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Nurse-led sexually transmitted disease clinics: staff perceptions concerning the quality of the service
| العنوان: | Nurse-led sexually transmitted disease clinics: staff perceptions concerning the quality of the service |
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| المؤلفون: | Mindel, A, Fennema, J S A, Christie, E, van Leent, E |
| المصدر: | International Journal of STD & AIDS ; volume 20, issue 11, page 754-756 ; ISSN 0956-4624 1758-1052 |
| بيانات النشر: | SAGE Publications |
| سنة النشر: | 2009 |
| الوصف: | The aim of this study was to evaluate staff perception of a nurse-led sexually transmitted infection (STI) clinical service. The staff at the Amsterdam STI clinic were interviewed using a standardized questionnaire. A series of eight questions was designed to determine the perceived advantages or disadvantages of nurse-led clinics, based on personal experience, using a Likert scale. After completion of the structured interview, the staff were offered the opportunity of providing comments. All 36 members of staff completed the survey. Twenty-seven (75%) agreed or strongly agreed that nurse-led clinics provided more time with patients. Sixty-four percent agreed or strongly agreed that such a service provided greater confidentiality and 94% agreed or strongly agreed that ‘nurse-led clinics provided a high level of job satisfaction for nurses.’ In contrast, only 64% agreed or strongly agreed that nurse-led clinics provided a high level of job satisfaction for doctors. When staff comments were evaluated, four common themes emerged. First, that this was an efficient way of providing services; second, that the clinic was a pleasant environment, there was excellent teamwork and greater job satisfaction; third, that a good deal of rivalry existed between doctors and nurses and finally, that there was a need for and importance of protocols, rules and staff training and development. In conclusion, there was a high level of staff satisfaction with the service. Nurse-led STI clinics may be a useful adjunct to existing STI facilities. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| اللغة: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1258/ijsa.2009.009068 |
| الاتاحة: | https://doi.org/10.1258/ijsa.2009.009068 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1258/ijsa.2009.009068 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1258/ijsa.2009.009068 |
| Rights: | https://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.44E017E4 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| DOI: | 10.1258/ijsa.2009.009068 |
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