ArticleNursing open2021
Communication as a non-technical skill in the operating room: A qualitative study.
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- Focused-Attention Meditation Improves Flow, Communication Skills, and Safety Attitudes of Surgeons.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Trial
- Development and psychometric evaluation of a workplace psychological hazards scale for operating room nurses.BMC nursing · 2026Article
- Communication skills and organizational silence as predictors of perioperative competence in operating room nurses: a cross-sectional study.BMC nursing · 2026Article
- The relationship between quality of work life and distractions in operating room nurses: a correlational study.BMC nursing · 2026Article
- Soft skills during residency in Spain: an analysis of the specialized training programmes.BMC medical education · 2026Observational
- Psychosocial Factors That Influence Occupational Stress in Operating Room Nurses' Working Environment: A Scoping Review.Workplace health & safety · 2026Review
- Strengthening Surgical Safety in Somalia: The Role of Scrub Nurses in Infection Prevention and Team Communication in Resource-Limited Operating Theatres.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2026Article
- Randomized controlled trial evaluating mixed reality technology for training scrub nurses in anterior cervical spine surgery.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Predictive Role of Moral Injury and Burnout in Professional Communication: A Cross-Sectional Study Among Operating Room Nurses.Journal of nursing management · 2026Article
- The Influence of Age and Experience on Safety Climate Perceptions Among Healthcare Staff in Operating, Interventional Radiology, and Hybrid Operating Rooms: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2026Article
- Value of virtual reality integrated with multilevel team-based pedagogy in standardized residency training: a randomized controlled study with longitudinal follow-up in anesthesiology.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Putting Patients at Risk: The Effect of Health Care Provider Burnout on Patient Care in the Operating Room-A Narrative Review.Journal of patient safety · 2025Review
- Exploring nursing students' emotional experiences of patient cardiac arrest in the operating room: a descriptive phenomenological study.BMC medical education · 2025Article
- Global Communication Practices and Their Impact on Patient Caregivers' Satisfaction in the Surgical Waiting Area: A Scoping Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Social relational quality and ethical climate as the predictors of sleep quality in employees of the operating room: a hierarchical linear regression analysis.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Perceptions of Nurse-Surgeon Communication in the Operating Room: A Q-Methodology Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Influence of the work environment on patient safety and stress among healthcare professionals.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S P · 2025Article
- Review
- Safety climate in the operating room in the pre-pandemic and pandemic period of COVID-19: A mixed method study.PloS one · 2024Article
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Abstract
aimThe aim of this study was to explore how operating room nurses (ORNs) experience operating room (OR) team communication concerning non-technical skills.
designBased on the Scrub Practitioners List of Intraoperative Non-Technical Skill (SPLINTS), qualitative individual in-depth semi-structured interviews were conducted with 11 ORNs in a Norwegian university hospital. Braun and Clarke's six analytic phases for thematic data analysis were used.
resultsSurgeons being unprepared or demanding different instruments than the preoperative information indicates, cause stress and frustration. So does noise and brusquely or poor communication. Ensuring good information flow within the entire team is important. When silence is required, the ORNs communicate with gestures, looks and nods. Creating a positive and secure team culture facilitates discussions, questions and information sharing.
conclusionInappropriate dynamics, inaccurate and/or disrespectful communication and noise may reduce patient safety. Interdisciplinary team training may bring attention to the value of communication as a non-technical skill.
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