Multidisciplinary Teamwork Perceptions When Mobilizing Ventilated Neurosurgery Patients

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Multidisciplinary Communication
• Interventions: Other: Standard of Care; Other: Nurse-led progressive mobility protocol

• Registration Number: NCT05583487
• Lead Sponsor: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Brief Summary

The purpose of this research study is to decide if using a nurse-led mobility protocol affects teamwork perceptions, when mobilizing ventilated neurosurgery patients. Participants will mobilize ventilated neurosurgery patients according to either facility standard procedures or a piloted nurse-led mobility protocol. Each selected patient will be mobilized once during his/her hospitalization for the purposes of this study. Patient mobility may take up to 1 hour. Following this, participating staff will be asked to complete a survey used to measure teamwork perceptions. Participants will be given up to 30 minutes to complete the survey. Total study duration is 3 months.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2022-10-10
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-10-12
• Study First Posted: 2022-10-17
• Study Start: 2022-11-01
• Primary Completion: 2023-01-24
• Status Verified: 2023-02
• Study Completion: 2023-02-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-02-02
• Last Update Posted: 2023-02-06

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 28

Inclusion Criteria

• adult (18 years of age or older)
• male or female registered nurses or licensed vocational nurses, patient care technicians, respiratory therapists, and physical therapists
• currently employed by the medical center
• currently care for neurosurgery patients in a part time or full-time capacity
• may work during day shift and/or night shift hours.

Exclusion Criteria

• staff members employed by an agency outside of the medical center
• staff not routinely assigned to care for neurosurgery patients on the neurosurgical ICU (float pool staff)

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Control/non-experimental group	Standard of Care	The control/nonexperimental group will consist of multidisciplinary teams, who will not be given the nurse-led protocol and will be asked to mobilize the assigned ventilated neurosurgery patient according the facility's standard mobility procedures.
Experimental/interventional group	Nurse-led progressive mobility protocol	The experimental/interventional group will consist of multidisciplinary teams who will use a given nurse-led protocol (intervention) to mobilize the assigned patient.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Teamwork perceptions	Will take each participant no more than 30 minutes to complete. Each participant will take this once following each patient mobility instance.	Will be measured using the reliable and valid Nursing Teamwork Survey (NTS) established by Beatrice Kalisch, PhD. The NTS is composed of items with Likert-type scale ranging from 1-5. Higher scores indicate more positive perceptions of teamwork, while lower scores indicate more negative perceptions of teamwork. This scale has been tested and has good psychometric properties including adequate validity and reliability. The minimum total score is 33, while the highest possible score is 165 per participant.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center; 🇺🇸 Dallas, Texas, United States