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The Effects Of Staffing Practices On Safety And Quality Of Perioperative Nursing Care – An Integrative Review, Nick Nijkamp, Paula Foran

Journal of Perioperative Nursing

Problem identification
Patients undergoing invasive procedures are highly vulnerable to adverse outcomes. From 2012 to 2013, 5.5 per cent of all inpatient admissions reported an adverse event. Perioperative nurses play an important role in providing safe patient care and acting as the patient advocate. This review of literature aims to examine the effects of perioperative staffing and patient safety. Three common staffing themes that impact the safety and quality of patient care were identified; namely, nurse-to-patient ratios, staff training and staff fatigue.

Literature search
An integrative literature search to identify empirical data surrounding perioperative nursing staffing was conducted via the …

Smartphones In The Operating Room: Can Perioperative Nurses Be Trusted?, Tarryn Armour, Elyse Coffey

Journal of Perioperative Nursing

Use of hand-held technology, such as smartphones, in health care can provide a pocket-sized and instant means of accessing information and resources related to patient care. A review of the literature identified drawbacks to and benefits of using hand-held technology in the perioperative environment. Drawbacks that limit the use of hand-held technology include potential distraction from clinical activities, negative perceptions that smartphones will be used for activities not related to work such as cyberloafing, interference to patient privacy and infection control risks. Conversely the benefits of using hand-held technology include enhanced mobile learning at the point of care, easy and …