scholarly journals Organ Procurement Processes in the Operating Room: The Effects of an Educational Session on Levels of Confidence and Understanding in Operating Room Registered Nurses and Surgical Technologists

2020 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ann Ross ◽  
Janet Reilly ◽  
Emily Halla ◽  
Kathryn Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Registered Nurses ◽  
Operating Room ◽  
Organ Procurement ◽  
Educational Session ◽  
Surgical Technologists

MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS IN OPERATING ROOM: A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Imani Behzad ◽  
Bastami Maryam
Keyword(s):  
Operating Room ◽  
Musculoskeletal Disorders ◽  
Medical Staff ◽  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Occupational Performance ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
Statistical Population ◽  
Surgical Technologists

Aim: The present study sought to understand the semantics of surgical technologists about the causes and factors inducing musculoskeletal disorders in operating room medical staff. Background: The physical health of operating room technologists, affecting the health of patients, causes mental health problems and reduces occupational performance. Methods: A qualitative and phenomenological study was conducted. The statistical population included all surgical technologists of Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, from which 10 individuals were selected by non-probability and snowball sampling methods, and in-depth interviews were carried out for them. Results: In data analysis, the primary code was extracted in the form of 14 sub-themes and 5 main categories, including management factors, facilities, manpower status, destructive factors of the work field, and miscellaneous factors. Conclusion: The operating room medical staff considers muscular discomfort and pain in the head, neck, wrist, back, and legs as skeletal disorder, and they believe that factors such as managerial measures, poor equipment and lack of facilities, manpower status, destructive factors of intensive, long, and repetitive work fields, and some miscellaneous factors are effective in their occurrence. Relevance to clinical practice: As the medical staff are faced with physical, mental, and psychological pressures due to the difficulty of work, lack of facilities, attitudes of supervisors and managers as well as colleagues, this research can be effective and useful in order to introduce more of these dimensions to the relevant authorities.

A need for emotional, personal and professional support: Operation room nurses’ experience participating in organ procurement surgical procedures. A qualitative study

2021 ◽  
pp. 205715852110437
Author(s):  
Branka Barisa ◽  
Solveig Kristin Struksnes
Keyword(s):  
Operating Room ◽  
Surgical Procedures ◽  
Organ Procurement ◽  
Professional Support ◽  
Open Unit ◽  
Personal Impact ◽  
Manifest Content ◽  
Operating Room Nurses ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
The Impact

Participating in organ procurement procedures cause emotional stress and risk of long-lasting health problems. These experiences are rarely discussed in plenary, and research specifically aimed at operating room nurses is limited. The aim of this study was to describe how operating room nurses experience participating in organ procurement surgical procedures. A qualitative, descriptive and exploratory design was chosen. The sample consisted of 14 operating room nurses, recruited from The National Transplant Centre, Norway. Data collection was conducted using individual, in-depth interviews. Qualitative inductive manifest content analysis was used. The study is reported according to QUOREC. Four main categories constitute the findings: operating room nurses have experienced emotional and personal impact; they try to handle these emotions using coping strategies; the experiences have promoted professional development; the importance of colleagues, including an open unit culture, is emphasized. Other studies support these findings regarding the impact this surgical procedure has on operating room nurses. This study also emphasizes their need for personal and professional support. Both individual and structural actions are suggested to generate this kind of support. The study may provide a deeper understanding of how participating in the organ procurement process affects those who are involved, and how to facilitate support to them as leader.

scholarly journals Operating room nursing and lung cancer risk in a cohort of female registered nurses

2007 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 140-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret A Gates ◽  
Diane Feskanich ◽  
Frank E Speizer ◽  
Susan E Hankinson
Keyword(s):  
Lung Cancer ◽  
Cancer Risk ◽  
Registered Nurses ◽  
Operating Room ◽  
Lung Cancer Risk ◽  
Room Nursing ◽  
Operating Room Nursing

One Center's Experience with Lowering Medical Supply Costs in the Operating Room

1997 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 199-201
Author(s):  
Kristina Koltko
Keyword(s):  
Operating Room ◽  
Average Cost ◽  
Organ Procurement ◽  
Cost Savings ◽  
Cost Comparison ◽  
Medical Supply ◽  
Organ Procurement Organizations ◽  
Organ Recovery ◽  
Supply Costs ◽  
Price Quotes

