Bakgrund Yrket som operationssjuksköterska är idag den äldsta sjuksköterskespecialiteten men förblir främst en dold yrkesroll på grund av att det utövas bakom stängda dörrar. Yrkesrollen skildrades som komplex och kretsade omkring patienten, samarbetet och den tekniska utrustningen Patricia Benners teorier om sjuksköterskans yrkesutveckling användes som teoretisk förankring i studien. Syfte Studiens syfte var att belysa hur operationssjuksköterskan upplever sin yrkesroll. Metod Studien genomfördes med en kvalitativ ansats och tio semistrukturerade intervjuer utfördes med operationssjuksköterskor från två sjukhus i Sverige under våren 2011. Alla intervjuer spelades in och transkriberades ordagrant. Insamlat data analyserades med kvalitativ innehållsanalys. Resultat I textanalysen identifierades tolv subkategorier och fyra kategorier; rollen som omvårdnadsansvarig, upplevelsen av vad som gör operationssjuksköterskan trygg i sin yrkesroll, betydelsen av att vara medarbetare i arbetet på operationssalen och synen på den egna professionen. Operationssjuksköterskorna beskrev sitt arbete som patientfokuserat och möjligheten att hjälpa medförde känslan av att göra skillnad. Erfarenhet och uppskattning gav ett självförtroende som resulterade i att operationssjuksköterskorna blev trygga i sin yrkesroll. Operationssjuksköterskorna beskrev kommunikation på salen som essentiellt för ett fungerande samarbete och menade att de anpassade sig efter sina medarbetare. Operationssjuksköterskorna upplevde sin yrkesroll både som osynlig och utvecklande. Citat från informanterna presenterades i texten för att tydliggöra resultatet.  Slutsats Studien visade att operationssjuksköterskorna har en central roll för omvårdnaden på operationsavdelningen och för patienten. Operationssjuksköterskans närvaro och kompetens vid operationer var oersättlig men ständigt beroende av teamet omkring sig. / Background The profession of operating room nurse is now the oldest nursing specialty, but remains primarily a hidden profession because it is exercised behind closed doors. The professional role were described as complex and revolved around the patient, cooperation and the technical equipment. Patricia Benners theories on the nurses’ professional development were used as a theoretical basis in the study. Aim The study aimed to elucidate how the operating room nurse perceives the professional role. Method The study was conducted with a qualitative approach and ten semi-structured interviews were carried out with operating room nurses from two hospitals in Sweden in spring 2011. All interviews were recorded and transcribed verbatim. To analyze the collected data content analysis with an inductive approach was used. Result In the text analysis twelve subcategories and four categories were identified: the role as being responsible of nursing, the experience of what makes the operating room nurse safe in the professional role, the meaning of being a co-worker during the work on the operating room and the view on the own profession Quotes from the informants were presented in the text to clarify the result. Conclusion The study showed that the operating room nurse has a central role for nursing in the surgical ward and the patient. The operating room nurse presence and expertise in operations was irreplaceable, but always dependent of the team around him/her.

