Expanding the Role of Nonclinical Personnel in the OR

详细信息    查看全文

• 作者：Maureen Hemingway RN ; MHA ; CNOR ; Marion Freehan RN ; MPA/HA ; CNOR ; Lisa Morrissey RN ; MBA ; CNOR [Author vitae]
• 关键词：nonclinical resources ; assistive personnel ; nursing workflow ; best practices
• 刊名：AORN Journal
• 出版年：2010
• 出版时间：June 2010
• 年：2010
• 卷：91
• 期：6
• 页码：753-761
• 全文大小：869 K

文摘

Ideally, quality health care should be accessible, affordable, and equitable. Working toward these goals in the OR necessitates examining and redesigning work processes and nursing workflow to make better use of the education and skills of perioperative nurses and assistive personnel. This article describes a pilot project undertaken in the OR at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, to identify tasks that took nurses away from direct patient care and to better incorporate assistive personnel into the workflow to increase nurses' contact with patients. The pilot program resulted in an expanded role for assistive personnel and more direct patient contact for nurses.