Obtaining a Definition of Accountability in Medical-Surgical Nursing Practice

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2013-01-04
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Accountability in nursing practice is not a new concept. Although the term is found extensively in nursing literature and regulatory documents, there has been no agreed upon definition. A review of the literature did not produce any definition from a nursing perspective. The purpose of this qualitative study was to obtain how the cultural group of registered nurses defined accountability. Interviews were conducted with 7 individual medical/surgical nurses and by analyzing their language through the ethnoscience methodology, a taxonomy evolved and a definition of accountability was developed. The three categories of the taxonomy of accountability were intent, process, and outcome. Together they help clarify and promote understanding for accountability in nursing practice.
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Sommerville, K. (2013). Obtaining a Definition of Accountability in Medical-Surgical Nursing Practice (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27160