Bakgrund: Organdonation från avlidna är idag vanligt förekommande för att ge liv och hälsa åt svårt sjuka patienter. Operations- och intensivvårdssjuksköterskor är två av de yrkeskategorier som arbetar mest intimt med donatorvård, ett arbete som befunnits kunna ge såväl etiska som psykologiska efterverkningar. Syfte: Att sammanställa kunskap kring hur dessa yrkesgrupper upplever och hanterar arbetet med att vårda avlidna donatorer, med fokus på de strategier som används för att patienten ska behandlas med respekt och värdighet. Metod: Litteraturstudie med kvalitativ ansats. En litteratursökning i databaserna PubMed och CINAHL resulterande i 15 artiklar som inkluderades i resultatet. Resultat: Analysen genererade tre teman; ”Att vårda de döda” samlar utsagor och företeelser förknippade med denna vård. Här framkom synen på arbetet som stressigt och mentalt mycket tungt. Bristande förmåga att ta till sig hjärndödhetsbegreppet var vanligt och gjorde arbetet än svårare och mer etiskt utmanande. ”Att möjliggöra ett värdigt slut” beskriver en värdig behandling och strävan mot ett värdigt slut för donatorerna som de mest centrala förhållningssätten i vården av avlidna donatorer. I ”Att själv finna mening” beskrivs hur respondenterna, framför allt, genom att stötta varandra och genom vetskapen om det goda som kom ut av organdonation, både för de anhöriga och för organmottagarna. Ändå fann arbetet meningsfullt och givande. Slutsats: Denna studies resultat visar upp en bred problematik på en rad områden gällande vård av avlidna donatorer. Samtidigt som värdighet och respekt för de avlidna ansågs både viktigt och tillfredsställande. Att se sig själv och det goda som uppnåddes med arbetet, i ett större perspektiv gjorde arbetet positivt och tillfredsställande, trots de negativa aspekterna. / Background: Organ donation from deceased donors has become a common procedure that enables health and prolonged life for critically ill patients. Two of the professions most intimately involved with the care of the donors are operating room and intensive care nurses. This care has been found to cause adverse effects, ethical and psychological. Aim: To gather knowledge regarding how these two professions perceive, and cope with, the care of deceased donors. Focusing on strategies used to preserve and maintain respect and dignity for the donors. Method: Literature review with a qualitative approach. Results: Three themes emerged; ”Caring for the dead” collects statements and phenomena associated with the care. This was perceived as mentally exhausting and very stressful. Lack of understanding for the concept of brain death was common, which made the work harder and more ethically challenging. ”Facilitating a dignified end” established that very concept as the main purpose of the actions during donor care. ”To find a purpose” describes how the respondents, mainly, through support for each other and through the knowledge of the positive outcomes of organ donation, both for the donors’ families and for the organ recipients, still found meaningfulness and satisfaction in their work. Conclusion: This study displays a broad spectrum of adversities associated with donor care, in several areas. Dignity and respect for the deceased was deemed both highly important and personally satisfying. To see oneself and the good things achieved through ones labor, in a larger perspective, made donor care both positive and satisfying.

There are many terms used to describe pressure ulcers: pressure sores, decubitus ulcers, bedsores, and pressure necrosis or ischaemic ulcers. Essentially they all describe damage to the patient's skin and underlying tissue. The nursing literature abounds with information about the risk, grading, prevention and treatment of pressure ulcers. These ulcers are a problem in hospital and long term care facilities, and are a major cause of morbidity. In the hospital setting they contribute to an extended length of stay and by doing so 'block' the bed for use by another patient. The ulcers are difficult to treat, are an ongoing cause for pain and discomfort for the patient and can be a strain on hospital finances. Pressure ulcers are not unique to modern times, as they have been discovered on the remains of an Egyptian mummified body (Armstrong & Bortz 2001). This would suggest that the problem dates back to the Pharoahs, and has continued to be a challenging problem throughout the centuries (Bridel 1992). The escalating costs of treating these ulcers today, has brought about an emphasis on the risk factors, prevention and the appropriate interventions, rather than an acceptance of these ulcers as a tolerable ondition (Bridel 1992). In the operating room, nurses are faced with unique challenges when caring for their patients. This is due to difficulty in caring for patients under the influence of the anaesthesia required for