Communication as a non-technical skill in the operating room: A qualitative study.

Aim: The aim of this study was to explore how operating room nurses (ORNs) experience operating room (OR) team communication concerning non-technical skills.

Design: Based on the Scrub Practitioners List of Intraoperative Non-Technical Skill (SPLINTS), qualitative individual in-depth semi-structured interviews were conducted with 11 ORNs in a Norwegian university hospital. Braun and Clarke's six analytic phases for thematic data analysis were used.

Non-technical skills in operating room nursing: Ethical aspects.

Background: Non-technical skills are cognitive and interpersonal skills underpinning technical proficiency. Ethical values and respect for human dignity make operating room nurses responsible for nursing decisions that are clinically and technically sound and morally appropriate.

Aim: To learn what ethical issues operating room nurses perceive as important regarding non-technical skills.

Safe Surgery Checklist, Patient Safety, Teamwork, and Responsibility-Coequal Demands? A Focus Group Study.

The use of World Health Organization's (WHO's) Safe Surgery checklist is an established practice worldwide and contributes toward ensuring patient safety and collaborative teamwork. The aim of this study was to elucidate operating room nurses' and operating room nursing students' experiences and opinions about execution of and compliance with checklists. We chose a qualitative design with semistructured focus group discussions.