker trained at a basic level in nursing, physiotherapy, occupational therapy and social work who works under the supervision of the referring professionals, to deliver integrated rehabilitation programmes. RAs were introduced in one region in the north-west of England to increase the rehabilitation activity for patients. An empirical qualitative study was recently undertaken to evaluate the impact of the RAs from the perspectives of patients and associated nurses, therapists, managers and the RAs. METHODS: Fifty-five semi-structured interviews were used to collect data, which was then inductively analysed into categories and then themes. The categories included variations in role, benefits of role, acceptance and integration of role, difficulties with role, training and retention. This paper focuses on the benefits and difficulties of the role. RESULTS: It was found that patients, professionals and the RAs expressed great satisfaction with the new role. However, barriers to effective rehabilitation were reported owing to ward routines and organizational systems that interrupted and caused inconsistencies with the rehabilitation care programmes for patients. CONCLUSIONS: If it is agreed that the majority of patients (unless end stage terminally ill, unwilling or unable) could benefit from some degree of rehabilitation, then there is an issue around how such skills could be widely implemented. This paper discusses the barriers to effective rehabilitation, the benefits and drawbacks of looking at new ways of working and the need for a unified approach by all care workers in rehabilitative care. |
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Authors:
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Emma Stanmore; Susan Ormrod; Heather Waterman |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Journal of evaluation in clinical practice Volume: 12 ISSN: 1356-1294 ISO Abbreviation: J Eval Clin Pract Publication Date: 2006 Dec |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2006-11-14 Completed Date: 2007-02-08 Revised Date: 2007-11-15 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 9609066 Medline TA: J Eval Clin Pract Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 656-64 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK. Emma.K. Stanmore@man.ac.uk |
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Attitude of Health Personnel Great Britain Humans Intermediate Care Facilities / manpower Interviews as Topic Job Satisfaction Nurse's Role* Patient Satisfaction Professional Role* Rehabilitation Nursing / trends* Staff Development State Medicine |
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