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Ayse P Gurses1, Pascale Carayon

  • 1Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Quality & Safety Research Group, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21231, USA. agurses1@jhmi.edu

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Intensive care unit (ICU) nurses face performance obstacles daily, including environmental, family, and equipment issues. These challenges impact nursing workload, quality of working life, and patient safety.

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Area of Science:

  • Nursing
  • Healthcare Management
  • Patient Safety

Background:

  • High nursing workload, compromised patient safety, and poor quality of working life (QWL) are prevalent issues in intensive care units (ICUs).
  • Performance obstacles within the ICU environment are potential contributing factors to these critical issues.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To comprehensively identify and characterize the performance obstacles perceived by nurses working in intensive care units.
  • To explore the qualitative aspects of these obstacles and their contributing factors.

Main Methods:

  • A qualitative research design was employed, utilizing semi-structured interviews with 15 nurses from a medical-surgical ICU.
  • Data from these interviews were analyzed in conjunction with findings from a prior quantitative study.

Main Results:

  • Seven primary categories of performance obstacles were identified for ICU nurses.
  • The most frequent obstacles were related to the physical environment (e.g., noise, space), family interactions (e.g., distractions, limited family time), and equipment issues (e.g., availability, organization).

Conclusions:

  • ICU nurses encounter diverse daily performance obstacles.
  • Further research is necessary to elucidate the impact of these obstacles on nursing workload, QWL, and overall care quality and safety.