A Study of Professional Nurse Roles In Urban Medicine Service Center, Bangkok Metropolitan
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The purpose of this descriptive research was to study of professional nurse roles
in urban medicine service centers, Bangkok Metropolitan, using the Delphi
technique. The study participants consisted of 18 experts who possessed relevant
qualifications and professional experience in urban health medicine. Purposive
sampling technique was used to recruit the participants. Three rounds of
questionnaires provided two sections: open-ended and 5-point rating scale. The
Data were analyzed by median and interquartile range.
Findings revealed that the professional nurse roles in urban medicine service
centers, Bangkok Metropolitan achieved consensus among experts with median
between 4.00-5.00 and interquartile range was ≤ 1.5. These roles consisted of 8
roles as follows: 1) the role of holistic care manager in urban contexts (with 14
items) 2) the role of health promoter and proactive risk manager in urban
society (with 6 items) 3) the role of coordinator and integrator of urban health
service networks (with 8 items) 4) the role of patient advocate and
empowerment facilitator in urban settings (with 8 items) 5) the role of quality
manager and developer of urban medicine knowledge (with 9 items) 6) the role
of crisis and disaster manager in urban areas (with 5 items) 7) the role of
strategic leader and urban health system manager (with 4 items) and 8) the role
of driver of innovation and digital health technology in urban health (with 6
items)
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