At Risk Safety Behaviors of the Perioperative Nursing Team: A Direct Observational Study
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Methods
2.1. Study Design and Human Subjects Protection
2.2. Study Setting and Sample
2.3. Data Collection and Measurement Tool
3. Data Analysis
Findings
4. Discussion
5. Implications
6. Limitations
7. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Ergonomic Safety Risk | Circulating Nurse | Scrub Nurse | CRNA | RNFA | TOTAL |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Awkward position | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 |
Forcible exertion | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Lifting while bending or twisting | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 |
Overreaching | 9 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 16 |
Repeated motions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Static posture | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Wrist deviation | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Lifting too-heavy objects | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Pushing/pulling too much weight | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Wearing a lead vest for too long | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Wet floor | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Opening too-heavy of a door | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Transferring too-heavy of a patient/not enough help | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
Positioning too-heavy of a patient/not enough help | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
Standing in one position for too long | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Carrying/pushing heavy oxygen tank | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Debris on floor | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Total number of at-risk behaviors | 46 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 82 |
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Letvak, S.; Apple, B.; Jenkins, M.; Doss, C.; McCoy, T.P. At Risk Safety Behaviors of the Perioperative Nursing Team: A Direct Observational Study. Healthcare 2023, 11, 698. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11050698
Letvak S, Apple B, Jenkins M, Doss C, McCoy TP. At Risk Safety Behaviors of the Perioperative Nursing Team: A Direct Observational Study. Healthcare. 2023; 11(5):698. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11050698
Chicago/Turabian StyleLetvak, Susan, Brandi Apple, Marjorie Jenkins, Carrie Doss, and Thomas P. McCoy. 2023. "At Risk Safety Behaviors of the Perioperative Nursing Team: A Direct Observational Study" Healthcare 11, no. 5: 698. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11050698
APA StyleLetvak, S., Apple, B., Jenkins, M., Doss, C., & McCoy, T. P. (2023). At Risk Safety Behaviors of the Perioperative Nursing Team: A Direct Observational Study. Healthcare, 11(5), 698. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11050698