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Eakin, Sherri. "Operating room nurses and surgical technologists perceptions of job satisfaction in the operating room environment". Thesis, University of Phoenix, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10024192.
Testo completoThe predicted future operating room nurse and surgical technologist shortages may have significant implications for the healthcare industry. Improving the job satisfaction of operating room personnel could promote retention and provide adequate staffing in operating rooms. The job satisfaction of operating room nurses and surgical technologists can result in positive or negative work environments. The purpose of the qualitative phenomenological study was to explore the perceptions of job satisfaction of operating room nurses and surgical technologists to discover how job satisfaction influences the intent to leave or remain in the work environment of the operating room. A purposive selection was made of 12 registered nurses and 12 surgical technologists who had varying degrees of experience in the healthcare field, and were working part time or full time in the operating room of a pediatric medical center in North, Texas. Interviews were audio-recorded and the seven steps were used from Moustakas van Kaam analysis to reveal themes and patterns from the research data. Six themes emerged from the research study that included teamwork, recognition from surgeon, working with pediatric patients and their families, staff appreciation, work environment, and executive leadership. Based on the findings, further research is needed to ascertain strategies that would improve operating room registered nurses and surgical technologists’ job satisfaction and retention.
Prince, Jacqueline Yvonne. "Operating room nursing science learning programmes in South Africa". Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/594.
Testo completoLevesque, Marie-Julie. "Interprofessional Collaboration in the Operating Room: A Nursing Perspective". Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/42751.
Testo completoTheron, Margot Cecile. "Nursing care practice related to patient safety in the operating room". Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1017197.
Testo completoGillespie, Brigid Mary, e N/A. "The Predictors of Resilience in Operating Room Nurses". Griffith University. School of Nursing and Midwifery, 2007. http://www4.gu.edu.au:8080/adt-root/public/adt-QGU20070824.123750.
Testo completoGillespie, Brigid Mary. "The Predictors of Resilience in Operating Room Nurses". Thesis, Griffith University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/365391.
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Siegel, Hugh Andrew. "Subjectivity Of Estimating Blood Loss Among Health Care Providers In The Operating Room". VCU Scholars Compass, 1993. https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/5263.
Testo completoBrinkman, Mary Adams. "A focused ethnography| Experiences of registered nurses transitioning to the operating room". Thesis, Widener University School of Nursing, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3570586.
Testo completoThe operating room (OR) is a unique setting and specialty area of nursing practice that requires optimal orientation and education to render safe and efficient patient care. Unfortunately, there will be a significant shortage of nurses in the operating room in the next five to ten years. The need for new nurses in the operating room is essential as many OR nurses in the workforce will retire within the next five years. Currently, most nursing programs no longer offer perioperative courses in their curriculum. Subsequently, this trend has led to the need for hospitals to educate and orient new nurses to their operating rooms. As hospitals educate their own OR nurses, retention following orientation becomes a priority.
The purpose of this study was to explore nurses' experiences as they transition to a new area of nursing practice, the operating room. A qualitative focused ethnography was conducted using Leininger's ethnonursing research method. Fourteen RNs transitioning to the OR agreed to participate in this study. The OR was a first time experience for the RNs. The setting was a large teaching hospital located in an urban area. Observations and interviews were conducted with the RNs to explore their experiences as they transitioned in the OR.
The RNs' transition included learning the didactics of OR nursing through the web-based AORN Nursing 101 online computer course, practicing skills learned in a simulation laboratory, and rotating through surgical specialty areas under the supervision of an RN preceptor. Influences that facilitated the RNs transition to the OR were the
positive learning experience, perception of belonging and acceptance into the OR culture, stimulating environment, supportive personnel, collegiality among peers, and presence of nursing in the OR. Influences that hindered the RNs' transition to the OR were inconsistency in precepting, being in a hostile environment, limited exposure to the OR prior to the RNs' transition, and an overwhelming environment. Meleis' Transition model emerged in the RNs' experiences of transitioning to the OR.
The need to educate nurses in the operating room is essential to assure safety and positive outcomes for the surgical patient. Structured perioperative courses implemented by hospitals or with partnerships with nursing programs can enhance the education, transition, and retention of nurses new to the OR. The importance of a nurse educator having an advanced degree with experience in the OR specialty was essential in coordinating and mentoring nurses transitioning to this new practice area. RNs who are prepared to precept were vital in the education and retention of these RNs. The need for consistent preceptors was recognized as an essential factor to the RNs' successful transition. The findings contribute to evidence-base practice for the design and implementation of perioperative programs for new nurses.
Opadotun, Olukemi. "Infection control practices for the prevention of surgical site infections in the operating room". Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1017195.
Testo completoAlexander, Sherly Bejoy. "An Effective Succession Planning Educational Program for Operating Room Nurses". ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/2950.
Testo completoMeyer, Rhoda. "Students perceptions of the operating room as a clinical learning environment". Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/95860.
