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Using a Tibetan Gong to Increase Staff Member Engagement During Time Outs
Author(s) -
Brenckle Erica A.,
Gealer Delia,
Milligan Marsha
Publication year - 2020
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.12898
Subject(s) - ceremony , agency (philosophy) , staffing , nursing , process (computing) , perioperative nursing , perioperative , medicine , public relations , psychology , political science , sociology , history , surgery , social science , archaeology , computer science , operating system
Perioperative and procedure area nurses can encounter barriers during the time‐out process. In March 2016, a mock regulatory agency surveyor identified a gap during a time out in our cardiac catheterization laboratory. We worked with our facility's holistic nursing group to identify a solution to gain the full attention of all procedure area team members during each time out. Historically, ceremonial leaders used a gong to begin events because they thought that the sound helped participants focus on the ceremony. Because we wanted staff members to participate in a mindful practice during time outs, we decided to use a Tibetan gong to draw attention to the process. After implementing this change, staff members were more engaged during the time‐out process than they were before the change. In addition, facility leaders requested that we share our process with the staff members in the perioperative and endoscopic areas.