Aim To identify the non-technical skills of operating room nurses. This is first empirical study that includes scrub and circulating Design A three-round modified online Delphi technique was used for this study. Methods Eligible participants (n = 106) with a minimum 2 years nursing experience were selected expert panel by self-recruitment from population (N 1640) Data collected through surveys,...

BACKGROUND Most surgical assessment has been aimed at technical proficiency. However, non-technical skills also affect patient safety and clinical effectiveness. The NOTSS (Non-Technical Skills for Surgeons) assessment instrument was developed specifically to assess the non-technical skills of individual surgeons in the operating theatre. This study evaluated NOTSS as a real-world assessment, w...

Abstract: This case report discusses an ethical dilemma about consent and patient autonomy from prehospital emergency services. It is argued that the dilemma involves deep ethical problems, and that these problems have not received sufficient attention in the literature on the ethical dimension of emergency medicine and prehospital provider-patient communication. The discussion illustrates a ge...

Editorial How to cite this article Carvalho ECC. A look at the non-technical skills of nurses: simulation contributions. Rev. Latino-Am. Enfermagem. The Nursing area is increasingly faced with the challenge to prepare its professionals for the performance of technical and non-technical skills. In this sense, simulations, particularly high-fidelity ones, have been recognized as allies, with adva...

Objectives: The objectives of the study were to identify Danish anaesthesiologists’ non-technical skills and to customise the Scottish-developed Anaesthetists’ NonTechnical Skills instrument for Danish anaesthesiologists. Methods: Six semi-structured group interviews were conducted with 31 operating room team members: anaesthesiologists, nurse anaesthetists, surgeons, and scrub nurses. Intervie...

BACKGROUND Non-technical skills (NTS) are essential for safe and efficient anaesthesia. Assessment instruments with appropriate validity evidence can be used to ensure that anaesthesiologists possess the NTS necessary to deliver high-standard patient care. The aims were to collect validity evidence using a contemporary validity framework for the assessment instrument Anaesthesiologists' Non-Tec...

Editor—There are several flaws in Gales paper on testing non-technical skills for recruitment of anaesthesia trainees, most of which have been recognized in a similar work in industry and are acknowledged by the authors. 1 The most fundamental problem with their methodology is 'restriction in range'. The authors tested 224 candidates, appointed 68 and rejected 156. They followed up the 68 selec...

OBJECTIVE This study aimed to explore the content of conversations, feedback style, and perceived usefulness of feedback to trainee surgeons when conversations were stimulated by a tool for assessing surgeons' non-technical skills. METHODS Trainee surgeons and their supervisors used the Non-Technical Skills for Surgeons in Denmark tool to stimulate feedback conversations. Audio recordings of ...