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 |
aThere are three foundational modules: Well Organized Ward (WOW), Patient Status at a Glance (PSAG), and Knowing How You’re Doing (KHYD). If the unit completed all three, they are not listed. If the unit did not complete all three, the foundational modules they did complete are listed.
b-, + and +/− indicate that the domain was generally negative, positive, or mixed.