Workflow Interruptions and Nursing errors among staff nurses in Intensive Care Units at Oncology Center Mansoura University | ||||
| Mansoura Nursing Journal | ||||
| Article 20, Volume 9, Issue 1, January 2022, Page 201-212 PDF (724.34 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/mnj.2022.259018 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Eman Youns1; Hanan Elsabahy2; Awatef Kassem2 | ||||
| 1Nursing specialist at Oncology Center Mansoura University. | ||||
| 2Nursing Administration-Faculty of Nursing, , Mansoura University, Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: The setting a rounding ICU staff nurses has been showed like a rapid changed and unexpected and staff nurses’ perceptive burden as predictable weighty. Research of interruption and multitasking in health care setting are restricted and mainly concentrate on practitioner. Aim of study: The aim of study is to determine relationship between workflow interruptions and nursing error among staff nurse in ICU. Methods: A descriptive correlational study design was conducted with a convenient sample of (65) staff nurses worked in adult medical, surgical, and child intensive care units at Oncology Center of Mansoura University. Data was collected using two tools. The first tool was an Interruption observation sheet, and second tool was Nursing errors categories questionnaire sheet. Results: Regarding to source of interruption, the highest source is internal interruption, while the lowest source is patient related interruption. Regarding to types of nursing errors, main errors category of staff nurses was related to documentation errors followed by medication errors. There were statistically significant positive correlations between overall workflow interruption and overall nursing errors. Conclusion: It was concluded that increase rate of interruption occurrence causing increase incidence of errors. Recommendations: The study recommended that design a training schedule for staff nurses to modernize their information and expertise so as to improve patient's outcome for evading error occurrence related to interruption, and align staff nurses behavior, rights, duties, and values with the health care system policies, goals, and objectives in order to reduce effect of internal interruption. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Workflow interruption; Nursing Errors; Staff nurses; Intensive Care Units | ||||
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