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Table 2 Observation guide

From: Exploring how nurses assess, monitor and manage acute pain for adult critically ill patients in the emergency department: protocol for a mixed methods study

Observation dimension

Description

Space

The positioning of the resuscitation area in relation to the department, the overall physical layout of the resuscitation area and bed space

Activity

Movement, interaction or a set of interrelated actions that occur between emergency nurses and/or other healthcare providers

Act

A single action undertaken by an emergency nurse or care team member

Time

A particular point, period in time, pace or order of event that occur

Actor

Range of healthcare clinicians

Object

The type, arrangement of physical things that are present

Event

Activities that emergency nurses carry out, respond to

Goal

Things that emergency nurses set to accomplish