Testo completoENGLISH ABSTRACT: Students undertake their clinical placement in various clinical settings for the exposure to and acquisition of skills related to that particular context. The operating room, for example, is a context that offers the opportunity to develop critical skills related to the perioperative care of the patient. Despite the numerous studies that have been undertaken in this field, few studies that have investigated the operating room as a clinical learning environment in the South African healthcare system have been published. The aim of this study was to determine students’ perceptions of the operating room as a clinical learning environment in a private hospital context. An exploratory, interpretive and descriptive design generating qualitative data was utilized. Data was collected from nursing students undertaking their training at a private nursing education institution. Ten nursing students participated in an open-ended questionnaire (N=10), and twelve students participated in the focus group discussion (N=12). From the results, four themes emerged, namely, ‘interpersonal factors’, ‘educational factors’, ‘private operating room context’, and ‘recommendations’. This study has highlighted some of the challenges experienced by students in the private sector operating room context. Despite the potential learning opportunities, the key findings reveal negative perceptions of students regarding learning experiences. However, the opinion that the operating room offers an opportunity to gain skills unique to this context, as well as facilitates the integration of theory and practice, was also expressed. Some students reported that the emphasis on profitability and cost to patient, and the lack of a mentoring process in this context posed a constraint to learning. Exploration into the specific preparatory needs of students specific to learning outcomes before operating room placement should be considered. It would also be necessary to improve collaboration between lecturers, mentors and theatre managers so that a structured teaching programme may be developed for students entering the perioperative environment.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Studente onderneem hul kliniese plasing in verskeie kliniese omgewings vir die blootstelling aan en aanleer van vaardighede wat verband hou met daardie spesifieke konteks. Die operasiesaal, byvoorbeeld, is ’n kliniese omgewing wat die geleentheid bied om kritiese vaardighede te ontwikkel wat verband hou met die perioperatiewe versorging van die pasiënt. Ten spyte van die talle studies wat in die operasiesaal onderneem was, het slegs ’n paar studies uit ’n Suid-Afrikaanse gesondheidsorg oogpunt, die operasiesaal as ’n kliniese opleidings omgewing ondersoek. Die doel van hierdie studie was om studente se persepsies van die operasiesaal as ’n kliniese omgewing in ’n privaat hospitaal konteks te bepaal. ’n Ondersoekende, verklarende en beskrywende ontwerp wat kwalitatiewe data genereer, is gebruik. Data is ingesamel van verpleegstudente wat hul opleiding by ’n privaat verpleegonderrig instelling ontvang. Tien verpleegstudente (N=10) was genooi om ’n onbepaalde vraelys te voltooi en twaalf student (N=12) het aan die fokusgroep bespreking deelgeneem. Vier temas het na vore gekom, naamlik ‘interpersoonlike faktore’, ‘opvoedkundige faktore’, ‘privaat-operasiesaal konteks’, en ‘aanbevelings’. Hierdie studie het ’n paar van die uitdagings uitgelig wat die studente in ’n privaat sektor operasiesaal ondervind. Ten spyte van die potensiële leergeleenthede teenwoordig in die privaat sektor operasiesaal, toon die belangrikste bevindings egter die negatiewe persepsies van studente jeens hierdie kliniese omgewing. Die opinie is egter ook uitgespreek dat hierdie omgewing ook ’n geleentheid aanbied om unieke vaardighede aan te leer. Dit bied ook ’n geleentheid om teorie en praktiese kundigheid te integreer. Sommige studente rapporteer dat die klem op winsgewendheid en koste vir die pasiënt, asoók die gebrek aan mentorskap in hierdie kliniese omgewing ’n beperking plaas op die leerproses. Die spesifieke voorbereidings behoeftes van studente insake leeruitkomste voordat plasing in die operasiesaal omgewing geskied, moet eers deeglik ondersoek word. Dit is ook nodig om die nodige samewerking tussen dosente, mentors en operasiesaal bestuurders te verbeter sodat ’n gestruktureerde onderrig program ontwikkel kan word vir studente wat die perioperatiewe omgewing betree.
Jay, Rita A. "Relationship of organizational work climate to nurse turnover in operating room settings". Thesis, Capella University, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3724927.
Testo completoOrganizational work climates in healthcare organizations were described in the literature using a social framework of structured interactions, defined roles, and behavioral responses between team members of physicians and nurses. It was hypothesized that the characteristics of physician-nurse collaboration, physician dominance, and nurse autonomy in socially complex work settings have relationships to turnover intent in nurses who work in operating room settings. In an era of nursing shortages the challenge of nurse retention and the evidence of challenging work climate become even more critical for healthcare organizations. This research study examined a gap in knowledge regarding the extent to which aspects of organizational work climate predict nurse turnover in operating room work settings. A quantitative correlational study using three work climate characteristics of physician-nurse collaboration, physician dominance, and nurse autonomy was conducted using the Jefferson Scale of Attitudes Toward Physician-Nurse Collaboration (Hojat & Herman, 1985, Developing an Instrument to Measure Attitudes toward Nurses: Preliminary Psychometric Findings) and the Anticipated Turnover Scale (Hinshaw & Atwood, 1983, Nursing Staff Turnover, Stress, and Satisfaction: Models, Measures, and Management). Responses from 322 Operating Room staff nurses who were members of a national professional nursing organization were examined in the analyses. The study concluded that the independent variables of collaboration, dominance, and autonomy were not significant in predicting turnover among nurses in the operating room setting.
Liechty, Elizabeth. "Values and perceptions of caring by perioperative nurse associates". Virtual Press, 1995. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/958799.
Testo completoSchool of Nursing
Boson, Maria, e Linda Smedman. "Operationssjuksköterskans upplevelse av sin yrkesroll : -en kvalitativ intervjustudie". Thesis, Mittuniversitetet, Institutionen för hälsovetenskap, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-13527.
Testo completoBackground The profession of operating room nurse is now the oldest nursing specialty, but remains primarily a hidden profession because it is exercised behind closed doors. The professional role were described as complex and revolved around the patient, cooperation and the technical equipment. Patricia Benners theories on the nurses’ professional development were used as a theoretical basis in the study. Aim The study aimed to elucidate how the operating room nurse perceives the professional role. Method The study was conducted with a qualitative approach and ten semi-structured interviews were carried out with operating room nurses from two hospitals in Sweden in spring 2011. All interviews were recorded and transcribed verbatim. To analyze the collected data content analysis with an inductive approach was used. Result In the text analysis twelve subcategories and four categories were identified: the role as being responsible of nursing, the experience of what makes the operating room nurse safe in the professional role, the meaning of being a co-worker during the work on the operating room and the view on the own profession Quotes from the informants were presented in the text to clarify the result. Conclusion The study showed that the operating room nurse has a central role for nursing in the surgical ward and the patient. The operating room nurse presence and expertise in operations was irreplaceable, but always dependent of the team around him/her.
Diaz, Diaz Natalia Carmen, e Hjelm Linda Persson-. "Operationssjuksköterskors erfarenheter av optimerad arbetsmodell i förhållande till vanlig elektiv arbetsmodell". Thesis, Röda Korsets Högskola, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:rkh:diva-114.
