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dc.contributor.authorMidtbø, Vivianen_US
dc.contributor.authorRaknes, Guttormen_US
dc.contributor.authorHunskaar, Steinaren_US
dc.date.accessioned2017-11-07T11:05:22Z
dc.date.available2017-11-07T11:05:22Z
dc.date.issued2017-09-06
dc.PublishedMidtbø V, Raknes G, Hunskaar S. Telephone counselling by nurses in Norwegian primary care out-of-hours services: a cross-sectional study. BMC Family Practice. 2017;18:84eng
dc.identifier.issn1471-2296
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1956/16873
dc.description.abstractBackground: The primary care out-of-hours (OOH) services in Norway are characterized by high contact rates by telephone. The telephone contacts are handled by local emergency medical communication centres (LEMCs), mainly staffed by registered nurses. When assessment by a medical doctor is not required, the nurse often handles the contact solely by nurse telephone counselling. Little is known about this group of contacts. Thus, the aim of this study was to investigate characteristics of encounters with the OOH services that are handled solely by nurse telephone counselling. Methods: Nurses recorded ICPC-2 reason for encounter (RFE) codes and patient characteristics of all patients who contacted six primary care OOH services in Norway during 2014. Descriptive statistics and frequency analyses were applied. Results: Of all telephone contacts (n = 61,441), 23% were handled solely by nurse counselling. Fever was the RFE most frequently handled (7.3% of all nurse advice), followed by abdominal pain, cough, ear pain and general symptoms. Among the youngest patients, 32% of the total telephone contacts were resolved by nurse advice compared with 17% in the oldest age group. At night, 31% of the total telephone contacts were resolved solely by nurse advice compared with 21% during the day shift and 23% in the evening. The share of nurse advice was higher on weekdays compared to weekends (mean share 25% versus 20% respectively). Conclusion: This study shows that nurses make a significant contribution to patient management in the Norwegian OOH services. The findings indicate which conditions nurses should be able to handle by telephone, which has implications for training and routines in the LEMCs. There is the potential for more nurse involvement in several of the RFEs with a currently low share of nurse counselling.en_US
dc.language.isoengeng
dc.publisherBioMed Centraleng
dc.rightsAttribution CC BYeng
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0eng
dc.subjectTelephone counsellingeng
dc.subjectPrimary health careeng
dc.subjectAfter-hours careeng
dc.subjectNurseeng
dc.subjectReason for encountereng
dc.subjectInternational classification of primary careeng
dc.subjectNorwayeng
dc.titleTelephone counselling by nurses in Norwegian primary care out-of-hours services: a cross-sectional studyen_US
dc.typePeer reviewed
dc.typeJournal article
dc.date.updated2017-09-26T12:28:24Z
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2017 The Author(s)
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-017-0651-z
dc.identifier.cristin1498403
dc.source.journalBMC Family Practice


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