The attitude of employees in perioperative nursing to training new employees in the workplace: an example of one organization

Authors

  • Tina Oblak University Medical Center Ljubljana, Department of Perioperative Medicine, Zaloška cesta 7, 1000 Ljubljana
  • Brigita Skela-Savič Angela Boškin Faculty of Health Care, Spodnji Plavž 3, 4270 Jesenice,

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14528/snr.2017.51.3.178

Keywords:

competency assessment, development of professional competencies, professional attitude, knowledge transfer, situational learning, workplace learning

Abstract

Introduction: There has been little research on systematic training of new employees in perioperative nursing. The aim of the present study was to establish whether the attitude of the employees in perioperative nursing towards the training of new employees in the workplace is connected to their education in perioperative nursing, workload, work competence or attitude of new employees in perioperative nursing. Methods: A quantitative exploratory research was performed in March 2017 and data was collected by means of a structured survey questionnaire. Perioperative nursing staff working in a selected Slovenian hospital's operating theatres, who are trained well enough to work independently (n = 69) and have at least one year of working experience, were questioned to obtain a purposive sample. Descriptive statistics, the Pearson correlation coefficient and factor analysis are shown. Results: Employees in perioperative nursing gladly transmit their knowledge and experience (x = 4.79), growing professionally as they do so ( = 4.63). They see the training of new employees as their personal challenge (x = 4.17). The knowledge of the respondents was shown to be a factor that is marginally positively associated (r = 0.278, p = 0.021) with the attitude to training new employees in the workplace. The training that experienced employees in perioperative nursing have received, their competencies, workload, and their opinion of the work of the new employees, are not connected to the attitudes they posses when training these new employees in the workplace. Discussion and conclusion: The study indicates the need to establish definined criteria relating to the employment of candidates, and may contribute toward the future design of a systematic training course in perioperative nursing.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Metrics

Metrics Loading ...

Author Biographies

Tina Oblak, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Department of Perioperative Medicine, Zaloška cesta 7, 1000 Ljubljana

Tina Oblak, Ba, RN

Brigita Skela-Savič, Angela Boškin Faculty of Health Care, Spodnji Plavž 3, 4270 Jesenice,

Associate Professor Brigita Skela-Savič, PhD, MSc, BSc, RN

References

Brdnik, B., 2013. Izobraževanje operacijskih medicinskih sester: magistrsko delo. Maribor: Univerza v Mariboru, Fakulteta za zdravstvene vede, pp. 97–104.

Čuk, V. & Hvala, N., 2009. Vpliv kliničnega okolja na zadovoljstvo študentov s prakso zdravstvene nege. In: B.Skela Savič, B.M. Kaučič & B. Filej, eds. Novi trendi v sodobni zdravstveni negi – razvijanje raziskovanja, izobraževanja in multisektorskega partnerskega sodelovanja: zbornik predavanj z recenzijo. Ljubljana, 17.–18. eptember 2009. Jesenice: Visoka šola za zdravstveno nego Jesenice, pp. 177–184.

Čuk, V., 2014. Mentorska vloga v kliničnem okolju: razvoj izkustvenega učenja v zdravstveni negi: doktorska disertacija.Koper: Univerza na Primorskem, Pedagoška fakulteta, pp. 259–278.

Field, A., 2009. Discovering Statistics Using SPSS. 3rd ed. London; Thousand Oaks: Sage, pp. 627–685. Available at: http://www.soc.univ.kiev.ua/sites/default/files/library/elopen/andy-field-discovering-statistics-using-spss-thirdedition-20091.pdf [23. 03. 2017].

Foran, P., 2015. Effects of guided undergraduate perioperative education on recruiting novice RNs and retaining experienced RNs. Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) Journal,102(3), pp. 254–261. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aorn.2015.06.016. PMid:26323223

Gillespie, B.M., Chaboyer, W., Wallis, M., Chang H.Y. & Werder,H., 2009. Operating theatre nurses‘ perceptions of competence: a focus group study. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 65(5), pp. 1019–1028. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2648.2008.04955.x PMid:19291189

Granger, J., Hebb, T., Lavallee, R. & Murray, M., 2011. Team training simulation in perioperative nursing education. Canadian Operating Room Nurses Journal, 29(2), pp. 7–23. PMid:21823501

Harvey, P., 2012. Role of the mentor in the theatre setting. Journal of Perioperative Practice., 22(7), pp. 232–236. PMid:22919773

Kodeks etike v zdravstveni negi in oskrbi Slovenije in Kodeks etike za babice Slovenije, 2014. Ljubljana: Zbornica zdravstvene in babiške nege Slovenije – Zveza strokovnih društev medicinskih sester, babic in zdravstvenih tehnikov Slovenije.

