Teamwork in the Operating Room
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2497466 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert Wilson (0009-0007-7172-4961), Robert F Wilson (0000-0001-6906-8415, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1953 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 9-14 |
| Publication date | 1953-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Human Organization (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-7259 • E-ISSN: 1938-3517 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.17730/humo.12.4.33300646734k2435 |
| OpenAlex | W2152951582 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
Like all dramas, a surgical operation has certain important plots and sub-plots, a cast of characters, and a spatial setting. In narrative form, surgery at a large general hospital often occurs in a sequence such as the following:At seven o'clock in the morning, nurses have arrived on the surgical floor. They find maids finishing the cleaning of the operating suites and corridors. Notices of scheduled operations for the day are posted in prominent places, listing the patient's name, type of case, operating surgeon, and appropriate operating room. Orderlies and nurses aides are wheeling small tables into the rooms, with sterile equipment laid out ready for use. The charge nurse assigns to their respective cases the scrub nurses (who will actually assist the surgeon) and the circulating nurses (who will perform general tasks around the operating room such as fetching water and counting sponges)
Economics · Management · Sociology · Teamwork · Hospital Admissions and Outcomes · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,12 |
| Citation span | 1984 - 2012 (29) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |