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On Call: Alert or Unsafe? A Report of the AORN On‐Call Electronic Task Force
Author(s) -
Kenyon Trudy A.G.,
Gluesing Rebecca E.,
White Karen Y.,
Dunkel Wanda L.,
Burlingame Byron L.
Publication year - 2007
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 - 10.1016/j.aorn.2007.06.020
Subject(s) - call centre , task force , task (project management) , perioperative nursing , work (physics) , psychology , sleep deprivation , nursing , perioperative , medicine , medical emergency , computer science , psychiatry , surgery , engineering , political science , telecommunications , mechanical engineering , cognition , public administration , systems engineering
RESEARCH HAS LINKED health care providers' long work hours with patient care errors. Perioperative staff members often work extended hours because of long shifts and being on call. AORN's ON‐CALL ELECTRONIC TASK FORCE conducted a survey of nurses to determine their work load, call scheduling, and experiences related to fatigue. Of the 1,013 respondents, 67.7% said they had experienced effects of sleep deprivation. A FOLLOW‐UP SURVEY revealed that few call programs are in compliance with AORN's recommended practices. Compliant call programs are detailed for adaptation in other perioperative settings.