ANESTHESIA PROVIDERS’ PERCEIVED DISTRACTIONS IN THE OPERATING ROOM DURING INDUCTION OF ANESTHESIA AT A MID-SIZED SUBURBAN HOSPITAL

Doctoral Candidate Name: Chantel Glasser
Program: Doctor of Nursing Practice
Defense Date and Time: December 2, 2022 – 1:00 PM
Defense Location: UNCC College of Health and Human Services, Room 406
Committee chair’s Name: Dr. David Langford
Committee Members: Dr. Dianne Earnhardt, Dr. Danielle Brown, Dr. Susan Lynch, Dr. Zhou Job Chen, Dr. Elena Platonova, Dr. Katie Shue-McGuffin
Abstract:

There are a variety of distractions that can occur in the operating room during the induction of anesthesia. A review of the literature revealed that common distractions include noise, music, cell phones and pagers, production pressure, and unnecessary conversations. This project is part of a larger quality improvement project investigating anesthesia providers’ perceptions of the types and severity of distractions occurring during induction of anesthesia at three different surgery sites: a mid-sized suburban hospital, a level one trauma center, and an ambulatory surgery center. This project reports on identifying distraction severity and frequency in a mid-sized suburban hospital. An anonymous, electronic survey was distributed to physician anesthesiologists, certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs), and student registered nurse anesthetists (SRNAs), at these three different clinical locations within a single health system asking providers to rate perceived frequency and severity of selected distractions using a modified Likert scale. At the mid-sized suburban hospital, participants ranked conversations as the most distracting item, with over 80% saying it was at least somewhat distracting. Staff exiting and enter the room and music were reported as the least distracting factors.There was no significant difference across the three different sites.