Testo completoBackground Healthcare organizations strive to increase their efficiency. Studies show that the operating room is one of the departments with the greatest possibility to increase a hospital's efficiency. Their challenge is to perform more surgeries using the existing resources without increasing personnel workload or causing stress. In order to achieve this a new work model has been established by the selected hospital. The aim of this study was to investigate the operation room nurses' experiences of this new work model in relation to a conventional work model. Method A qualitative study was performed, a convenience sample was used and 18 operation room nurses from a hospital in central Sweden took part in a survey. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with an interview guide, a manifest qualitative content analysis was performed. Results Three categories and seven subcategories emerged. The operating room nurses believed that the new work model lead to many advantages and few disadvantages for the staff, patients and the department as a whole. The operating room nurses believed that the increase in staffing combined with a standardization of operation procedures, patients, tasks, operation rooms and material were the main reasons to the advantages with the new work model. Half of the operating room nurses did not prefer one work model over the other, the amount of operating room nurses that did was equal between the two work models. Conclusion A majority of the operation room nurses believed that the new work model lead to a decline in stress and to higher patient safety, but a minority experienced more stress and lower patient safety.
Bull, Rosalind Margaret. "Theatre wear must be worn beyond this point : a hermeneutic ethnographic exploration of operating room nursing". Title page, table of contents and abstract only, 2002. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09PH/09phb9355.pdf.
Testo completoHilton, George Leslie. "SENSORY REGRESSION TIME FROM SUBARACHNOID BLOCK WITH HYPERBARIC 0.75% BUPIVACAINE IN THE OBESE PATIENT". VCU Scholars Compass, 1989. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/5067.
Testo completoHudalla, Christa Choate. "The Effect of Tourniquet Application On Systemic Coagulation". VCU Scholars Compass, 1992. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/5073.
Testo completoChellan, Jamila. "A survey of patient safety culture in an operating room setting in Abu Dhabi". Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/5365.
Testo completoENGLISH ABSTRACT: Patient safety remains one of the biggest challenges to healthcare organizations. With the escalation in health care costs due to medical errors, many organizations are adopting a number of strategies like the keeping of electronic medical records, the use of medication bar coding, instituting protocol for common procedures and checklists. Although each of these interventions has had a positive impact, problems of preventable medical errors still persist in many health care organizations throughout the world. In order to combat this, a small but increasing number of organizations are trying out basic technology as a low cost solution for patient safety in order to adopt this culture. Approval was given to the researcher to conduct an assessment of the safety culture in a specialized obstetric and gynecology operating room setting in Abu Dhabi. The aim of the study was to explore the patient safety culture and the contributing factors influencing patient safety in the operating room, as part of the preparations for accreditation by the Joint Commission International. A quantitative descriptive survey as research design was implemented for this purpose. In May 2010 the researcher surveyed the entire population of operating room staff, i.e. 250 participants, following a pilot study consisting of 10% of the total sample. The popular hospital wide survey questionnaire of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) was adjusted and used to assess the safety culture among the operating room staff. The survey measured four common dimensions of patient safety, namely an overall perception and grade of patient safety, and the frequency and number of events reported. Further sub-dimensions were also measured in terms of leadership support, team work, and communication. A total of 118 completed questionnaires were received, which represents a 52% response rate. All of the participants had direct interaction or contact with patients. The composite overall score for the perception of safety was 48%. Although findings of the survey indicate that the operating room has patient safety problems, the findings also show much positive strength in the operating room and the organization as a whole. The positive composite scores are reflected in the findings of 74% for hospital management support for patient safety, 70% for teamwork within the units, and 61% for teamwork across hospital units, and 60% for feedback and communication regarding medical errors. The implications of the survey findings were taken into consideration in order for the organization to comply with the requirements for the Joint Commission International’s recertification with the focus on staff education and improving safety standards.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING:Pasiëntbeveiliging bly een van de grootste uitdagings vir gesondheidsorganisasies. Met die toename in onkoste vir gesondheidsorg vanweë mediese misstappe, pas baie organisasies ’n aantal strategieë toe, soos die byhou van elektroniese mediese rekords, die aanbring van strepieskodes op medisyne, die daarstelling van protokolle vir algemene prosedures en kontrolelyste. Alhoewel elkeen van hierdie intervensies ’n positiewe impak gehad het, bestaan probleme vanweë mediese misstappe nog steeds in vele gesondheidsorg organisasies dwarsoor die wêreld. Om dit te voorkom, probeer ’n klein, maar toenemende aantal organisasies om ‚n kultuur van basiese tegnologie as ’n lae-koste oplossing vir pasiëntbeveiliging te kweek. Toestemming is aan die navorser gegee om ’n assessering te doen van die veiligheidskultuur in ’n gespesialiseerde verloskundige en ginekologiese operasiesaal in Abu Dhabi. Die doel van hierdie studie is om die pasiëntveiligheidskultuur te ondersoek, asook die bydraende faktore wat pasiëntbeveiliging in die operasiesaal beïnvloed as deel van die voorbereiding vir akkreditasie deur die Gesamentlike Kommissie Internasionaal (GKI). ’n Kwantitatiewe, beskrywende opname as navorsingsontwerp is toegepas vir hierdie doel. Gedurende Mei 2010 het die navorser ’n opname van die totale populasie van die operasiesaalpersoneel gedoen, naamlik 250 deelnemers, na ’n loodsondersoek wat 10% van die totale steekproef uitgemaak het. Die bekende Agentskap vir Gesondheidsnavorsing en Kwaliteit (AGNK) se hospitaalwye opnamevraelys is aangepas en gebruik om die veiligheidskultuur in die operasiesaal te assesseer. Die opname het vier algemene dimensies van pasiëntveiligheid gemeet, naamlik ’n algemene persepsie en gradering van pasiëntveiligheid, as ook die frekwensie en die aantal ongunstige gebeure wat plaasvind. ’n Totaal van 118 voltooide vraelyste is ontvang wat ’n 52% responskoers verteenwoordig. Al die deelnemers het direkte interaksie of kontak met pasiënte. Die samegestelde algehele telling van persepsie van veiligheid is 48%. Alhoewel bevindinge van die opname aandui dat die operasiesaal pasiëntveiligheidsprobleme het, wys bevindinge ook baie positiewe aspekte in die operasiesaal en die organisasie as ’n geheel uit. Die positiewe samegestelde telling word gereflekteer in die bevindinge van 74% vir ondersteuning vanaf die hospitaalbestuur vir pasiëntbeveiliging, 70% vir spanwerk binne die eenhede, 61% vir spanwerk dwarsoor die hospitaaleenhede en 60% vir terugvoering en kommunikasie ten opsigte van mediese misstappe. Die implikasies van die opname se bevindinge is in ag geneem ten einde die organisasie in staat te stel om te voldoen aan die Gesamentlike Kommissie Internasionaal se hersertifisering met die fokus op personeelopleiding en verbetering van veiligheidstandaarde.
