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Time As A Catalyst For Tension In Nurse-Surgeon Communication, Sherry Espin, Lorelei Lingard
Time As A Catalyst For Tension In Nurse-Surgeon Communication, Sherry Espin, Lorelei Lingard
Lorelei Lingard
Carefully studying communication patterns between nurses and surgeons questions popular stereotypes about OR discourse and expands educators' understanding of the factors that motivate team communication, patterns that are habitual among team members, and issues that act as catalysts for tension. This study examines the nature of communication between perioperative nurses and surgeons and identifies patterns and sites of tension. Researchers observed 128 hours of interaction between nurses and surgeons in four surgical divisions at one teaching hospital in Ontario, Canada. Field notes were read, coded, and analyzed independently. Results showed that higher tension in nurse-surgeon communication clusters around particular themes, …