Description

This assessment tool serves as a vital resource for evaluating perioperative nursing care. Designed to identify and categorize errors, it provides insights into the factors contributing to these occurrences across the three main phases of perioperative care: preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative.

Key Features

• Comprehensive Evaluation: Measures error rates and assesses contributing factors such as environmental, individual, and management-related aspects.
• Nursing-Specific Focus: Concentrates on tasks like equipment preparation, safety protocols, aseptic technique, and operating room management.
• Structured Format: Utilizes a questionnaire format for effective data collection from perioperative nurses.

Use Cases

Healthcare organizations and researchers can leverage this tool to monitor and enhance the quality of perioperative nursing care. It supports the identification of areas for training, process improvement, and risk reduction in surgical settings, facilitating data-driven decision-making for nursing management and policy development.

Applicable Environments

• Hospital operating rooms
• Outpatient surgical centers
• Clinical research settings

Maintenance Guidelines

To ensure effectiveness, the form should be regularly updated to reflect current best practices in perioperative nursing care. Reviewing and revising questionnaire items for clarity and relevance, along with proper staff training on form completion and interpretation, will help maintain data accuracy.