Slater, Michelle McHugh. "National Inquiry of Clinical Nurse Leadership in the Operating Room". Case Western Reserve University Doctor of Nursing Practice / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=casednp1476639876263273.
Testo completoGosse, C. Suzanne. "Critical thinking skills : a comparative analysis of experienced operating room and medical-surgical registered nurses". Virtual Press, 1995. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/958783.
Testo completoSchool of Nursing
Osborne, Sonya. "Compliance with standard precautions and occupational exposure reporting among operating room nurses in Australia". Thesis, University of Canberra, 2002. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/66689/1/Osborne_2002_SP_and_OER_UC_Masters_Thesis.pdf.
Testo completoRichardson-Tench, Marilyn 1947. "Unmasked! : the discursive practice of the operating room nurse : a Foucauldian feminist analysis". Monash University, Faculty of Education, 2001. http://arrow.monash.edu.au/hdl/1959.1/8900.
Testo completoStenman, Åsa, e Ingrid Jörstad. "Preoperativ handdesinfektion inom operationssjukvård". Thesis, Karlstad University, Faculty of Social and Life Sciences, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-2905.
Testo completoInom operationssjukvård förebyggs postoperativa infektioner genom att operationspersonalen utför preoperativ handdesinfektion. Det finns två handdesinfektionsmetoder som rekommenderas att använda, Metod 1 för alkoholbaserad handdesinfektion (Sterillium) och Metod 2 för antiseptisk handdesinfektion (Hibiscrub). Syftet med studien var att studera och jämföra olika preoperativa handdesinfektionsmetoder inom operationssjukvård. Metoden var en litteraturstudie som baserades på 11 vetenskapliga studier. Systematiska sökningar gjordes i databaserna CINAHL och Medline samt via manuella sökningar. Sökorden användes enskilt och i kombination. Jämförelse gjordes av de två rekommenderade handdesinfektionsmetoderna utifrån evidens samt framkomna kategorier: effekter, hudens tolerans och tid. Den preoperativa alkoholbaserade handdesinfektionsmetoden med Sterillium (Metod 1) var betydligt mer effektiv än den preoperativa antiseptiska handdesinfektionsmetoden med Hibiscrub (Metod 2). Den visade även bättre resultat gällande hudens tolerans, operationstidens längd samt att den var mer tidssparande och smidigare att utföra. Det visade sig också ha betydelse på effekten hur den preoperativa alkoholbaserade handdesinfektionen utfördes. I studiens resultat framkom inget som styrkte Metod 2.
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Cosgrove, Marianne S. "PERCEIVED IMPACT OF AMBIENT OPERATING ROOM NOISE BY CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETISTS". VCU Scholars Compass, 2019. https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/5963.
Testo completoPaterson, Robyn A. "Preoperative predictors of postoperative pain". Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 1993. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/1142.
Testo completoSicotte, Doreen A. "Implementation of a Staff Education Project for a Robotics Education Program in the Operating Room". ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/7337.
Testo completoKorsner, Borg Suzanne, e Larsson Frida Runnquist. "Operationssjuksköterskans hantering av vassa instrument i operationssalen". Thesis, Röda Korsets Högskola, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:rkh:diva-657.
Testo completoBackground Operating room personnel are at particularly high risk of injury and blood borne diseases due to handling of sharp items and frequent blood exposure. Operating room nurses aim to perform at a high level of security to reduce the risk of transmission of blood borne diseases. To prevent sharps injuries there are regulations, methods and safety devices but few written guidelines. Aim The aim of this study is to identify how the operating room nurse handles sharps within the operating room. Method A quantitative cross-sectional study was conducted at Södersjukhuset in Stockholm, Sweden. 18 operating room nurses participated in this structured observation study during 50 operations. Results The result indicates shortcomings in obtaining a safe working environment in all observed areas. Safety devices and other methods to prevent sharps injuries were seldom used. Despite this the work with sharps was mainly conducted in a safe way. At times the work was performed in a hazardous manner. Conclusions The safety devices and methods described in the study exist but are seldom used which leads to a subjective work method regarding safety in the operating room. The safety devices need to be made more accessible and explicit guidelines are needed. Clinical significance This study may be part of a quality improvement project at Södersjukhuset regarding handling and routines concerning sharps. The quality improvement effort can result in alterations of the contents in the procedure pack and the development of written guidelines.
Malan, Kim. "Registered nurses' knowledge of infection control and sterile technique principles in the operating room complex of private hospitals". Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/1079.
Testo completoBerry, Judith. "Pressure ulcer prevention in the perioperative environment". Title page, table of contents and overview only, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/37709.
Testo completoThesis (D.Nurs.)--Department of Clinical Nursing, 2004.
Batista, Ana Patrícia Antunes. "A integração de novos enfermeiros no bloco operatório para garantir a qualidade dos cuidados: contributos para a elaboração de um guião". Master's thesis, Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal. Escola Superior de Saúde, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/28731.
