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Role Redesign in Perioperative Settings
Author(s) -
Wurstner Judy,
Koch Fran
Publication year - 1995
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/s0001-2092(06)63716-2
Subject(s) - specialty , perioperative nursing , perioperative , service (business) , process (computing) , nursing , medicine , surgical team , operations management , medical emergency , business , family medicine , engineering , computer science , surgery , marketing , operating system
Perioperative services team members at Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas employed a methodical redesign process to redefine team members' relationships and revise roles to be patient focused. One outcome of this redesign process was the creation of multiskilled worker (ie, unlicensed assistive personnel) roles within self‐managed perioperative specialty teams. An initial pilot project using the multiskilled workers in the neurosurgical specialty service resulted in increased physician and perioperative nurse collaboration and efficiency. AORN J 6] (May 1995) 834–844.