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Background: The Joanna Briggs Institute in conjunction with the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario, Health Canada and the Department of Health South Australia, conducted a series of 7 comprehensive (multi-focussed) systematic reviews in relation to the development and sustainability of healthy work environments in health care.
Objectives: The aim of the reviews was to examine various elements that have an impact on working environments in health care including leadership, workload and staffing, cultural competence, workplace health and safety, professional practice (elements of the nurses' professional practice), and professional practice (organisational support).
Methods: For each of the seven reviews a clinical expert panel was developed. Collaboration between the expert panel and the research team ensured the reviews remained clinically relevant and evidence based. A broad literature trawl was conducted for each of the review topics to assist the expert panel in narrowing the focus of the review objectives. Dependent upon the specific review objectives a synthesis and/or analysis of quantitative or qualitative research was undertaken. In situations where no research papers were available a synthesis of textual and opinion data was undertaken. Qualitative, textual and opinion information was synthesised utilising the methodologies hrefded in the Joanna Briggs Institute Qualitative Assessment and Review Instrument (JBI-QARI) and the Narrative, Opinion and Text Assessment Review Instrument (JBI-NOTARI).
Results: The seven reviews have now been completed. The focus of the presentation will be the reporting of the experience of using the emerging methodologies for reviewing textual data using the Joanna Briggs Institutes QARI and NOTARI methodology and software.
Conclusions: This was a unique and challenging project for a variety of reasons. The scope of the project was broad and multifaceted. While evidence of effectiveness was reviewed using conventional methods, other forms of evidence were reviewed using methods that are being widely debated. It is hoped that our experience will substantially add to this debate and assist in taking review of broader forms of evidence to the next stage.
Objectives: The aim of the reviews was to examine various elements that have an impact on working environments in health care including leadership, workload and staffing, cultural competence, workplace health and safety, professional practice (elements of the nurses' professional practice), and professional practice (organisational support).
Methods: For each of the seven reviews a clinical expert panel was developed. Collaboration between the expert panel and the research team ensured the reviews remained clinically relevant and evidence based. A broad literature trawl was conducted for each of the review topics to assist the expert panel in narrowing the focus of the review objectives. Dependent upon the specific review objectives a synthesis and/or analysis of quantitative or qualitative research was undertaken. In situations where no research papers were available a synthesis of textual and opinion data was undertaken. Qualitative, textual and opinion information was synthesised utilising the methodologies hrefded in the Joanna Briggs Institute Qualitative Assessment and Review Instrument (JBI-QARI) and the Narrative, Opinion and Text Assessment Review Instrument (JBI-NOTARI).
Results: The seven reviews have now been completed. The focus of the presentation will be the reporting of the experience of using the emerging methodologies for reviewing textual data using the Joanna Briggs Institutes QARI and NOTARI methodology and software.
Conclusions: This was a unique and challenging project for a variety of reasons. The scope of the project was broad and multifaceted. While evidence of effectiveness was reviewed using conventional methods, other forms of evidence were reviewed using methods that are being widely debated. It is hoped that our experience will substantially add to this debate and assist in taking review of broader forms of evidence to the next stage.
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