Testo completoNo âmbito da unidade curricular Projeto/Estágio I e II, integrado no Curso Mestrado em Enfermagem Perioperatória, foi-me proposto o desenvolvimento de um projeto de estágio, utilizando a Metodologia de Trabalho de Projeto. A temática escolhida foi a integração de enfermeiros em contexto perioperatório: contributos para a elaboração de um guião, após estabelecido um diagnóstico de situação (reunião com enfermeiro chefe, análise swot e 2 questionários fechados à equipa de enfermagem – caracterização socioprofissional e pertinência da temática), identificando a existência desta necessidade em contexto de estágio. O objetivo principal deste projeto é contribuir para o processo de integração de novos enfermeiros no bloco operatório para a melhoria da qualidade dos cuidados, sendo que para que este objetivo fosse atingido foram desenvolvidas atividades, tais como: uma revisão da literatura, aplicação de questionários, elaboração de um guião de integração de acordo com as suas especificidades, planeamento de uma acção de formação para divulgação do guia de integração, ajustar o guia de integração às carências manifestadas pelos enfermeiros após apresentação do mesmo. Consegui alcançar não só os objetivos propostos relativos ao desenvolvimento do projeto de estágio, como ao desenvolvimento de competências de mestre em enfermagem perioperatória adquiridos ao longo de três semestres. Conclui-se que o processo de integração é fundamental para otimizar as competências do indivíduo que não só o próprio beneficiará, mas também a organização e o cliente cirúrgico, através de uma integração estruturada, planeada e individualizada.
Within the curricular unit Project/internship I and II, integrated into Perioperative Nursing Master's Course, I proposed the development of a training course, using as a working methodology, the Project Methodology. The theme chosen was the integration of nurses in perioperative context: contributions to the creation of a script, after a diagnosis of situation (meeting with charge nurse, swot analysis and 2 questionnaires closed nursing team -characterization and socio-occupational relevance of subject), identifying the existence of this need in the context of stage. The main objective of this project is to contribute to the process of integration of new nurses in the operating room to improve the quality of care, and pointed out that this goal was reached were developed activities such as: a review of literature, questionnaires, preparation of a script of integration according to their specific needs, planning a training course for publicizing the integration guide, adjust the integration guide to the needs expressed by nurses after presentation. I was able to achieve not only the objectives proposed for the project development stage, as the development of perioperative nursing master skills acquired over three semesters. It is concluded that the process of integration is critical to enhance the skills of the individual who not only their own benefit, but also the organization and the customer, through a structured, planned and individual integration.
Rådstam, Catalina. "Den vårdande relationen : En litteraturstudie om den perioperativa processen ur en operationssjuksköterskas perspektiv". Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för folkhälso- och vårdvetenskap, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-281698.
Testo completoBackground: At present, there are gaps in the knowledge of how the perioperative process is seen from the point of view of the operating room nurse. When it comes to the operating theater nurse to provide quality care to the patient, it is important that the operating theater nurse gets a good contact with the patient. The operating room nurse has to share the patients’ world. Then, it will be easier to give a patient-centered care. Aim: The purpose of this study is to investigate how the operating theater nurse experienced the perioperative process from her/his point of view. Method: This study is a literature review of eleven articles that have a qualitative approach and one article which has a quantitative approach. This study has a more qualitative approach. Its focus is describing and interpreting the surgery nurses’ experience of the perioperative process. Result: The surgical nurses had, to a large extent, a favorable attitude to the perioperative process. Surgical nurses felt that the perioperative process contributed to increased continuity and increased safety for patients, but above all for themselves. Surgical nurses developed professionally, but also as individuals, they felt that their work was meaningful and that there was a caring relationship between the patient and the surgical nurse. Conclusion: This paper emphasizes that if the perioperative process would be used on a larger scale, the work for operative nurses would be more efficient, provide a more secure care, give more continuity and be very favourable to nurses as well as patients. The result for the patients would be a good care and well-being.
Leon, Maria Denise. "Ansiedade e medo no pré-operatório de cirurgia cardíaca: intervenção de enfermagem na abordagem psicossocial". Universidade de São Paulo, 2007. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/7/7139/tde-17052007-113555/.
Testo completoThis research is aimed at highlighting the importance of feelings such as anxiety and fear in those who are to undergo myocardial revascularization surgery (RM), and the adoption of a psychosocial approach by which a strategy of group intervention is used. Aiming at identifying the levels of anxiety and fear in those patients, a strategy of group guidance during the pre-surgery round was adopted, using a psychosocial approach, comparing the levels of anxiety and fear in those who received traditional institutional guidance, and those who took part in the group guidance pre-surgical session, and also at comprehending the meaning of the pre-surgical guidance in the perception of the intervention group participants. This research is of a quantitative and qualitative nature, and was conducted in a specialized cardio hospital, in the city of Sao Paulo, in the period between April and August 2006. Out of the 109 people approached for assessment, 60 took an effective participation in the study, of which 30 were in the intervention group and 30 in the control group. A controlled, random clinical rehearsal was performed. The data was analyzed statistically and content wise, in accordance to Bardin. With the intervention group, group dynamics were applied so as to promote a relaxing, friendly environment, and allow for the participants free expression. Most of the subjects in this group were male, with incomplete lower education, average socio-economic class, and 62,02 years old on average. It was noted that this group subjects had their levels of anxiety and fear lowered, in a statistically significant manner. The dynamics provided them with more than only a playful, expressive moment; they had a cognitive/affectionate, relational significance, through which security and tranquility were achieved, and, as a result, levels of anxiety and fear were reduced. Results indicate that group pre-surgical guidance in a psychosocial approach produces effective results, and is thus recommended for undertaking in hospital
Doyle, Donna J. "Succession Planning and the Identification of Future Perioperative Leaders: A Mixed Methods Study". Otterbein University / OhioLINK, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=otbn149209761975162.
Testo completoSälik, Charlotta, e Serah Engström. "Kirurgiska säkerhetschecklistor i praktiken : Operationsteamets attityder och uppfattningar". Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Sjuksköterskeutbildningar, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-412551.
