TY - JOUR
T1 - Teamwork
T2 - A perspective of perioperative nurses
AU - Urpo, Marja
AU - Eskola, Suvi
AU - Suominen, Tarja
AU - Roos, Mervi
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was partly supported by Tampere University. Views expressed in the submitted article are the authors’ own and not that of the institution or funder.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Central European Journal of Nursing and Midwifery.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Aim: This paper aims to analyse perioperative nurses’ views of teamwork through team membership, team functionality, team cohesion, and team members’ professionalism. Design: A descriptive, cross-sectional study. Methods: A questionnaire was sent to perioperative nurses working in one hospital district in Finland (n = 96). Data was collected by the Teamwork Scale and statistically analysed. Results: Perioperative nurses experienced teamwork positively. Team membership was associated with primary operating room (OR) role, engagement in the workplace, and perceived work empowerment. Team functionality was associated with combined OR role, working experience in healthcare, working experience as a perioperative nurse, and working shift. Team cohesion was associated with working shift and engagement in the workplace. Team members’ professionalism was associated with engagement in the workplace, employment, and perceived work empowerment. Conclusion: Perioperative nurses’ primary OR role and working shift had several connections to teamwork. This should be taken into careful consideration by OR managers in their daily work.
AB - Aim: This paper aims to analyse perioperative nurses’ views of teamwork through team membership, team functionality, team cohesion, and team members’ professionalism. Design: A descriptive, cross-sectional study. Methods: A questionnaire was sent to perioperative nurses working in one hospital district in Finland (n = 96). Data was collected by the Teamwork Scale and statistically analysed. Results: Perioperative nurses experienced teamwork positively. Team membership was associated with primary operating room (OR) role, engagement in the workplace, and perceived work empowerment. Team functionality was associated with combined OR role, working experience in healthcare, working experience as a perioperative nurse, and working shift. Team cohesion was associated with working shift and engagement in the workplace. Team members’ professionalism was associated with engagement in the workplace, employment, and perceived work empowerment. Conclusion: Perioperative nurses’ primary OR role and working shift had several connections to teamwork. This should be taken into careful consideration by OR managers in their daily work.
KW - Operating room
KW - Perioperative nurse
KW - Questionnaire
KW - Teamwork
U2 - 10.15452/CEJNM.2021.12.0018
DO - 10.15452/CEJNM.2021.12.0018
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85116374457
SN - 2336-3517
VL - 12
SP - 430
EP - 440
JO - Central European Journal of Nursing And Midwifery
JF - Central European Journal of Nursing And Midwifery
IS - 3
ER -