Perioperative nursing: maintaining momentum and staying safe
Authors: McGarry, J.R., Pope, C. and Green, S.M.
Journal: Journal of Research in Nursing
Volume: 23
Issue: 8
Pages: 727-739
eISSN: 1744-988X
ISSN: 1744-9871
DOI: 10.1177/1744987118808835
Abstract:Background: Perioperative practice underpins one of the key activities of many healthcare services, but the work of perioperative nurses is little known. A better understanding of their work is important to enable articulation of their contribution to clinical practice. Aim: This study observed the practice of perioperative nurses and explored how they described their role. Methods: Using ethnographic observation and interview, 85 hours’ observation of 11 nurses were undertaken, and 8 nurses were interviewed. Results: Thematic analysis was undertaken enabling themes to emerge with two being identified. The first, ‘maintaining momentum’, described the need to keep people and equipment moving. The second, ‘accounting for safety’, referred to the need to keep the patient safe during this dangerous period. Tension between these two phenomena was apparent. Conclusions: Perioperative nurses describe one of their key roles as maintaining the momentum of the patient’s journey through the operating theatre, but having to balance this with the need to ensure the patient’s safety. A core component of the perioperative nurse’s work is thus management of the tension between these two elements. This study illuminated how these nurses understand their practice.
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/31371/
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Perioperative nursing: maintaining momentum and staying safe.
Authors: McGarry, J.R., Pope, C. and Green, S.M.
Journal: J Res Nurs
Volume: 23
Issue: 8
Pages: 727-739
eISSN: 1744-988X
DOI: 10.1177/1744987118808835
Abstract:Background: Perioperative practice underpins one of the key activities of many healthcare services, but the work of perioperative nurses is little known. A better understanding of their work is important to enable articulation of their contribution to clinical practice. Aim: This study observed the practice of perioperative nurses and explored how they described their role. Methods: Using ethnographic observation and interview, 85 hours' observation of 11 nurses were undertaken, and 8 nurses were interviewed. Results: Thematic analysis was undertaken enabling themes to emerge with two being identified. The first, 'maintaining momentum', described the need to keep people and equipment moving. The second, 'accounting for safety', referred to the need to keep the patient safe during this dangerous period. Tension between these two phenomena was apparent. Conclusions: Perioperative nurses describe one of their key roles as maintaining the momentum of the patient's journey through the operating theatre, but having to balance this with the need to ensure the patient's safety. A core component of the perioperative nurse's work is thus management of the tension between these two elements. This study illuminated how these nurses understand their practice.
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/31371/
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Perioperative nursing: maintaining momentum and staying safe
Authors: McGarry, J.R., Pope, C. and Green, S.M.
Journal: JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN NURSING
Volume: 23
Issue: 8
Pages: 727-739
eISSN: 1744-988X
ISSN: 1744-9871
DOI: 10.1177/1744987118808835
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/31371/
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Perioperative nursing: maintaining momentum and staying safe
Authors: McGarry, J.R., Pope, C.J. and Green, S.
Journal: Journal of research in nursing
Volume: 23
Issue: 8
Pages: 727-739
Publisher: SAGE
ISSN: 1744-9871
DOI: 10.1177/1744987118808835
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/31371/
http://journals.sagepub.com/home/jrn
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Perioperative nursing: maintaining momentum and staying safe.
Authors: McGarry, J.R., Pope, C. and Green, S.M.
Journal: Journal of research in nursing : JRN
Volume: 23
Issue: 8
Pages: 727-739
eISSN: 1744-988X
ISSN: 1744-9871
DOI: 10.1177/1744987118808835
Abstract:Background: Perioperative practice underpins one of the key activities of many healthcare services, but the work of perioperative nurses is little known. A better understanding of their work is important to enable articulation of their contribution to clinical practice. Aim: This study observed the practice of perioperative nurses and explored how they described their role. Methods: Using ethnographic observation and interview, 85 hours' observation of 11 nurses were undertaken, and 8 nurses were interviewed. Results: Thematic analysis was undertaken enabling themes to emerge with two being identified. The first, 'maintaining momentum', described the need to keep people and equipment moving. The second, 'accounting for safety', referred to the need to keep the patient safe during this dangerous period. Tension between these two phenomena was apparent. Conclusions: Perioperative nurses describe one of their key roles as maintaining the momentum of the patient's journey through the operating theatre, but having to balance this with the need to ensure the patient's safety. A core component of the perioperative nurse's work is thus management of the tension between these two elements. This study illuminated how these nurses understand their practice.
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/31371/
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Perioperative nursing: maintaining momentum and staying safe.
Authors: McGarry, J.R., Pope, C.J. and Green, S.M.
Journal: Journal of Research in Nursing
Volume: 23
Issue: 8
Pages: 727-739
ISSN: 1744-9871
Abstract:Perioperative practice underpins one of the key activities of many healthcare services but the work of perioperative nurses is little known. A better understanding of their work is important to enable articulation of their contribution to clinical practice. This study observed the practice of perioperative nurses and explored how they described their role. Using ethnographic observation and interview, eighty-five hours observation of eleven nurses were undertaken and eight nurses were interviewed. Thematic analysis was undertaken enabling themes to emerge with two being identified. The first, 'maintaining momentum', described the need to keep people and equipment moving. The second, ‘accounting for safety’, referred to the need to keep the patient safe during this dangerous period. Tension between these two phenomena was apparent. Perioperative nurses describe one of their key roles as maintaining the momentum of the patient’s journey through the operating theatre but having to balance this with the need to ensure the patient’s safety. A core component of the perioperative nurse’s work is thus management of the tension between these. This study illuminated how these nurses understand their practice.
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/31371/
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