Abstract
Practice development focuses on methods to address the quality of care and advance healthcare practices. The role of practice development facilitators to address challenges of delivering evidence-based person-centred care in the critical care environment was determined by using a nominal group technique. Eleven participants from public and private healthcare services reached consensus on seven clusters: theory-practice application, facilitation of learning, increasing collaboration, effective communication, facilitation of change, time management and role modelling. The clusters were visually represented as a hot air balloon. Competence as facilitators is of vital importance to ensure knowledge translation with the aim to improve quality.
Highlights
Worldwide healthcare systems are challenged to provide quality and safe care to all citizens
The six clusters that were identified in no specific order are that the practice development facilitator should be able to:
By giving the participants an opportunity to be creative they spontaneously represented a bigger picture in which the role of the practice development facilitator is linked to emancipatory practice development and person-centredness
Summary
Worldwide healthcare systems are challenged to provide quality and safe care to all citizens. Interventions to address challenges in the critical care environment and subsequently develop practice is currently implemented by both the public and private healthcare services through training and education of evidence-based practices such as the “best care always” campaign and continuous professional development programmes. These initiatives are supported by the South African Department of Health's strategic plan compiled for nursing education, training and practice to achieve the goal of “... As a top-down approach, the emphasis is mainly on outcomes, regarded as a narrow view of practice development and referred to as ‘technical practice development’ (Manley & McCormack, 2003)
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