Testo completoBackground: The surgical team consists of a complex interaction between different professionals who work together around the patient during surgical procedures. Surgical Safety Checklist [SSC] is a tool that should assist the interaction and communication within the surgical team. There is a great deal of research that proves how SSC improves mortality, morbidity and patient safety. The surgical team has despite that a lack of compliance with SSC. Aim: The aim of this litterateur review was to describe the surgical team’s perceptions of using the SSC. Method: The literature review was based on 14 scientific articles of qualitative, quantitative and mixed approaches. The articles were quality checked, analysed, broken down, thematized and merged into the result of this overview. Result: SSC was able to contribute to improved teamwork, communication, and work environment in the operating room, while at the same time various obstacles were highlighted with the collaboration around SSC. Personal attitudes, standpoints and beliefs within the various professions were factors that influenced teamwork. How the surgical team was led also affected the collaboration around SSC. The experience of lack of time and difficulties with timing made the performance of SSC more difficult. Conclusion: It is essential to understand the complicated work environment in the operating rooms and how SSC can facilitate the work in the operating room, also what factors hinder the operating team to work safely. In order to form a deeper understanding of the complexity of the operation team and their work with SSC, further research is needed. The result of this literature review could be of assistance to clinics in their work to improve safety and collaboration in the operating rooms.
Björn, Catrine. "Attractive Work : Nurses´ work in operating departments, and factors that make it attractive". Doctoral thesis, Uppsala universitet, Vårdvetenskap, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-266338.
Testo completoBinns-Turner, Pamela Gail. "Perioperative music and its effects on anxiety, hemodynamics, and pain in women undergoing mastectomy". Thesis, Birmingham, Ala. : University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2008. https://www.mhsl.uab.edu/dt/2008d/binns-turner.pdf.
Testo completoMattia, Ana Lucia De. "Dimensionamento de pessoal de enfermagem em centro cirúrgico". Universidade de São Paulo, 1999. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/7/7135/tde-03102008-112459/.
Testo completoThe proposal of this study is to verify the need of nursing staff in Operating Romm Department, to identify the utilization time of Operating Rooms (OR) through annual surgeries number; to calculate annual number of nursing staff in OR; to identify number of hours of nursing care in OR done by each professional categories and to associate number of hours of nursing by each professional category with OR utilization time. This research was done in University Hospital which is general and provide secondary assistence in São Paulo City. The OR used Perioperative Nursing System to systematize and individualized nursing care to surgical patient. The system components are: pre and post operative visits realized by OR registered nurse; intraoperative nursing care by Registered nurse and ancillary nurse; immediate post-operative nursing care and transport of patient to specific unit. Other activities that are realized by nursing staff are: preparatio and cleaness of OR, management of material and human resources in order to improve the nursing interview with OR head-nurse and analysing records of surgeries, nursing staff schedute and absenteism. The data was analysed in four fases: identification of surgical capacity in relation of annual number of surgeries; identification of number of nursing care hour per each professional category and association of surgical capacity with number of surgeries that would be done. The results showed these conclusions: number of surgeries was 87.000 hours in structural capacity; 33,627.22 hours in operational capacity and 12,246.22 in utilization capacity. The annual nursing capacity is 35,749.03 hours; the number of hours by Registered nurse is 1.69 hours each patient; to the ancillary nurse is 6.95 hours each patient. The absenteism rate was 39.72%. Analysing the number of surgeries realized in week days is 2,711 surgeries with 10,893.53 hours in average of OR utilization; 4,518.59 hours of Registered nurse care and 18,893.53 hours in average of ancillary nurse care. The goal of this study is to analyse the number of nursing staff in OR through comparation of surgical capacity and nursing care hours
Ellis, Anna K., e L. Lee Glenn. "Challenges in Staging of Transient Pressure Ulcers Following Urologic Surgery". Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2011. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/7514.
Testo completoBexell, Hanna, e Agnes Ulvegard. "Patientkännedom i den perioperativa vården : En intervjustudie med operationssjuksköterskor". Thesis, Karlstads universitet, Fakulteten för hälsa, natur- och teknikvetenskap (from 2013), 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-55128.
Testo completoIntroduction: The operating room nurse is responsible for a good and safe perioperative care. Preoperative person-centered information is a prerequisite to meet the patient´s unique needs and promote continuity of care. The patient´s individual risk factors are essential for the operating room nurse to know in order to prevent hospital acquired injuries and to accomplish safe perioperative care. Aim: The aim was to describe operating room nurses´ experiences of obtaining information to create knowledge of the patient in perioperative care. Method: A qualitative study with an inductive approach was conducted. Ten operating room nurses at a hospital in Sweden were interviewed. The interviews were recorded and transcribed. Content analysis was chosen as the method of data analysis. Result: Two generic categories emerged: Read written information about the patient and The preoperative meeting with the patient. These generic categories together form the main category Prerequisite for person-centered and safe perioperative care. The generic category Read written information about the patient includes the subcategories To acquire basic knowledge and To prioritize and to seize opportunities. The generic category The preoperative meeting with the patient includes the subcategories To meet and talk with the patient and To create conditions for conversation. Conclusion: The findings contribute to a deeper knowledge of what is essential to know about the patient in perioperative care and why this is important information, from the operating room nurse´s perspective. Both written information and a preoperative meeting with the patient are required to create prerequisite for person-centered and safe perioperative care. The results indicate a need of change in the way of working to enable good knowledge of each patient, and thereby increase patient safety in perioperative care.
Austin, Erin, e L. Lee Glenn. "Online and Face-To-Face Orthopaedic Surgery Education Methods". Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2012. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/7497.
Testo completoPatterson, Michele M. Tervo. "Adolescent Experience with Trauma and Orthopedic External Fixation: A Dissertation". eScholarship@UMMS, 2007. https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/gsn_diss/7.
Testo completoPavão, Sandra Patrícia Benevides Fragoso. "Ferramenta de gestão na promoção da melhoria contínua da qualidade e segurança do utente a ser submetido a cirurgia eletiva: checklist DIIVA". Master's thesis, Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal. Escola Superior de Saúde, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/28468.
