A Study of Flight Nurse Roles

Abstract

The purpose of this descriptive research was to study the roles of flight nurses using the Delphi technique. Participants were 19 experts. The Delphi technique consisted of 3 Step: Step 1: To interview experts about the role of flight nurse; Step 2: To analyze the data from the interviews and to create a questionnaire for the experts to estimate the importance of the role of flight nurses; Step 3: To calculate the median and interquartile range from the data collected in the second round and to return the questionnaire to the same group of experts to confirm their answers. The data were then used to calculate the median and interquartile range again to summarize the role of flight nurses. The result of the research found that the role of flight nurses consisted of 6 roles as follows: 1) The role of aviation medicine nurse practice 16 items; 2) The role of manager of aviation and ground safety 8 items; 3) The role of manager of safety and risk management 16 items; 4) The role of coordinator and communicator 11 items; 5) The role of teamwork leader, management, and consulting 18 items and 6) The role of quality and service standards 11 items.