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The practice of nursing theory in the operating room.

Nursing theory is a set of ideas, experiences, or observations regarding how and why nurses engage in certain activities and exhibit various behavioral attributes in providing patient care. The individualized caregiving activities perioperative nurses express during all phases of the surgical experience are supported by nursing theory.

Empathy↗
PubMed1990

Single lung transplantation. New treatment for end-stage pulmonary disease.

Single lung transplants have become a reality. In the 1990s, the development of transplant teams will be an issue for OR nursing. Operating room nurses must be prepared to provide preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative nursing care for transplant patients. Although single lung transplant procedures still are in their infancy, the procedures continue to be refined through research and clinical evaluation. Single lung transplants are the key to the future for treating end-stage pulmonary disease.

Humans↗
PubMed1983

Sister chromatid exchanges and structural chromosome aberrations in lymphocytes in operating room personnel.

Information on possible chromosomal damage in humans after long-term exposure to trace concentrations of waste anaesthetic gases is scarce. We examined peripheral lymphocytes in operating room personnel for both chromosome aberrations and sister chromatid exchanges (SCE). Following a standardized procedure of cultivation and staining, 30 cells from each person were scored for SCE and 100 cells from each person were examined for chromosome aberrations. A total of 45 persons were examined, representing anaesthetists (n = 15), operating room nurses assisting the surgeon (n = 10), nurses circulating in the operating room (n = 8) and healthy, unexposed controls (n = 12). The median duration of working in the operating room was 102 months, 66 months and 66 months, respectively. Time-weighted concentration levels of 2.5-4.3 p.p.m. of halothane and 25-400 p.p.m. of nitrous oxide were measured in the breathing zones of the anaesthetists during mask anaesthesia. Examination of SCE and chromosome aberrations yielded corresponding qualitative results. With both tests, no statistically significant difference was observed between the four groups of persons. It was concluded that by examination of both SCE and chromosome aberrations in peripheral lymphocytes in operating room personnel, no indication was found of a mutagenic effect of long-term exposure to trace concentrations of waste anaesthetic gases.

Anesthesiology↗
PubMed2000

Do-not-resuscitate orders in the operating room: required reconsideration.

Advances in medical technology are giving health care providers the tools with which to keep patients alive for longer and longer periods of time. However, in our struggle to keep patients alive, we must not forget that the patient is the one who controls his or her own destiny. Advance directives and do-not-resuscitate orders are becoming more commonplace as patients strive to make their wishes known to all who care for them. The use of such orders in the operating room has historically been a hotbed of controversy because it appears contrary to the necessity of surgery in the first place. Surgeons, anesthetists, operating room nurses, and others all have concerns regarding this issue, and they will be discussed here. The answer to the dilemma lies in a policy of "required reconsideration" to examine all factors of the do-not-resuscitate order and its applicability to the situation at hand.

Advance Directives↗
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Perceptions of nursing students on men entering nursing as a career.

The purpose of this study was to examine the perceptions of nursing students who were enrolled in an under-graduate nursing programme in a rural university, on men entering nursing as a career. Questionnaires were returned by 38 males (63%) and 117 females (50%). The major findings were that male nursing students intend to work in specialty areas such as emergency nursing, operating room nursing and intensive care. Both male and female nursing students perceived that the public displayed an increasing respect and acceptance of male nurses. Differences between male and female nursing students were evident in demographic characteristics, course interests, career aspirations, motivating factors and barriers associated with males choosing a nursing career.

Adult↗
PubMed2002

A comparison of communication needs of charge nurses in two operating room suites.

To achieve the potential inherent in the use of computer applications in distributed environments, we need to understand the information needs of users. Communication is the method by which information is transferred and is essential for all organizational interaction. The primary goal of operating room coordination is to insure the prompt, safe, and effective care of surgical patients. Nevertheless, larger organizational goals and characteristics can influence individual operating room information needs. The purpose of this paper is to describe the differing information needs in two operating suites by documenting the communication of OR charge nurses. A data collection tool was developed to record: 1) the purpose of the communication, 2) mode of communication, 3) the target individual, and 4) the length of time taken for each occurrence. The chosen data collection categories provided a functional structure for data collection and analysis involving communication. Study findings are discussed within the context of opportunities for application design

Appointments and Schedules↗
PubMed2006

Nursing in a technological environment: nursing care in the operating room.

Operating room nurses continue to draw criticism regarding the appropriateness of a nursing presence in the operating room. The technological focus of the theatre and the ways in which nurses in the theatre have shaped and reshaped their practice in response to technological change have caused people within and outside the nursing profession to question whether operating room nursing is a technological rather than nursing undertaking. This paper reports findings from an ethnographic study that was conducted in an Australian operating department. The study examined the contribution of nurses to the work of the operating room through intensive observation and ethnographic interviews. This paper uses selected findings from the study to explore the ways in which nurses in theatre interpret their role in terms of caring in a technological environment.

Adaptation, Psychological↗
PubMed2003

Horizontal violence among nurses in the operating room.

MANY NURSES report that sabotage is a common event in the OR, and the level of sabotage present in the OR may have an effect on overall job satisfaction among perioperative nurses. THIS STUDY looked at the relationship between the presence of sabotage in the OR and job satisfaction levels reported by a group of perioperative nurses in New Jersey. STUDY RESULTS found that although sabotage is reported as common in the OR, the presence of sabotage is not significantly associated with reported job satisfaction.

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