Sample for Semi Sample Clauses

Sample for Semi structured interviews with Parents Semi-structured interviews with parents were conducted within a children’s A&E Department of an acute NHS Trust. The Trust provides district general hospital services to a local population of over 460,000 and treats over half a million patients each year. The hospital is set in the midst of a residential area, with two large schools in close proximity. A children’s hospital was built on the main hospital site in 2007. During the study, a designated children’s A&E Department was opened on this site. With an emphasis on the importance of FCC when caring for children in hospital, it was considered important to involve parents/carers in the study for the identification of those activities and interventions perceived by them as important when their child is in A&E. Sixteen parents were recruited (male=1, female=15) who provided a personal perspective of their experience of the care received by their child with an illness or injury attending the children’s A&E Department. Four of the parents also had prior experience of attending mixed A&E Departments locally and this provided an additional advantageous perspective for the study focus. A similar process to that used for the recruitment of RNs was utilised for the recruitment of parents. A participant information sheet (Appendix 15) explained the purpose of the study and the inclusion criteria for participation. Any parent/carer with experience using the children’s A&E Department and willing to participate in a semi-structured interview was recruited. To assist with the recruitment of parents/carers, medical and nursing staff were informed. This involved the researcher attending morning and evening shift handover for several consecutive days prior to the study commencing to engage them in the recruitment of parents/carers to the study.