Competencies of Operating Room Nurses and Influencing Factors

Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Competence; Nurse's Role

Treatments: Other: type of parallel data in a convergent parallel hash pattern (near time)

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05491629

AUCAK

Details and patient eligibility

About

Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the perceived competence of operating room nurses and the opinions of the surgical team, regarding the competence of nurses and the influencing factors with a deep understanding.

Method: This convergent parallel mixed-methods study was carried out with members of the surgical team working in 17 hospitals including three public, two university, one city, one education and research, and ten private ones located in city center of Burdur, Isparta and Antalya provinces. The data were collected between May 1th, 2020 and August 20th, 2020 using Quantitative and Qualitative Personal Information Forms, Perceived Perioperative Competence Scale (PPCS-R) and semi-structured interview form. The quantitative data were assessed using the SPSS 24.0 package program, and the qualitative data were assessed using content analysis and thematic analysis. The quantitative and qualitative data were analyzed independently, and interpreted based on analytical generalization in the discussion section.

Full description

Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the perceived competence of operating room nurses and the opinions of the surgical team, regarding the competence of nurses and the influencing factors with a deep understanding.

Method: This convergent parallel mixed-methods study was carried out with members of the surgical team working in 17 hospitals including three public, two university, one city, one education and research, and ten private ones located in city center of Burdur, Isparta and Antalya provinces. The sample of the quantitative dimension of the study consisted of 224 operating room nurses working in authorized institutions, and the qualitative dimension consisted of 54 team members including 21 operating room nurses, 21 surgeons, 3 anesthesiologists, and 9 technicians/operators. The data were collected between May 1th, 2020 and August 20th, 2020 using Quantitative and Qualitative Personal Information Forms, Perceived Perioperative Competence Scale (PPCS-R) and semi-structured interview form. The quantitative data were assessed using the SPSS 24.0 package program, and the qualitative data were assessed using content analysis and thematic analysis. Quantitative data were analyzed using descriptive analysis, ANOVA, Mann Whitney U and Kruskal-Wallis H tests. Qualitative data were assessed through descriptive content analysis. The quantitative and qualitative data were analyzed independently, and interpreted based on analytical generalization in the discussion section.

Enrollment: 224 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Quantitative At least six months of operating room experience nurses Qualitative At least six months of operating room experience surgical team members

Exclusion criteria

Willingness to withdraw from the study at any time

Trial design

224 participants in 1 patient group

surgical team members

Description:

The aim of this study is to determine with a deep understanding the perceptions of the operating room nurses' competence and the surgical team's views on the competence of nurses and the factors affecting them. In the research, parallel data type in convergent parallel mixed design (convergent parallel) was used to obtain rigorous, valid and reliable data with survey questions and individual interviews. In the quantitative dimension of the study, it was aimed to determine the perceptions of the operating room nurses about their competencies, and in the qualitative aspect, the thoughts/opinions of the entire surgical team about the competency of the operating room nurses and the factors affecting them.

Treatment:

Other: type of parallel data in a convergent parallel hash pattern (near time)