Time management Dimension for Nurses Intensive Care Unit: A Qualitative Study

Abstract

Background: Time management in nursing is essential for stress reduction, effective job management, and positive results for both patients and the organization.

Aim: The aim of the study is to explore the lived experience of nurses and method use in time management strategy for dimension of time management for Intensive Care Unit nurses.

Design: A phenomenological study design was used, targeting ten nurses who worked in the intensive care unit were interviewed. The seven-step phenomenological by Colaizzi.

Result: The intensive care unit nurses managed time/tasks delegated to the nursing team through the make planning to identify the objectives, goal to be realistic, goals based on the needs. Priority by move to a new task before the end of the previous task, the work more than once, lack goals, priorities, or plans daily. Goals setting, by Recognize the errors, many requests in same time, and poor performance, modify plans and good relationships with other nurses, and schedule. Time commitment, by Arrive late, leaving work, allotted time off to nurse during the official feast. Share in decision-making.  Time waster, by Shortage of nurses. Ineffective delegation, Lack of motivation. no coordination between the administration and nurses disorganized work, Miscommunication,  Procrastinating. The intensive care unit nurses managed time/tasks delegated to the nursing team through the make planning to identify the objectives, Goal to be realistic, Goals based on the needs. Priority by Move to a new task before the end of the previous task, the work more than once, Lack goals, priorities, or plans daily. Goals setting, by Recognize the errors, many requests in same time, and poor performance, modify plans and good relationships with other nurses, in addition, schedule. Time commitment, by Arrive late. Leaving work.  allotted time off to nurse during the official feast. share in decision making.  time waster, by Shortage of nurses. Ineffective delegation, Lack of motivation. no coordination between the administration and nurses disorganized work, Miscommunication,  Procrastinating.

Conclusion: Intensive care unit nurses make a time management, extend available time, and prevent time waste by maximizing available time, facilities, and opportunities. Nursing in intensive care unit make plan, priority, goalsetting, time commitment, time waster.

Nursing Implication: It challenges the idea that time management is all about the nurses. It shows how five-time management dimension plaining, goalsetting, time commitment, priority, and time waster. Time management is a relationship with care can provided by nurses. Good time management is a skill that can be honed; it is not innate. Every nurse needs to acquire the means that will allow him/her to effectively manage time.