surgery, long periods of forced immobility and the inability of the patient to perceive pain and discomfort from the pressure of the hard surface of the operating room table. These problems are increased by nurses' inability to gain access to the patient because of the sterile drapes required to cover the patient for surgery. Armstrong and Bortz (2001) present information from one study in which it is stated that surgical patients have 90% greater chance of developing pressure ulcers than medical patients. One reason for this may be due to the limited information available in regard to the most effective support surface to place on top of the operating room table. This gap in information is problematic for operating room nurses as it limits their ability to select the most effective item of equipment, and determine if the chosen equipment reduces pressure on tissue intra- operatively. The most effective operating room table mattress used and the skills and knowledge of the operating room nurse about the aetiology and prevention of pressure ulcer prevention, are important aspects of nursing care and can influence patient outcomes. The potential for complications to occur may be dependent on single or combined factors such as the patient's age, disease processes, nutritional status and mobility. Preparatory and supportive nursing interventions for surgical procedures based on best available evidence, nursing experience and patient preference, can reduce the incidence of pressure ulcer development in the perioperative environment. This doctoral portfolio contains four separate sections related and linked together by a common theme - pressure ulcer prevention in the perioperative environment. This first section of the portfolio situates the topic and provides a brief overview of the portfolio. The second section is a critical review of the literature pertaining to the most commonly used operating room table mattresses, and the effectiveness of these mattresses in the prevention of pressure ulcer development. This review highlighted a lack of quality research in this area, and while many evaluations have been undertaken to determine the effectiveness of perating room table mattresses, the results are contradictory concerning the patients, exposures and interventions. Because of issues related to the methodological quality of published research in this area a systematic review using meta- analysis was not possible rather a critical review of the research literature is used. The third section of the portfolio reports on a hermeneutic ethnography of the perceived skills and knowledge of nurses in the prevention of pressure ulcer development in the perioperative environment. This study was designed to determine if pressure ulcer prevention forms an aspect of the everyday practice of perioperative nurses. This review has highlighted the need for operating room nurses to review practices when caring for patients in the perioperative environment particularly in respect of pressure ulcer prevention. The fourth and final section of the portfolio summarises the research and provides recommendations for nursing practice and further research in the area of pressure ulcer prevention in the perioperative environment. / Thesis (D.Nurs.)--Department of Clinical Nursing, 2004.

Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Adelaide, Dept. of Clinical Nursing, 2003. / "September 2002" Includes bibliographical references (leaves 301-318).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2008. / Title from first page of PDF file (viewed June 5, 2008). Includes bibliographical references (p. 77-87).

O investimento dessa pesquisa foi colocar em evidência os sentimentos de ansiedade e medo, encontrados em pessoas que se submeteriam à cirurgia de revascularização do miocárdio, por meio da aplicação de uma estratégia de intervenção grupal, na abordagem psicossocial. Os objetivos foram: identificar os níveis de ansiedade e medo nas pessoas que iriam se submeter à cirurgia de revascularização do miocárdio (RM); implementar uma estratégia de orientação grupal na visita pré-operatória, na abordagem psicossocial, para as pessoas que apresentaram medo e ansiedade no pré-operatório de cirurgia de RM; comparar os níveis de ansiedade e medo entre as pessoas que receberam as orientações tradicionais da instituição e aquelas que participaram da estratégia de orientação grupal na visita pré-operatória; apreender o significado das orientações pré-operatórias segundo a percepção das pessoas participantes dos grupos de intervenção. A pesquisa, de natureza quantitativa e qualitativa, foi realizada em um hospital especializado em cardiologia, no município de São Paulo no período de abril a agosto de 2006. Das pessoas abordadas para avaliação (109), 60 participaram efetivamente do estudo, sendo 30 no grupo de intervenção e 30 no grupo controle. Foi