Interruption Awareness: A Nursing Minute for Patient Safety

Demonstrates dangers, stress, and necessity of interruptions in hospitals, nursing, and healthcare settings. Promotes dialogue and problem-solving for safer hospitals and healthier nurse workplaces.

Nurse consultant, Beth Boynton, RN, MS facilitates workshop with 7 nurses and nursing students to promote safe health care and supportive workplaces for nurses. In addition to facilitated discussion, the group participates in a theatre improv activity called, "Overload" to raise awareness about patient safety and nurse workplaces. The video is edited to include narration and supportive research.

Consumers, nurses, physicians, health care administrators, allied healthcare professionals and students will gain an appreciation of the complexity of RN and LPN work. Subsequent dialogues will lead to safer care for patients and healthier workplaces for nurses.

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[bremer455]

Great Video! I often wonder with all that a nurse is asked to do in a day, shouldn't we be looking at nursing in general? What tasks must be done by a NURSE, and what can they delegate. Nurses need to get back to completing NURSING FUNCTIONS and guiding the NURSING care of their patient with the help of their team. All of these distractions are taking awary from what a nurse can do to help heal their patients, instead they are focused on tasks, not the big picture. What do you think?

[Beth Boynton]

I think you make a really important point.  Delegating to skilled paraprofessionals & even family members is a big step towards improving quality, safety and job satisfaction. To be successful, skill building in leadership and teams would be important for RNs as well as organizational supports for same. Making time for conflict management and including continuity of care with consistent team members must be supported by the organization as well as individual skill set! bb

[Beth Boynton]

And here is another interesting article:

Potter P, Wolf L, Boxerman S, et al. An analysis of nurses’ cognitive work: a new perspective for understanding medical errors. In: Battles JB, Marks ES, Lewin DI, eds. Advances in Patient Safety: From Research to Implementation. Vol. 1. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2005. AHRQ publication 05-0021-1

[Beth Boynton]

Thanks for feedback about video!  Here's a great article:

Ebright, P., (Jan. 31, 2010) "The Complex Work of RNs: Implications for Healthy Work Environments" OJIN: The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing Vol. 15, No. 1, Manuscript 4.

[Nicholas DiNubile]

Great work Beth! Important for all healthcare professionals.

(Whoops, I also posded in my "FrameWork"account-- oh well, important enough to post twice!)

--DrNick

[Beth Boynton]

Thanks A LOT, Dr. Nick. For your feedback AND double posting! Take care,

Beth

[Amanda Mcgauley]

Wonderful video Beth! 

[bcbridgesyoutoob]

Thanks Beth for an important piece. As an anesthesiologist working in the OR I know how difficult distraction can be to all health care providers. Thanks again for shedding some light on this issue.

[Brittney Wilson]

This is a fantastic resource for nurses. This does a great job of showing the stress level caused by interuptions that nurses encounter everyday and are forced to cope with.

[martrix001]

Excellent video Beth, thank you for doing this.