Qualitative research about the influence of communication disabilities caused by dialects on the safety of ophthalmic surgery and its solution / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the influence of dialect-based communication obstacle on the safety of ophthalmic operation room and to provide the basis for improving the safety of ophthalmic operation room. Methods An in-depth interview was taken on 10 medical staff by qualitative research. The information was arranged and analyzed by phenomenology method. Results The interview with the surgical doctors on the communication barriers were extracted to three themes, including lower surgical efficiency, decreased patient satisfaction, increased risk of surgical complications, the interview with the surgical nurses on the dialects leading to communication barriers were extracted three themes, including surgical verification difficult to carry out, affect the perioperative care, hinder the postoperative mission to carry out, the extracted themes about the impact on patients include increased stress and anxiety affect the surgical outcome, poor intraoperative experience reduced satisfaction, the extracted themes about solution include the organization of medical staff to learn the dialect of the common language, recruit staff diversification, to provide professional translation, standardized body language to instruct the patient. Conclusions In this study, the experience of communication disorder caused by doctors and nurses in the ophthalmic operating room reflects the shortcomings of the safety management of the ophthalmic operating room. These deficiencies can be reduced by the independent study of the medical staff.