The purpose of this study was to assess the possibility of lowering costs to organ procurement organizations by purchasing a custom medical supply pack for use in the operating room. Six hospitals in the organ procurement organization's service area were selected for a cost comparison report on selected medical supply items: 37 items were selected for review. A retrospective review of the itemized hospital bills from recent organ recovery cases at each hospital was completed. A medical supply company was contacted for price quotes on selected items for the supply pack. The price quote from the medical supply company totaled $220.30. The average cost of the items selected from the six hospitals was $822.65. The average cost savings per organ recovery case was calculated at $602.35. Based on an estimated 80 organ donors per year, organ procurement organizations could save as much as $48,188 annually.

scholarly journals Job Burnout and Its Related Factors Among Surgical Technologists

2022 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-48
Author(s):  
Sara Mohammadi ◽  
◽  
Sedigheh Hanani ◽  
Fardin Amiri ◽  
Nimamali Azadi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Operating Room ◽  
Emotional Exhaustion ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Maslach Burnout Inventory ◽  
Education Level ◽  
Job Burnout ◽  
Moderate Level ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Surgical Technologists

Introduction: Job burnout is a long-term response to job-related emotional and interpersonal stressors. These stressors are associated with individual, interpersonal, and organizational factors. Objective: This study aimed to determine the degree of burnout and its related factors among surgical technologists. Materials and Methods: This analytical cross-sectional study was conducted in hospitals affiliated with the Iran University of Medical Sciences. A total of 125 surgical technologists were recruited by stratified sampling method. The study data were collected using a demographic questionnaire and Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) and then analyzed by the independent t-test, 1-way analysis of variance, and multiple linear regression with a simultaneous model. Results: More than half of the participants (52%) were in the age group of fewer than 30 years. The Mean±SD scores of job burnout in terms of intensity and frequency were 47. 88±17.5 and 47. 95±17.42, respectively. The mean job burnout scores of the majority of surgical technologists in dimensions of emotional exhaustion (intensity), depersonalization (intensity and frequency), and reduced personal accomplishment (intensity and frequency) were at a low level, but it was at a moderate level in the dimension of emotional exhaustion (frequency) among more than half of them. Through a multiple regression, the identified predictors of job burnout (frequency) were education level (β=9.377, 95%CI; 1.618-17.136, P<0.05) and work experience (β=-21.091, 95%CI; -38.201- -3.980, P<0.05). Meanwhile, education level (β=8.320, 95%CI; 0.568- 16.073, P<0.05), work experience (β=-30.976, 95%CI; -54.715 - -7.236, P<0.05), and hours of night shifts per month (β=-10.660, 95%CI; -18.205- -3.115, P=0.01) predicted job burnout (intensity). Conclusion: The job burnout of more than half of surgical technologists in the dimension of emotional exhaustion (frequency) was at a moderate level. Novice workers and operating room BScs suffered more from job burnout than those with an Associate degree and experienced workers. In this regard, healthcare and planner providers must pay attention to operating room BScs, especially novice workers.

Organ Procurement in the Operating Room

AORN Journal ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 55 (6) ◽  
pp. 1541-1546 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristi L. Kawamoto
Keyword(s):  
Operating Room ◽  
Organ Procurement

Perioperative nurses’ experiences of caring for donation after cardiac death organ donors and their family within the operating room

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 69-78
Author(s):  
Zaneta Smith
Keyword(s):  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Operating Room ◽  
Cardiac Death ◽  
Organ Procurement ◽  
Donation After Cardiac Death ◽  
Organ Donors ◽  
Limited Information ◽  
Perioperative Nurses ◽  
Grounded Theory Method ◽  
Study Participants

Background Worldwide, operating rooms have seen the re-emergence of donation after cardiac death organ donors to increase the number of available organs. There is limited information on the issues perioperative nurses encounter when caring for donor patients after cardiac death who proceed to organ procurement surgery. Objectives The purpose of this paper is to report a subset of findings derived from a larger study highlighting the difficulties experienced by perioperative nurses when encountering donation after cardiac death organ donors and their family within the operating room during organ procurement surgery from an Australian perspective. Methods A qualitative grounded theory method was used to explore perioperative nurses’ (n = 35) experiences of participating in multi-organ procurement surgery. Results This paper reports a subset of findings of the perioperative nurses’ experiences directly related to donation after cardiac death procedures drawn from a larger grounded theory study. Participants revealed four aspects conceptualised as: ‘witnessing the death of the donation after cardiac death donor’; ‘exposure to family’; ‘witnessing family grief’ and ‘stepping into the family’s role by default’. Conclusion Perioperative nurses’ experiences with donation after cardiac death procedures are complex, challenging and demanding. Targeted support, education and training will enhance the perioperative nurses’ capabilities and experiences of caring for the donation after cardiac death donor and their family with the operating room context.

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