Study Element | Study Participants |
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STS analysis of the AS IS situation | Interviews will be carried out with a sample of nurses and clinicians and administrative staff. The exact sample size will be determined by the data gathered – once data saturation has been reached the interviews will stop. Purposive sampling will be employed for the interviews. It is expected to interview at least 20 people. |
PAR group | The research team members and key ED stakeholders including triage nurses, ED staff nurses, clinical nurse managers, non-consultant hospital doctors, consultants in emergency medicine, administration, management and patient representation. It is expected the PAR group will consist of 15–20 people. |
PDSA cycles | As the PDSA cycles grow so too will the number of participants. The initial cycle will start small as per the PDSA approach and include 2 ED triage nurses. |
Delphi study to decide on evaluation measures | The following people will be invited to join the Delphi panel: the research team and the research steering group committee; a selection of Consultants, REGs, ANPs from the ED who have not been involved in the research; all members of the national EMP and ENIG; the EM lead consultant and nursing leads in all the Model 4 EDs in the Ireland (comparable hospitals). |