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Nurses' Perceptions of Personal Communication Devices in the Perioperative Environment
Author(s) -
Hemingway Maureen,
Osgood Patrice
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
aorn journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1878-0369
pISSN - 0001-2092
DOI - 10.1002/aorn.12804
Subject(s) - perioperative , perioperative nursing , perception , test (biology) , medicine , workflow , nursing , psychology , family medicine , surgery , computer science , paleontology , database , neuroscience , biology
ABSTRACT Personal communication devices ( PCD s) support reliable information sharing between clinical personnel to ease workflow processes. Perioperative leaders at a major medical center conducted a long‐term quality improvement project evaluating perioperative nurse perceptions regarding PCD s. Perioperative nurses completed two surveys and the investigators conducted an independent group t test (2‐tailed) to test for differences in RN perceptions of PCD s from initial use during a pilot study and after the nurses had used the technology for four years. The authors also used qualitative content analysis to assess the qualitative items on the survey. The RN s noted that the PCD s were particularly beneficial when contacting team members for assistance and that response times improved. Overhead pages decreased from 125 per six‐hour period to an average of less than one per six‐hour period. The perioperative nurses’ perceptions of the PCD s have improved four years after implementation.