realizado um ensaio clínico controlado randomizado. Os dados foram analisados por meio de análise estatística e de análise de conteúdo, segundo Bardin. No grupo de intervenção foram utilizadas dinâmicas grupais para promover um ambiente relaxante e possibilitar aberturas para livre expressão das pessoas participantes. A maioria dos participantes era do sexo masculino, com Ensino Fundamental Incompleto, com nível sócio-econômico médio, com idade média de 62,02 anos. Verificou-se que as pessoas que participaram do grupo de intervenção tiveram redução nos níveis de ansiedade e o medo de forma clínica e estatisticamente significantes. As dinâmicas proporcionaram um momento lúdico e expressivo, além do significado cognitivo/afetivo e relacional, sendo alcançada. a segurança e a tranqüilidade que levaram à redução da ansiedade e do medo. Os resultados indicam que as orientações pré-operatórias realizadas de forma grupal, na abordagem psicossocial, produzem resultados efetivos e, portanto, recomenda-se que essa estratégia seja implementada nas instituições hospitalares / This research is aimed at highlighting the importance of feelings such as anxiety and fear in those who are to undergo myocardial revascularization surgery (RM), and the adoption of a psychosocial approach by which a strategy of group intervention is used. Aiming at identifying the levels of anxiety and fear in those patients, a strategy of group guidance during the pre-surgery round was adopted, using a psychosocial approach, comparing the levels of anxiety and fear in those who received traditional institutional guidance, and those who took part in the group guidance pre-surgical session, and also at comprehending the meaning of the pre-surgical guidance in the perception of the intervention group participants. This research is of a quantitative and qualitative nature, and was conducted in a specialized cardio hospital, in the city of Sao Paulo, in the period between April and August 2006. Out of the 109 people approached for assessment, 60 took an effective participation in the study, of which 30 were in the intervention group and 30 in the control group. A controlled, random clinical rehearsal was performed. The data was analyzed statistically and content wise, in accordance to Bardin. With the intervention group, group dynamics were applied so as to promote a relaxing, friendly environment, and allow for the participants’ free expression. Most of the subjects in this group were male, with incomplete lower education, average socio-economic class, and 62,02 years old on average. It was noted that this group subjects had their levels of anxiety and fear lowered, in a statistically significant manner. The dynamics provided them with more than only a playful, expressive moment; they had a cognitive/affectionate, relational significance, through which security and tranquility were achieved, and, as a result, levels of anxiety and fear were reduced. Results indicate that group pre-surgical guidance in a psychosocial approach produces effective results, and is thus recommended for undertaking in hospital

Infections are a major cause of morbidity and mortality during the post-operative phase of patients’ recovery. Wound infections are the second most commonly encountered type of nosocomial infection. Because wound infections can be introduced by not applying infection control measures and sterile technique principles in the operating room, the implementation of infection control principles is an imperative. The aim of this study was to explore and describe infection control practices related to the prevention of Surgical site infections in the operating rooms in a public health care sector in the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality. The findings were compared with practices, as indicated in an evidence-based guideline. The research design was quantitative, explorative, descriptive, comparative-descriptive and contextual in nature. The research sample consisted of all the professional nurses, in the operating room. The data were collected by means of a self-administered questionnaire. Descriptive statistics was used to present the data in the form of tables and graphs. Based on the analysis of the data, some recommendations were made for the implementation of infection control practices, in order to prevent Surgical site infections in the operating room.

