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Author Pirret, A.M.
Title A preoperative scoring system to identify patients requiring postoperative high dependency care Type Journal Article
Year 2003 Publication Intensive & Critical Care Nursing Abbreviated Journal
Volume 19 Issue 5 Pages 267-275
Keywords Hospitals; Quality of health care; Surgery; Nursing; Clinical assessment
Abstract The incidence of postoperative complications is reduced with early identification of at risk patients and improved postoperative monitoring. This study describes the development and effect of a nursing preoperative assessment tool to identify patients at risk of postoperative complications and to reduce the number of acute admissions to ICU/HDU. All surgical patients admitted to a surgical ward for an elective surgical procedure (n=7832) over a 23-month period were concurrently scored on admission using the preoperative assessment tool. During the time period studied, acute admissions to ICU/HDU reduced from 40.37 to 19.11%. Only 24.04% of patients who had a PAS >4 were identified by the surgeon and/or anesthetist as being at risk of a postoperative complication, or if identified, no provision was made for improved postoperative monitoring. This study supports the involvement of nurses in identifying preoperatively patients at risk of a postoperative complication and in need of improved postoperative monitoring. The postoperative monitoring requirements for the PAS >4 patients were relatively low technology interventions.
Call Number (up) NRSNZNO @ research @ 904 Serial 888
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Author Nakarada-Kordic, Ivana
Title Assessing mental models in multidisciplinary operating room teams Type Book Whole
Year 2016 Publication Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages 238 p.
Keywords Mental models; Operating room; Surgery; Assessment; Software; Momento
Abstract Aims to develop a new empirical method for assessing the similarity of mental models in surgery, focusing on laparotomy; to begin the process of validation of the new approach; and to demonstrate how the new approach could be used in clinical practice. Develops a software application (Momento) to sort key tasks in order to capture the information on mental models regarding task sequence and responsibility. Asks 20 6-person operating room (OR) teams, each comprising 3 sub-teams consisting of anaesthesia, surgery and nursing, to complete Momento prior to 2 simulated emergency laparotomies. Suggests the Momento approach could be used to improve teamwork in OR.
Call Number (up) NZNO @ research @ Serial 1561
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Author Kell, Anne-Marie; Gilmour, Jean; Wissen, Kim van
Title Nurses' experiences caring for patients surgically treated for oral cavity cancer Type Journal Article
Year 2018 Publication Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Abbreviated Journal
Volume 34 Issue 1 Pages p.7-19
Keywords Oral cavity cancer; Surgery; Post-operative nursing; Emotional labour; Stress
Abstract Explores nurses' experiences of caring for patients who have had surgery for oral cavity cancer in one NZ hospital, involving wound care, tracheostomy management, oral care, ongoing patient education and the provision of emotional support to patients and families. Interviews three registered nurses about the challenges involved in caring for this patient group; their moral conflict over the effects of surgery on the patients; their professional uncertainty, and the emotional effort involved in nursing oral cavity cancer patients. Suggests the need for informal debriefing, grief counselling, clinical supervision, stress management training, and continuing education in this specialised role.
Call Number (up) NZNO @ research @ Serial 1590
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