ORCID Identifier(s)

0009-0000-6530-7909

Graduation Semester and Year

2023

Language

English

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing

Department

Nursing

First Advisor

Deborah Behan

Abstract

This two-manuscript dissertation focuses on mobilization in ventilated neurosurgery patients along with the nursing and multidisciplinary perceptions associated with this patient care task. The first manuscript consists of a published comprehensive literature review based on 20 published articles from the years 2010-2020. This review provides background information on the topic of mobility, nursing and provider perceptions, and teamwork for vulnerable critically ill populations including neurosurgery patients on mechanical ventilation. The evident gaps in knowledge based upon these findings and premise for the second article will also be discussed. The second manuscript submitted for publication focuses on a quasi-experimental pilot study aimed at exploring multidisciplinary teamwork perceptions when mobilizing ventilated neurosurgery patients at a medical center’s neuroscience intensive care unit (NSICU) with and without a nurse-led protocol. Multidisciplinary teamwork perceptions were assessed via the Nursing Teamwork Survey tool. The findings from this study will be examined, as well as limitations and future implications for the field of nursing and nursing research.

Keywords

Multidisciplinary teamwork, Team perceptions, Mobility, Ventilated neurosurgery patients

Disciplines

Medicine and Health Sciences | Nursing

Comments

Degree granted by The University of Texas at Arlington

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