Kulaš, F., 2013. Zadovoljstvo kliničnih mentorjev v zdravstveni organizaciji s kliničnim usposabljanjem študentov zdravstvene nege: magistrsko delo. Koper: Univerza na Primorskem,Fakulteta za management, pp. 59–67.

Lorber, M. & Donik, B., 2009. Učenje v kliničnem okolju, pomemben del izobraževanja v zdravstveni negi. In: S. Dvoršak Majcen, et al., eds. Medicinske sestre in babice – znanje je naša moč: zbornik predavanj. Ljubljana, 11.–13. maj 2009. Ljubljana: Zbornica zdravstvene in babiške nege Slovenije – Zveza strokovnih društev medicinskih sester, babic in zdravstvenih tehnikov Slovenije, pp. 1–7.

Marsh, V., 2015. Mentoring the novice OR nurse. Association of periOperative Registered Nurses Journal (AORN), 102(2), pp. 12–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0001-2092(15)00619-5

Martin, K.K., 2011. Meeting the challenge of perioperative education. Association of periOperative registered Nurses(AORN) Journal, 94(4), pp. 377–384. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aorn.2011.01.014 PMid:21967911

Miller, G., 2014. We need an educated voice. Journal of Perioperative Practice., 24(6), pp. 130–134. PMid:25007474

Mitchell, L. & Flin, R., 2008. Non-technical skills of the operating theatre scrub nurse: literature review. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 63(1), pp. 15–24. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2648.2008.04695.x PMid:18598248

Novak, A. & Založnik, A., 2015. Zadovoljstvo diplomiranih medicinskih sester s kliničnim mentorstvom v Splošni bolnišnici Jesenice. In: B. Skela Savič, S. Hvalič Touzery, R. Rustja, I. Avberšek-Lužnik, B. Bregar, K. Čuček-Trifkovič, et al., eds. Zdravstvene stroke in njihov odziv na zdravstvene potrebe družbe: na dokazih podprto in usklajeno delovanje: zbornik predavanj z recenzijo. Bled, 11.–12. junij 2015. Jesenice: Fakulteta za zdravstvo, pp. 265–273.

Ramšak Pajk, J., 2008. Pomen mentorstva v izobraževanju in kariernem razvoju medicinskih sester. In: B. Skela-Savič, J. Ramšak-Pajk & B.M. Kaučič, eds. Jaz in moja kariera: zbornik predavanj. Bled, 25. januar 2008. Jesenice: Visoka šola za zdravstveno nego, pp. 53–60.

Robida, A., 2013. Kompetence za varnost pacientov. In: B.Skela Savič & S. Hvalič Touzery, eds. Sodobna zdravstvena nega ali znanja, ki jih potrebujejo klinični mentorji za profesionalni karierni razvoj: teoretični koncepti delovanja stroke, na dokazih podprto delovanje, kakovost in vodenje: zbornik prispevkov. Ljubljana, 31. januar 2013. Jesenice: Visoka šola za zdravstveno nego, pp. 126–133.

Sherman, R.O., 2015. Recruiting and retaining generation Y perioperative nurses. Association of periOperative Registered Nurses(AORN) Journal, 101(1), pp. 138–143. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aorn.2014.10.006. PMid:25537333

Skela-Savič, B., 2014. Are we aware of our responsibilities for the development of nursing care. Obzornik zdravstvene nege, 48(1), pp. 5–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.14528/snr.2014.48.1.12

Skela-Savič, B. & Kiger, A., 2015. Self-assessment of clinical nurse mentors as dimensions of professional development and the capability of developing ethical values at nursing students: a correlational research study. Nurse Education Today, 35(10), pp. 1044–1051. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2015.04.003 PMid:25981136

Tavakol, M. & Dennick, R., 2011. Making sense of Cronbach’s alpha. International Journal Of medical education, 2, pp. 53–55. https://doi.org/10.5116/ijme.4dfb.8dfd PMCid:PMC4205511

World Medical Association, 2013. World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki: ethical principles for medical research involving human subjects. Journal of the American Medical

Association, 310(20), pp. 2191–2194. Avaliable at: http://www.wma.net/en/20activities/10ethics/10helsinki/DoH-Oct2013-JAMA.pdf [1. 8. 2017]. PMid: 25951678

Žerdoner, L., 2015. Samoevalvacija dela mentorjev v kliničnem okolju zdravstvene nege: magistrsko delo. Maribor: Univerza v Mariboru, Fakulteta za zdravstvene vede, pp. 52–69.

Downloads

Published

2017-09-25

How to Cite

Oblak, T., & Skela-Savič, B. (2017). The attitude of employees in perioperative nursing to training new employees in the workplace: an example of one organization. Slovenian Nursing Review, 51(3), 190–206. https://doi.org/10.14528/snr.2017.51.3.178

Issue

Section

Original scientific article

Most read articles by the same author(s)

<< < 1 2 3