The multiple faces of practical wisdom in complex clinical practices: An empirical exploration.

Rationale, Aims, And Objectives: In recent publications, attention has been drawn to the importance of practical wisdom in order to ensure good, individually attuned care in complex clinical practices. However, what remains insufficiently elucidated is how practical wisdom emerges in the workplace. This study aims to describe manifestations of practical wisdom in medical practices within a general hospital.

HOW BAR CODED MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION TECHNOLOGY AFFECTS THE NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONSHIPS: AN ETHNOGRAPHIC STUDY.

Objectives: This study aims to assess how care is mediated through technology by analyzing the interaction between nurses, patients, and a Bar Coded Medication Administration (BCMA) system. The objective is to explore how patients experience care through medication technology, with the main focus of our observations and interviews on nurses rather than patients.

Methods: A qualitative ethnographic study was conducted in an orthopedic ward of a Dutch general hospital.

A qualitative study assessing patient perspectives in the process of decision-making on disease modifying therapies (DMT's) in multiple sclerosis (MS).

Background: Physicians commonly advise patients to begin disease modifying therapies (DMT's) shortly after the establishment of a diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) to prevent further relapses and disease progression. However, little is known about the meaning for patients going through the process of the diagnosis of MS and of making decisions on DMT's in early MS.

Objective: To explore the patient perspective on using DMT's for MS.

Tinker, tailor, deliberate. An ethnographic inquiry into the institutionalized practice of bar-coded medication administration technology by nurses.

Aim: Explore the practice of nurses working with bar-coded medication administration technology, to gain insight in the impact it has on their work.

Background: The widespread presumption of using Barcoded Medication Administration Technology (BCMA) is that it will effectively reduce the number of errors in the dispensing of medication to patients. However, it remains unclear whether this is the case in actual practice.