The operating room is a complex environment where different skilled personnel need to work as a team in order to obtain the common goal. Scrub nurses also have an important role in the operating team, and their non-technical skills plays a vital role in keeping perioperative patients safe (Kang et al. 2014). Non-technical skills are divided into two groups, cognitive or mental skills such as decision making, planning and situation awareness and social or interpersonal skills such as communication, leadership and teamwork. Technical skills like scrubbing, maintaining sterility, managing accountable items, provision of sterile supplies are nurse’s responsibilities. Non-technical skills are as important as technical to ensure safe delivery of
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The scrub practitioners list of intraoperative non-technical skills is a tool use by experienced nurses to assess junior nurse's performance in structured manner to identify their training needs and provide feedback about their performance (Flin, Mitchell & Mcleod …show more content…
Gathering information is to find out what is happening and realising and understanding the situation as to enable one to make sense of what they see and hear. Poor or incorrect understanding will inhibit the person’s ability to respond efficiently. If the nurse understands the situation, then it is easy for them to anticipate the next step (Rutherford 2013). Intuitive and apprehensive cognitive skills are crucial for scrub nurses as a component for their expertise is to ‘think ahead of surgeon’ (Mitchell & Flin 2008). This includes assessing the progress of the surgery, preparing the instruments and having a thorough knowledge of the procedure, hence reducing the need to ask questions as identifiable in Appendix One, Post 1, or interrupt the operation. The junior nurse did not have a comprehensive knowledge, hence led to being incapable of anticipating and performing the surgery well. The scrub nurse should be able to cope with different surgeons and their changes in preference, especially when the surgery is not progressing according to the initial plan, such as in this episode. The junior couldn’t cope, hence for the patient’s safety, the senior took over as to prevent any hazards, as she recognised that the junior was having difficulties as discussed in Appendix One, Post 2. Nurses should be able to recognise
The scrub practitioners list of intraoperative non-technical skills is a tool use by experienced nurses to assess junior nurse's performance in structured manner to identify their training needs and provide feedback about their performance (Flin, Mitchell & Mcleod …show more content…
Gathering information is to find out what is happening and realising and understanding the situation as to enable one to make sense of what they see and hear. Poor or incorrect understanding will inhibit the person’s ability to respond efficiently. If the nurse understands the situation, then it is easy for them to anticipate the next step (Rutherford 2013). Intuitive and apprehensive cognitive skills are crucial for scrub nurses as a component for their expertise is to ‘think ahead of surgeon’ (Mitchell & Flin 2008). This includes assessing the progress of the surgery, preparing the instruments and having a thorough knowledge of the procedure, hence reducing the need to ask questions as identifiable in Appendix One, Post 1, or interrupt the operation. The junior nurse did not have a comprehensive knowledge, hence led to being incapable of anticipating and performing the surgery well. The scrub nurse should be able to cope with different surgeons and their changes in preference, especially when the surgery is not progressing according to the initial plan, such as in this episode. The junior couldn’t cope, hence for the patient’s safety, the senior took over as to prevent any hazards, as she recognised that the junior was having difficulties as discussed in Appendix One, Post 2. Nurses should be able to recognise