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Thesis (MCur)--Stellenbosch University, 2015. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Disruptive behaviour among health care providers in high stress areas such as the perioperative setting has been linked to negative patient safety. Conflicts of power, role and personality lead to communication failure, which are identified as the leading root cause of medication errors and wrong site surgery. The aim of the study was to explore and describe the factors underlying registered nurse (RN) interactions in a tertiary healthcare perioperative area. A non-experimental, descriptive, exploratory study with self-administered survey using a quantitative approach was used. The total population of N=52 participants working in the perioperative area of a Middle Eastern tertiary healthcare centre were invited to participate in the study and the response rate was n=44, 85%. A structured self-administered questionnaire was used to collect the data. Reliability and validity was assured by means of a pilot study and consultation with nursing experts and a statistician. The Health Research Ethics Committee of the University of Stellenbosch approved the study. Permission for the study to be done in the tertiary care centre was obtained from the Internal Ethical Review Board and the Nursing Executive. Informed written consent was obtained from the participants. Anonymity and confidentiality was respected. The data was analysed with the assistance of a statistician and presented in frequencies, tables and histograms. The responses were compared using Mann-Whitney U test, Kruskal- Wallis ANOVA and Spearman’s Rank correlation, on a 95% confidence level. Only one factor showed a significant result, following Spearman’s Rank correlation that an association exists between work experience and lateral violence (p≤0.045239). The open-ended questions were categorized into themes and respect and communication emerged as factors necessary in teamwork and task management The level of respect and open communication between RNs were seen as important factors for interacting with colleagues in the workplace and if poor, affects team work. An area of concern was the high number of neutral responses to the statements on morale and conflict. Underpinned by the literature and the outcomes of this study, it is recommended that strong leadership is required to implement regular team building activities. Furthermore, perioperative staff should be monitored for emotional fatigue which results from conflict situations in order to avert adverse patient care events. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Steurende gedrag onder gesondheidsorgwerkers in hoë gespanne areas soos in die perioperatiewe omgewing, word gekoppel aan negatiewe pasiënt veiligheid. Konflikte van mag, rol en persoonlikheid lei tot mislukking van kommunikasie wat geïdentifiseer word as die hoofoorsaak van foute by die toediening van medikasie en verkeerde plek vir chirurgie. Die doel van die studie was om die faktore te ondersoek en te beskryf wat onderliggend is aan geregistreerde verpleeg (GV) interaksies in ’n tersiêre gesondheidsorg perioperatiewe area. ’n Nie-eksperimentele, beskrywende, ondersoekende studie met ’n self-administrerende opname deur ’n kwantitatiewe benadering, was gebruik. Die totale populasie van N=52 deelnemers wat in die perioperatiewe area van ’n Midde-Oosterse tersiêre gesondheidsorgsentrum werk, was uitgenooi om deel te neem aan hierdie studie en die responskoers was n=44, 85%. ’n Gestruktureerde self-administrerende vraelys was gebruik om die data te kollekteer. Betroubaarheid en geldigheid was verseker deur die gebruik van ’n loodsprojek en konsultasie met verpleegdeskundiges, asook ’n statistikus. Die Gesondheidsnavorsingsetiekkomitee aan die Universiteit van Stellenbosch het die studie goedgekeur. Toestemming vir die uitvoer van die studie by die tersiêre gesondheidssentrum was verkry van die Interne Etiese Oorsigraad en die Uitvoerende Verplegingsbestuur. Ingeligte geskrewe toestemming was verkry van die deelnemers. Anonimiteit en vertroulikheid was gerespekteer. Die data was geanaliseer met die hulp van ’n statistikus en aangebied in frekwensies, tafels en histogramme. Die response was vergelyk deur van Mann-Whitney U-toets, Kruskal-Wallis ANOVA of Spearman se Rangkorrelasie op ’n 95% vertroulikheidsvlak gebruik te maak. Slegs een faktor het ’n beduidende resultaat getoon, dat daar ’n assosiasie bestaan tussen werkservaring en laterale geweld (p≤0.045239), deur Spearman se Rangkorrelasie te volg. Die ope-vrae was gekategoriseer in temas. Respek en kommunikasie het as noodsaaklike faktore vir spanwerk en taakbestuur na vore gekom. Die vlak van respek en ope kommunikasie tussen geregistreerde verpleegsters was gesien as belangrike faktore vir interaksie met kollegas in die werkplek en indien dit swak is, affekteer dit spanwerk. ’n Area van besorgdheid was die hoë aantal neutrale response op die stellings oor moraal en konflik. Ondersteun deur die literatuur en die uitkomste van die studie, word dit aanbeveel dat sterk leierskap vereis word om gereelde spanbou aktiwiteite te implementeer. Verder behoort perioperatiewe personeel gemonitor te word vir emosionele moegheid wat spruit uit konfliksituasies, ten einde nadelige pasiëntsorg af te weer.

