Infrastructural arrangements for integrated care: implementing an electronic nursing plan in a psychogeriatric ward
Purpose: The paper contributes to the conceptualisation of “integrated care? in heterogeneous work practices. A dynamic perspective is developed, emphasising how integrated care is malleable, open, and achieved in practice. Furthermore, we explore the role of nursing plans in integrated care practic...
Published in: | International Journal of Integrated Care |
---|---|
Main Authors: | , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Ubiquity Press
2007
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://account.ijic.org/index.php/up-j-ijic/article/view/URN%3ANBN%3ANL%3AUI%3A10-1-100432 https://doi.org/10.5334/ijic.190 |
id |
ftjijic:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/190 |
---|---|
record_format |
openpolar |
spelling |
ftjijic:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/190 2024-09-15T18:24:50+00:00 Infrastructural arrangements for integrated care: implementing an electronic nursing plan in a psychogeriatric ward Ellingsen, Gunnar Munkvold, Glenn 2007-05-16 text/html application/pdf https://account.ijic.org/index.php/up-j-ijic/article/view/URN%3ANBN%3ANL%3AUI%3A10-1-100432 https://doi.org/10.5334/ijic.190 eng eng Ubiquity Press https://account.ijic.org/index.php/up-j-ijic/article/view/URN%3ANBN%3ANL%3AUI%3A10-1-100432/378 https://account.ijic.org/index.php/up-j-ijic/article/view/URN%3ANBN%3ANL%3AUI%3A10-1-100432/379 https://account.ijic.org/index.php/up-j-ijic/article/view/URN%3ANBN%3ANL%3AUI%3A10-1-100432 doi:10.5334/ijic.190 Copyright (c) 2007 The Author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 International Journal of Integrated Care; Vol. 7: April-June 2007 1568-4156 integrated care infrastructural systems nursing plan interdisciplinary work info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2007 ftjijic https://doi.org/10.5334/ijic.190 2024-08-22T03:32:16Z Purpose: The paper contributes to the conceptualisation of “integrated care? in heterogeneous work practices. A dynamic perspective is developed, emphasising how integrated care is malleable, open, and achieved in practice. Furthermore, we explore the role of nursing plans in integrated care practices, underscoring the inherent difficulties of building one common infrastructural system for integrated care. Methods: Empirically, we studied the implementation of an electronic nursing plan in a psychiatric ward at the University Hospital of North Norway. We conducted 80 hours of participant observation and 15 interviews. Results: While the nursing plan was successful as a formal tool among the nurses, it was of limited use in practice where integrated care was carried out. In some instances, the use of the nursing plan even undermined integrated care. Conclusion: Integrated care is not a constant entity, but is much more situated and temporal in character. A new infrastructural system for integrated care should not be envisioned as replacing most of the existing information sources, but rather seen as an extension to the heterogeneous ensemble of existing ones. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Norway International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) International Journal of Integrated Care 7 2 |
institution |
Open Polar |
collection |
International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) |
op_collection_id |
ftjijic |
language |
English |
topic |
integrated care infrastructural systems nursing plan interdisciplinary work |
spellingShingle |
integrated care infrastructural systems nursing plan interdisciplinary work Ellingsen, Gunnar Munkvold, Glenn Infrastructural arrangements for integrated care: implementing an electronic nursing plan in a psychogeriatric ward |
topic_facet |
integrated care infrastructural systems nursing plan interdisciplinary work |
description |
Purpose: The paper contributes to the conceptualisation of “integrated care? in heterogeneous work practices. A dynamic perspective is developed, emphasising how integrated care is malleable, open, and achieved in practice. Furthermore, we explore the role of nursing plans in integrated care practices, underscoring the inherent difficulties of building one common infrastructural system for integrated care. Methods: Empirically, we studied the implementation of an electronic nursing plan in a psychiatric ward at the University Hospital of North Norway. We conducted 80 hours of participant observation and 15 interviews. Results: While the nursing plan was successful as a formal tool among the nurses, it was of limited use in practice where integrated care was carried out. In some instances, the use of the nursing plan even undermined integrated care. Conclusion: Integrated care is not a constant entity, but is much more situated and temporal in character. A new infrastructural system for integrated care should not be envisioned as replacing most of the existing information sources, but rather seen as an extension to the heterogeneous ensemble of existing ones. |
format |
Article in Journal/Newspaper |
author |
Ellingsen, Gunnar Munkvold, Glenn |
author_facet |
Ellingsen, Gunnar Munkvold, Glenn |
author_sort |
Ellingsen, Gunnar |
title |
Infrastructural arrangements for integrated care: implementing an electronic nursing plan in a psychogeriatric ward |
title_short |
Infrastructural arrangements for integrated care: implementing an electronic nursing plan in a psychogeriatric ward |
title_full |
Infrastructural arrangements for integrated care: implementing an electronic nursing plan in a psychogeriatric ward |
title_fullStr |
Infrastructural arrangements for integrated care: implementing an electronic nursing plan in a psychogeriatric ward |
title_full_unstemmed |
Infrastructural arrangements for integrated care: implementing an electronic nursing plan in a psychogeriatric ward |
title_sort |
infrastructural arrangements for integrated care: implementing an electronic nursing plan in a psychogeriatric ward |
publisher |
Ubiquity Press |
publishDate |
2007 |
url |
https://account.ijic.org/index.php/up-j-ijic/article/view/URN%3ANBN%3ANL%3AUI%3A10-1-100432 https://doi.org/10.5334/ijic.190 |
genre |
North Norway |
genre_facet |
North Norway |
op_source |
International Journal of Integrated Care; Vol. 7: April-June 2007 1568-4156 |
op_relation |
https://account.ijic.org/index.php/up-j-ijic/article/view/URN%3ANBN%3ANL%3AUI%3A10-1-100432/378 https://account.ijic.org/index.php/up-j-ijic/article/view/URN%3ANBN%3ANL%3AUI%3A10-1-100432/379 https://account.ijic.org/index.php/up-j-ijic/article/view/URN%3ANBN%3ANL%3AUI%3A10-1-100432 doi:10.5334/ijic.190 |
op_rights |
Copyright (c) 2007 The Author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
op_doi |
https://doi.org/10.5334/ijic.190 |
container_title |
International Journal of Integrated Care |
container_volume |
7 |
container_issue |
2 |
_version_ |
1810465245458595840 |