Department of Ergonomics, Faculty of Public Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Department of Operating Room, School of Nursing, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
J Perioper Pract. 2023 Oct;33(10):296-301. doi: 10.1177/17504589221117673. Epub 2022 Sep 3.
Non-technical skills are cognitive and social skills that are necessary for safe and efficient practices in operating theatre. These skills are inseparable parts of circulating nurses' duties and help them have a good performance during surgical processes. Circulating nurses' non-technical skills have not been closely measured, and much uncertainty still exists about the quality of their skills. This study aimed to assess circulating nurses' non-technical skills.
A cross-sectional study was conducted on 300 circulating nurses who worked in four public hospitals in Iran, during 2020. The data of demographics of the studied population were collected using a demographic questionnaire. Kalantari et al's Circulating Practitioner's List of Non-Technical Skills was used to assess the circulating nurses' non-technical skills.
The situational awareness domain had the highest score, while leadership was the domain with the lowest mean score. There was a moderate positive relationship between the mean score of non-technical skills and the number of working years as a circulating nurse.
Although the circulating nurses had a moderate level of non-technical skills, they had low scores in several behaviours. However, they did well in some other behaviours. Educational interventions and policymaking solutions can help improve circulating nurses' non-technical skills.
非技术技能是在手术室中进行安全高效实践所必需的认知和社交技能。这些技能是巡回护士职责中不可或缺的部分，有助于他们在手术过程中表现出色。巡回护士的非技术技能尚未得到密切衡量，其技能质量仍存在很大的不确定性。本研究旨在评估巡回护士的非技术技能。
2020 年，在伊朗的四家公立医院对 300 名巡回护士进行了横断面研究。使用人口统计学问卷收集了研究人群的人口统计学数据。使用 Kalantari 等人的《巡回护士非技术技能清单》评估了巡回护士的非技术技能。
情境意识领域得分最高，而领导力是平均得分最低的领域。非技术技能的平均得分与作为巡回护士的工作年限之间呈中度正相关。
尽管巡回护士的非技术技能水平中等，但他们在某些行为方面的得分较低。然而，他们在其他一些行为方面表现良好。教育干预和决策制定解决方案可以帮助提高巡回护士的非技术技能。
