Standardizing Research Protocol Practice on a Procedural Recovery Unit Through Effective Communication and Staff Education

2021 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. e4-e5
Author(s):  
Team Leaders: Jill Perez ◽  
Kunju Saban ◽  
Team Member: Sheila Fairly
2010 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 71-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arne Johan Norheim ◽  
Ingrid Liodden ◽  
Michael Howley

Objective To test the feasibility of research on acupuncture and acupressure for children undergoing tonsillectomy and/or adenoidectomy. Methods During January and February 2008, 20 patients from the ordinary waiting list at Lovisenberg Diakonale Hospital in Oslo were randomised to either acupuncture while under anaesthesia or standard care as control. The authors gave acupuncture at Pericardium 6 (P6) at a depth of approximately 0.7 cm on both forearms. The needles were removed when the patient was transferred to the recovery unit and replaced with acupressure wristbands. The outcome measure in the pilot study was to explore if acupuncture and acupressure could be implemented without extending the anaesthesia time and surgical time. This pilot study also tested the feasibility of the research protocol for future investigation in the field, with postoperative nausea, vomiting and retching as the primary end points for effect. Results The study showed no delay in the surgical procedure and no additional anaesthesia time attributable to the introduction of acupuncture. The protocol was found to be feasible with regard to performance of the main study. Vomiting occurred in five patients in the treatment group and 10 patients in the control group. The total numbers of vomiting events were 13 in the treatment group and 19 in the control group. Conclusion The results encouraged performance of the main study according to the research protocol.


SIASAT ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 32-39
Author(s):  
Serlange Campbell ◽  
Sharon Campbell-Phillips ◽  
Daneil Phillips

Communication is fundamental and vital to all administrative functions and communication is a means of transmitting information and making oneself understood by another or others, Sanchez & Guo (2005). Good communication skills are very important to ones success as an administrator, Yate (2009). This paper discusses how the lack of communication can affect production within organizations and provides guidelines on how both management and employees can create effectiveness by improving their communication skills. Various methods including surveys, questionnaires and interviews will be used through a descriptive research to generate the information that will guide the research. Person’s communication skills affect both personal and organisational effectiveness, Brun (2010); summers (2010). It seems reasonable to conclude that one of the most inhibiting forces to organisational effectiveness is a lack of effective communication, Lutgen-Sandvik (2010). The purpose of this study is to investigate the lack of communication between management and staff in different organizations. The objective is to identify the causes for miscommunication between management and staff, to investigate the kind of effects that the lack of communication would have on different organizations, to provide recommendations on improving the lack of communication, between management and staff throughout organizations.                                                              


2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1554-1554
Author(s):  
Gerrit Hufnagel ◽  
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Tobias Morath ◽  
Manfred Schwaiger

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