Testo completoO presente relatório surge no âmbito do 2º Mestrado em Enfermagem Perioperatória da Escola Superior de Saúde do Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal, sendo o Relatório de Estágio o trabalho final de Mestrado. Ao longo do mesmo é realizada a análise e reflexão do percurso percorrido com vista à aquisição de conhecimentos e competências de enfermeiro Mestre em Enfermagem Perioperatória. Este relatório pretende apresentar o trabalho desenvolvido em estágio em ambiente clínico perioperatório, centrado na identificação de um problema real, apoiado pela metodologia de projeto. Sendo a cultura de segurança no meio hospitalar um assunto emergente da atualidade, esta surge também na identificação de áreas problemáticas no local de trabalho. Deteta-se o adiamento ou cancelamento de cirurgias por falta de material, resultante da ausência de ferramentas da gestão do mesmo. A lista de verificação da segurança cirúrgica da OMS, apesar da sua extrema importância e utilidade, não prevê atempadamente a preparação de todos os dispositivos, instrumentos e implantes que possam ser necessários à cirurgia. Foi utilizado como referencial teórico, a Teoria das Transições de Afaf Meleis, uma Teoria de Médio Alcance que, a nosso ver, está estreitamente relacionada com os utentes a serem submetidos a cirurgia, e a sua relação com os enfermeiros perioperatórios. De forma a fundamentar as temáticas abordadas ao longo do relatório, efetuou-se uma revisão integrativa da literatura, realizando uma pesquisa alargada do fenómeno em estudo. A recolha de dados foi efetuada em junho de 2018, com recurso a um questionário aplicado aos profissionais de saúde de um bloco operatório. Participaram 36 profissionais e a maioria identificou como intercorrências no bloco operatório do último ano: cancelamento de cirurgias por falta de material, falta de comunicação da equipa multidisciplinar, material fora do prazo de validade, falta de instrumental cirúrgico e falha nos equipamentos. Dada a identificação da problemática por parte dos profissionais, foi criada uma ferramenta de apoio à gestão do material cirúrgico - Checklist DIIVA - que permite verificar a disponibilidade dos dispositivos, implantes e instrumentos e respetivos prazos validade, atempadamente, procurando dar resposta ao problema identificado e assegurar a melhoria contínua dos cuidados de enfermagem perioperatórios.
This report is presented within the scope of the 2nd Masters in Perioperative Nursing taken in Escola Superior de Saúde do Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal. The Internship Report is the final master’s work. Throughout the same is carried out the analysis and reflection of the course viewing the acquisition of knowledge and skills of Master nurse in Perioperative Nursing. This report intends to present the work developed in a perioperative clinical stage, centered on the identification of a real problem, supported by the project methodology. Since safety culture in the hospital environment is an emerging issue, it also arises in the identification of problem areas in the workplace. Deferral is the postponement or cancellation of surgeries due to lack of material, resulting from the absence of management tools. The surgical safety checklist, despite its extreme importance and usefulness, does not provide timely preparation of all devices, instruments and implants that may be necessary for surgery. The Afaf Meleis Theory of Transitions was used as a theoretical reference. It´s a Medium Sized Theory that, in our opinion, is closely related to the patients to be submitted to surgery, and its relationship with the perioperative nurses. To substantiate the themes addressed throughout the report, an integrative review of the literature was carried out, executing a broad survey of the phenomenon under study. Data collection was performed in June 2018, using a questionnaire applied to health professionals from an operating room. 36 professionals participated and most identified as complications in the last year's operating room: surgery cancellation due to lack of material, lack of communication of the multidisciplinary team, material with expired date, lack of surgical instruments and equipment failure. Given the identification of the problem by the professionals, a tool was created to support the management of the surgical material - DIIVA checklist - which allows checking the availability of devices, implants and instruments and their validity, in a timely manner, to respond to the identified problem and continuous improvement of perioperative nursing care.
Bringhed, Ulrika, e Caroline Telhede. "Kompartmentsyndrom : operationssjuksköterskans förebyggande omvårdnad". Thesis, Karlstads universitet, Institutionen för hälsovetenskaper, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-37286.
Testo completoIntroduction: Nursing is the main area for the operating room (OR) nurse. The OR nurse will prevent injuries and complications that can occur during surgery. One such complication can be compartment syndrome. Compartment syndrome is a rare complication but can lead to serious injuries. It is therefore important that the OR nurse take this in consideration in their work. Aim: This essay aims to highlight the OR nurse's experiences of working with the prevention of compartment syndrome in the perioperative nursing. Method: A qualitative approach was applied and the data were collected through interviews. Collected data were analyzed by qualitative content analysis. The essay enrolled 11 OR nurses, ten women and one man, who worked in four different surgical wards at two different hospitals. Result: After a qualitative content analysis of the data were conducted two categories emerged, Preventive work and To act on uncertain foundations. The first category described how the OR nurse undertook an individual risk assessment, was accurate in positioning and performed a change in position and massage of the patient’s leg to prevent compartment syndrome. The second category, To act on uncertain foundations, described an uncertainty in the perioperative care regarding compartment syndrome. It highlighted an uncertainty around the topic, nursing interventions were questioned and a lack of scientific evidence emerged. Conclusion: There were a lack of guidelines and recommendations regarding care about compartment syndrome. There was also a lack of implementing new knowledge in nursing to provide an evidence-based practice.
Gad, Johan. "Ett värdigt slut : Operations- och intensivvårdssjuksköterskors upplevelser i samband med vård av avlidna donatorer, Litteraturstudie". Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för folkhälso- och vårdvetenskap, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-261179.
