Operating Room Nurses
Nurses may hesitate to raise patient safety concerns when speaking up is perceived as challenging authority. Senior nurses' input may be ignored or belittled in hierarchical operating room cultures. Circulating nurses have an important coo…
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Nurses may hesitate to raise patient safety concerns when speaking up is perceived as challenging authority. Senior nurses' input may be ignored or belittled in hierarchical operating room cultures. Circulating nurses have an important coordination role across patients, surgeons, anaesthesiologists, equipment, and team stress. Operating room nurses may support teamwork by acting as patient advocates.