A hipótese principal testada nesse estudo foi que a qualidade de vida do indivíduo está diretamente correlacionada com a qualidade de vida no trabalho, ou seja, quanto maior a qualidade de vida no trabalho, maior a qualidade de vida. O objetivo geral foi avaliar e correlacionar as variáveis qualidade de vida e qualidade de vida no trabalho de profissionais de enfermagem atuantes em unidades do Bloco Cirúrgico de quatro hospitais da cidade de Londrina – PR. Trata-se de um estudo descritivo e correlacional, do tipo corte transversal do qual participaram 105 trabalhadores. A coleta de dados foi realizada com a utilização de três questionários: caracterização sociodemográfica, Escala Adaptada de Qualidade de Vida de Flanagan e o Índice de Satisfação Profissional de Stamps. Ambos os instrumentos foram usados nas versões adaptadas para o português e mostraram valores do alfa de Cronbach de 0,81 para as duas escalas, o que indica a confiabilidade das mesmas na população estudada. Dos participantes, a maioria era do sexo feminino (82,9%) e casado (62,9%). Quanto à caracterização profissional, 12 eram enfermeiros, um técnico, 73 auxiliares e 18 atendentes que atuavam em Centro Cirúrgico (55,2%), Central de Material e Esterilização (33,3%) ou em ambos locais (11,5%). O tempo médio de atuação nas instituições foi de 9,82 anos (intervalo de seis meses a 29 anos). Os resultados relacionados à qualidade de vida nos quais, em um intervalo possível de 16 a 112, quanto maior o valor, maior a satisfação com a vida, obtivemos uma mediana de 77 e média de 77,2+10,5. A média de todos os 16 itens foi de 4,83+0,65 (resultado avaliado entre nem insatisfeito/nem satisfeito e satisfeito). O item de menor satisfação foi atividades recreacionais e esportivas e o de maior satisfação relacionamento com amigos. No que se refere à qualidade de vida no trabalho, os valores obtidos variaram entre 114 a 227 (intervalo possível de 44 a 308), sendo que quanto maior o valor, maior a satisfação com o trabalho. A média obtida foi de 169,7+25,9 e a mediana de 170. O valor médio obtido para os 44 itens foi de 3,85, mostrando que os trabalhadores estavam entre insatisfeitos e nem satisfeitos/ nem insatisfeitos com os aspectos abordados pelo instrumento de qualidade de vida no trabalho. Entre os seis domínios avaliados pelo instrumento, obtivemos que a Remuneração foi considerada como fonte de menor satisfação entre os trabalhadores, enquanto o domínio Status profissional, o de maior satisfação. Para testar a correlação entre as variáveis QV e QVT usamos o teste não paramétrico de Spearman e obtivemos um valor de 0,17 (p=0,07). Assim, constatamos que não houve correlação entre as variáveis, o que não comprovou a nossa hipótese inicial. / The hypothesis tested in this study was that the quality of life of a person is directly correlated to the quality of life at work. Therefore, the better the quality of life at work, better will be the quality of life. The general aim was to evaluate and correlate the variables quality of life at work among nursing professionals working at the surgical unit of four hospitals located in the city of Londrina, state of Paraná. This is a descriptive and correlational study, of the cross sectional type, with a sample of 105 professionals. Data were collected through a questionnaire containing Flanagan’s Adapted Quality of Life Scale and Stamps’ Index of Work Satisfaction. Both instruments were used in their versions adapted to Portuguese and showed values of Cronback alpha of 0.81 for both scales, indicating their reliability in the population studied. Among the participants, the majority were women (82.9%) and married (62.9%). With respect to professional characterization, 12 were nurses, 1 technician, 73 auxiliaries and 18 aids who worked at the Surgical Unit (55.2%), Sterilization and Material Unit (33.3%) or both (11.5%). The average time of work at the institutions was of 9.82 years (interval between six months and 29 years). Considering the results related to the quality of life in which, in a possible interval of 16 to 112 years, greater the value, greater will be life satisfaction, the author found a median of 77 and average of 77.2+10.5. The average of all the 16 items was of 4.83+0.65 (results evaluated between neither satisfied nor dissatisfied and satisfied). The item with lower satisfaction level was related to recreational and sports activities and the one with higher satisfaction rate was relationship with friends. Regarding quality of life at work, values varied between 114 and 227 (possible range of 44 to 308), considering that greater the value, greater will be the work satisfaction. The average was of 169.7+25.9 and the median of 170. The average value obtained for the 44 items was of 3.85, showing that workers were dissatisfied and neither satisfied nor dissatisfied with the aspects mentioned in the instrument on quality of life at work. Among the six domain evaluated by the instrument, the author found that remuneration was considered the source of lower satisfaction among workers, while the domain professional status was the one with higher satisfaction level. In order to test the correlation between the two variables, the Spearman non parametric test was applied and the author found a value of 0.17 (p=0.07). Thus, there were no correlation among the variables and the initial hypothesis was not confirmed.