Testo completoBackground: Organ donation from deceased donors has become a common procedure that enables health and prolonged life for critically ill patients. Two of the professions most intimately involved with the care of the donors are operating room and intensive care nurses. This care has been found to cause adverse effects, ethical and psychological. Aim: To gather knowledge regarding how these two professions perceive, and cope with, the care of deceased donors. Focusing on strategies used to preserve and maintain respect and dignity for the donors. Method: Literature review with a qualitative approach. Results: Three themes emerged; ”Caring for the dead” collects statements and phenomena associated with the care. This was perceived as mentally exhausting and very stressful. Lack of understanding for the concept of brain death was common, which made the work harder and more ethically challenging. ”Facilitating a dignified end” established that very concept as the main purpose of the actions during donor care. ”To find a purpose” describes how the respondents, mainly, through support for each other and through the knowledge of the positive outcomes of organ donation, both for the donors’ families and for the organ recipients, still found meaningfulness and satisfaction in their work. Conclusion: This study displays a broad spectrum of adversities associated with donor care, in several areas. Dignity and respect for the deceased was deemed both highly important and personally satisfying. To see oneself and the good things achieved through ones labor, in a larger perspective, made donor care both positive and satisfying.
Jonsson, Lina, e Ellen Hedman. "Operations- och anestesisjuksköterskors upplevelser av att använda checklista för säkerhet vid operationer". Thesis, Luleå tekniska universitet, Institutionen för hälsovetenskap, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-63838.
Testo completoNorman, Maria, e Rita Thunvall. "Operationssjuksköterskors upplevelse av arbetsrelaterad stress". Thesis, Röda Korsets Högskola, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:rkh:diva-111.
Testo completoBackground: Health care is an environment with the presence of work-related stress. An operation department is very intense and it is carried on highly specialized care. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to describe operating room nurses' experience of work-related stress. Method: An empirical qualitative study was conducted. Four strategically selected operation room nurses from two different operation department at a large teaching hospital in central Sweden participated in the study. Recorded interviews were conducted with the help of a semi-structured interview guide. A manifest content analysis was performed. Results: Three main categories were found; skills, work environment and operation planning. Operating room nurses described the lack of experience and control as contributing factors to perceived work-related stress. Poor communication between colleagues and an operations scheduling, which was inconsistent with the resources that were available were also contributing factors to the incidence of work-related stress. Conclusions: The results tend to show that occupational stress is an existing problem in surgical care and should be further explored to improve the surgical nurses' working conditions and environment.
Lidholm, Pernilla, e Elin Östberg. "Fördelar och nackdelar med effektivitetssalsarbete : Operationssjuksköterskors erfarenheter". Thesis, Röda Korsets Högskola, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:rkh:diva-280.
Testo completoBackground: Costs of healthcare are increasing and so is the amount of admissions to the hospitals as well as the burden of care in the wards, and therefore demands for more efficiency in the healthcare system is required. While healthcare needs to become more efficient there is also a demand that the quality on healthcare is met. Aim: To investigate and describe operating room nurses experiences of working in an efficiency OR unit. Method: The study was conducted using a descriptive qualitative approach and a purposeful sampling strategy was used. Ten operating room nurses, with experience of working in an efficiency OR unit, answered six beforehand designed questions through individual interviews that were recorded on audiotape. The data was transcribed and then analyzed by content analysis, where two main categories and several sub-categories emerged. Result: There are advantages and disadvantages of working in an efficiency OR unit and there is also some experience that can’t be interpreted as solely positive or negative. Advantages were that the work was found stimulating, there was better teamwork and better communication. Disadvantages were, among other things, that work could be found stressful by some of the staff and staff could also experience loss of control. Conclusion: It seems to be a faster pace in efficiency OR units, which can be perceived as both stimulating and stressful among operating room nurses and there are also both advantages and disadvantages with the work. Clinical relevancy: The result shows what already works well in the efficiency OR units and also where opportunities for improvement exist, improvements that could make work more efficient.
Forren, Jan Odom. "POST DISCHARGE NAUSEA AND VOMITING IN AMBULATORY SURGICAL PATIENTS: INCIDENCE AND MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES". Lexington, Ky. : [University of Kentucky Libraries], 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10225/1141.
Testo completoTitle from document title page (viewed on May 12, 2010). Document formatted into pages; contains: vii, 166 p. : ill. Includes abstract and vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-157).
Artursson, Borbas Maria, e Johanna Bohman. "Den sövda patientens värdighet på operationssalen : En kvalitativ observationsstudie". Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för folkhälso- och vårdvetenskap, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-353564.
Testo completoBakgrund: Upprätthållandet av patientens värdighet är en central del i operationssjuksköterskans roll, vilket är extra viktigt då patienten är sövd. Det finns dock få studier inom operationssjukvård som fokuserar på hur den sövda patientens värdighet upprätthålls på operationssalen. Syfte: Syftet med studien var att observera hur den sövda patientens värdighet bevaras på operationssalen och vad i samtal och beteenden som talar för och emot att värdigheten upprätthålls. Metod: En etnografisk observationsstudie med kvalitativ ansats användes. Studien utfördes på en operationsavdelning på ett universitetssjukhus i Sverige. Genom ett strategiskt urval observerades 20 operationer under 40 timmar. Resultat: Resultatet påvisar olikheter i personalens engagemang beroende på operationens omfattning. Vid operationer som krävde mer omfattande förberedelser observerades en större intention hos personalen att göra det bästa för patienten. Vikten av teamarbete observerades och hur personalen tillsammans kan upprätthålla patientens värdighet. Resultatet visade också hur kommunikationen mellan personalen på salen påverkade synen på patienten och vikten av att bevara sin professionalitet för att inte kränka patientens värdighet. Slutsats: Personal observerades bevara patientens värdighet. Det förekom dock situationer, samtal och ageranden som visade på en kränkning av patientens värdighet. Vid en del tillfällen skedde en kränkning, efterföljt av en bevarande åtgärd av en annan personal, vilket visar betydelsen av teamarbete i relation till upprätthållandet av den sövda patientens värdighet. Ju större ingrepp desto fler tecken på engagemang och omsorg om patienten observerades. Detta kan förklaras med att en kränkning av den yttre värdigheten kan ersättas med ageranden och åtgärder som stärker den inre värdigheten.