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<strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Nursing</strong> & <strong>Midwifery</strong>, <strong>Trinity</strong> College Dublin: 8 th Annual Interdisciplinary Research <strong>Conference</strong><br />

Transforming Healthcare Through Research, Education & Technology: 7 th – 9 th November 2007<br />

<strong>Conference</strong> <strong>Proceedings</strong><br />

Service level data on untoward incidents demonstrated a significant<br />

improvement in the year following the move, but this was not<br />

maintained over longer periods.<br />

38 qualitative interviews were conducted with patients before (20)<br />

and after (18) the move. Themes extracted from these interviews<br />

serve to enrich the findings from the quantitative data.<br />

Conclusions: The study sample demonstrated improved patient<br />

satisfaction following the move, lower ward incident rates, and<br />

similar levels <strong>of</strong> staff burnout.<br />

A planned third phase <strong>of</strong> the study will be conducted in 2008, and<br />

will repeat the measures from the previous two. We will also<br />

attempt to capture the impact <strong>of</strong> changes in organizational structure<br />

during this stage.<br />

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