Publications by authors named "Donna S Watson"
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of team training interventions for surgeons and staff in reducing surgery scheduling errors (SSEs) related to wrong site surgeries.
- The research used a quasi-experimental design, tracking 16 weeks of data before and after implementing training interventions, which included a checklist and updated policies.
- Results showed a significant decrease in SSEs, from 0.51% to 0.13%, highlighting the importance of verification processes and the need for further research on the causes of scheduling errors.
A concept analysis was conducted on the concept of wrong-site surgery (WSS) using the principle-based method by Penrod and Hupcey. It included analysis of WSS within the context of epistemological, pragmatic, linguistic, and logical principles. The analysis found that WSS is an important concept that is universally accepted, but the definition could be improved with inclusion of comprehensive labeling for types of WSS that may occur, such as wrong patient, wrong site, wrong level/part, wrong procedure, and wrong side.
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