Table 2 Description of RTC units, including their pre-RTC context
Unit | Started RTC | RTC modules completed at time of interviews (April - June 2012) (# of foundations modules a + # of process modules) | Number of staff interviewed [position] | Pre-RTC context b (as categorized by the organizing for quality framework [ [19]] ) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
A | Wave 2 - January 2011 | 5 (3 + 2) | 7 | +/− Political |
+ Cultural | ||||
Rural, Regional Hospital | [Shift handover, Meals] | [RTC Project Lead, Unit Manager, RTC Unit Lead, Unit Clerk, Three Staff Nurses] | + Emotional | |
+ Educational | ||||
B | Wave 1 - September 2010 | 11 (3 + 8) | 5 | + Structural |
+ Political | ||||
Urban, Provincial Hospital | [Meds; Shift Handover; Admission/ Discharge; Patient Observation; Meals; Patient Hygiene; Ward Rounds; Nursing Procedures/ Therapeutic interventions] | [Unit Manager/RTC Unit Lead, RTC co-Leads (2), Two Staff Nurses] | + Cultural | |
+ Educational | ||||
+ Emotional | ||||
- Physical and Technical | ||||
C | Wave 3 - September 2011 | 3 (3 + 0) | 5 | - Physical and Technical |
- Emotional | ||||
Urban, Provincial Hospital | [Unit Manager/RTC Unit Lead, Four Staff Nurses] | + Political | ||
+/− Structural | ||||
+ Educational | ||||
D | Wave 2 - January 2011 | 9 (3 + 6) | 6 | - Physical and Technical |
- Emotional | ||||
Urban, Provincial Hospital | [Meds; Shift Handover; Admission/Discharge; Meals; Patient Hygiene; Nursing Procedures] | [Unit Manager, RTC Unit Lead, Four Staff Nurses] | +/− Structural | |
+/− Cultural | ||||
E | Wave 2 - January 2011 | 5 (3 + 2) | 6 | - Structural |
- Political | ||||
Urban, Provincial Hospital | [Shift Handover; Patient Hygiene] | [Unit Manager, RTC Unit Lead, Four Staff Nurses] | - Physical and Technical | |
+/− Cultural | ||||
- Emotional | ||||
F | Wave 1 - September 2010 | 3 | 4 | - Physical and Technical |
- Structural | ||||
Rural, Community Hospital | (2[Well Organized Ward, Knowing How Were Doing] + 1[Shift Handover]) | [RTC Unit Lead, Three Staff Nurses] | +/− Cultural | |
G | Wave 1 - September 2010 | 5 (3 + 2) | 7 | - Structural |
- Political | ||||
Rural, Regional Hospital | [Admission/Discharge; Shift Handover] | [RTC Project Lead, Unit Manager, Unit Coordinator, Special Care Aid, Three Staff Nurses] | - Cultural | |
H | Wave 1 - September 2010 | 7 (3 + 4) | 6 | - Cultural |
- Structural | ||||
Rural, Community Hospital | [Meds; Admission/Discharge; Shift Handover; Meals] | [Unit Manager/RTC Project Lead, RTC Co-Leads (2), Three Staff Nurses] | - Physical and Technical | |
+/− Emotional |