TY - JOUR
T1 - Professional Development Needs of Non-Radiology Nurses
T2 - An Exploration of Nurses’ Experiences Caring for Interventional Radiology Patients
AU - Carley, Andra
AU - Melrose, Sherri
AU - Rempel, Gwen
AU - Diehl-Jones, William
AU - Schwarz, Betty Anne
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Association for Radiologic & Imaging Nursing
PY - 2021/6
Y1 - 2021/6
N2 - Nursing in interventional radiology is diverse and multifaceted. This area of specialty nursing has not yet been acknowledged as such or embraced in Canada. Professional development for interventional radiology nurses is lacking with even fewer educational opportunities for non-radiology nurses who care for interventional radiology patients throughout the hospital to develop needed interventional radiology knowledge and related skills. This qualitative descriptive study explored the experiences non-radiology nurses have caring for interventional radiology patients. Interviews with ten non-radiology nurses in a Canadian hospital provided rich data for analysis. Thematic analysis revealed that these nurses did not receive formal IR education in their nursing curriculum, acquired their knowledge through self-teaching, lacked knowledge about imaging modalities and IR procedures, were impeded to build trusting nurse-patient relationships, and felt ineffective communication disrupted the continuity of care they provided. Addressing professional development needs related to creating interventional radiology education, increasing awareness of the specialty of interventional radiology nursing, and enhancing clinical collaboration is a key recommendation.
AB - Nursing in interventional radiology is diverse and multifaceted. This area of specialty nursing has not yet been acknowledged as such or embraced in Canada. Professional development for interventional radiology nurses is lacking with even fewer educational opportunities for non-radiology nurses who care for interventional radiology patients throughout the hospital to develop needed interventional radiology knowledge and related skills. This qualitative descriptive study explored the experiences non-radiology nurses have caring for interventional radiology patients. Interviews with ten non-radiology nurses in a Canadian hospital provided rich data for analysis. Thematic analysis revealed that these nurses did not receive formal IR education in their nursing curriculum, acquired their knowledge through self-teaching, lacked knowledge about imaging modalities and IR procedures, were impeded to build trusting nurse-patient relationships, and felt ineffective communication disrupted the continuity of care they provided. Addressing professional development needs related to creating interventional radiology education, increasing awareness of the specialty of interventional radiology nursing, and enhancing clinical collaboration is a key recommendation.
KW - IR nursing
KW - Interventional radiology education
KW - Nonradiology nurse
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85100097947&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.jradnu.2020.12.011
DO - 10.1016/j.jradnu.2020.12.011
M3 - Journal Article
AN - SCOPUS:85100097947
SN - 1546-0843
VL - 40
SP - 146
EP - 151
JO - Journal of Radiology Nursing
JF - Journal of Radiology Nursing
IS - 2
ER -