Multidisciplinary Teamwork Perceptions When Mobilizing Ventilated Neurosurgery Patients

The University of Texas System (UT)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Multidisciplinary Communication

Treatments: Other: Standard of Care; Other: Nurse-led progressive mobility protocol

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05583487

STU-2022-0903

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this research study is to decide if using a nurse-led mobility protocol affects teamwork perceptions, when mobilizing ventilated neurosurgery patients. Participants will mobilize ventilated neurosurgery patients according to either facility standard procedures or a piloted nurse-led mobility protocol. Each selected patient will be mobilized once during his/her hospitalization for the purposes of this study. Patient mobility may take up to 1 hour. Following this, participating staff will be asked to complete a survey used to measure teamwork perceptions. Participants will be given up to 30 minutes to complete the survey. Total study duration is 3 months.

Enrollment: 28 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• adult (18 years of age or older)
• male or female registered nurses or licensed vocational nurses, patient care technicians, respiratory therapists, and physical therapists
• currently employed by the medical center
• currently care for neurosurgery patients in a part time or full-time capacity
• may work during day shift and/or night shift hours.

Exclusion criteria

• staff members employed by an agency outside of the medical center
• staff not routinely assigned to care for neurosurgery patients on the neurosurgical ICU (float pool staff)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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28 participants in 2 patient groups

Control/non-experimental group

Active Comparator group

Description:

The control/nonexperimental group will consist of multidisciplinary teams, who will not be given the nurse-led protocol and will be asked to mobilize the assigned ventilated neurosurgery patient according the facility's standard mobility procedures.

Treatment:

Other: Standard of Care

Experimental/interventional group

Experimental group

Description:

The experimental/interventional group will consist of multidisciplinary teams who will use a given nurse-led protocol (intervention) to mobilize the assigned patient.

Treatment:

Other: Nurse-led progressive mobility protocol