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Disagreement and aggression in the operating theatre
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Accepted for publication 16 November 2007
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coE R.6. GOULD D. (2008) Disagreement and aggression in the operating theatre. ! oumaL of Aduanced Nur sing 61(6 '), 609-578 doi: 10. 1 1 1 1/i.1365 -2648.2007.045 44.x
e-mail: richard.coe@uclh.nhs.uk Richard Coe MSc RN Senior Practice Facilitator (Thearres) Universiry College Hospital, London, UK Dinah Gould PhD RN RNT Professor of Applied Health St Bartholomew School of Nursing and Midwifery, Ciry University, London, UK
Abstract
Title. Disagreement and aggtession in the operating theatre Aim. This paper is a report of a study to determine the national spread of incidents of disagreement within and between professional groups in operadng departments and the frequency of perceived aggressive behaviour demonstrated by operating department personnel. Background. There is both anecdotal and empirical evidence supporting the idea of the operating team as the ultimate example of teamworking in health care. At the same time, international concern is expressed over the level of interprofessional
conflict and aggression reported in operating depanments, Such reports do not sit well with notions of excellence in teamwork as conceptualized by theorists. Method. A questionnaire survey was designed, and sent to a random sample of National Health Service operating departments in England (n = 62) in 2002. Usable survey questionnaires were returned from 37 departments (response rate 59 '6) and yielded 391 individual responses. Respondents included nurses (587o, n=227), srugeons (9 '7Yo, n = 38), anaesthetists (14 '32% , n = 56) and operating department practitioners (17 '9y", n = 70) of all grades ' Findings. Half of the respondents reported experiencing aggressive behaviour from consultant surgeons (53 '4y", n = 209), Daily
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Richard Coe
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Disagreement and aggression in the operating theatre
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Dinah Gould
Accepted for publication 16 November 2007
Correspondence to R. Coe:
coE R.6. GOULD D. (2008) Disagreement and aggression in the operating theatre. ! oumaL of Aduanced Nur sing 61(6 '), 609-578 doi: 10. 1 1 1 1/i.1365 -2648.2007.045 44.x
e-mail: richard.coe@uclh.nhs.uk Richard Coe MSc RN Senior Practice Facilitator (Thearres) Universiry College Hospital, London, UK Dinah Gould PhD RN RNT Professor of Applied Health St Bartholomew School of Nursing and Midwifery, Ciry University, London, UK
Abstract
Title. Disagreement and aggtession in the operating theatre Aim. This paper is a report of a study to determine the national spread of incidents of disagreement within and between professional groups in operadng departments and the frequency of perceived aggressive behaviour demonstrated by operating department personnel. Background. There is both anecdotal and empirical evidence supporting the idea of the operating team as the ultimate example of teamworking in health care. At the same time, international concern is expressed over the level of interprofessional
conflict and aggression reported in operating depanments, Such reports do not sit well with notions of excellence in teamwork as conceptualized by theorists. Method. A questionnaire survey was designed, and sent to a random sample of National Health Service operating departments in England (n = 62) in 2002. Usable survey questionnaires were returned from 37 departments (response rate 59 '6) and yielded 391 individual responses. Respondents included nurses (587o, n=227), srugeons (9 '7Yo, n = 38), anaesthetists (14 '32% , n = 56) and operating department practitioners (17 '9y", n = 70) of all grades ' Findings. Half of the respondents reported experiencing aggressive behaviour from consultant surgeons (53 '4y", n = 209), Daily
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