Valencia, Spain | 16 - 18 May 2024 11th EORNA Congress ePosters 77 429 Dehydration Among Sterile Operating Room Teams with a Focus on the Perioperative Nurse. Karen Andersen1 1Rigshospitalet, OR/AN 2043, Center for Cancer and Organdysfunction, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark Background: Healthcare professionals in interdisciplinary surgical teams face a potential risk of dehydration during prolonged and complex surgeries. Team members’ working conditions rely on interdependence, and collaboration is influenced by each other’s performance, crucial for patient safety and the work environment. Surgery is a high-risk, timesensitive activity, demanding the team to be in optimal performance, well-hydrated, and fully focused on the operation. Literature reveals limited studies on this issue. According to El-Sharkawy et al., dehydration weakens memory, concentration, and decision-making. Hwang et al. found that perioperative dehydration is a common issue (91.1%) among 79 surveyed surgeons in California, with 70% reporting frequent dehydration symptoms such as headaches, fatigue, concentration difficulties, dry mouth, and constipation. Fluid intake was requested after 4-6 hours, leading to 69.6% experiencing dehydration symptoms (92% in women and 60% in men). Women reported earlier and more frequent dehydration impact than men, as reported by Hwang et al. Objectives: No study in Denmark has examined how perioperative nurses and surgical teams’ decision-making, problemsolving ability, and concentration are affected by dehydration. Purpose: The pilot study aims to investigate whether perioperative nurses perceive themselves as dehydrated and how it affects performance and indirectly patient safety if so. Methods: Questionnaire with both qualitative and quantitative elements sent to 50 perioperative nurses with 36 responses. Results: 83.3% have experienced feeling dehydrated in the operating room. 63.9% of perioperative nurses report experiencing dehydration symptoms 4-6 hours into surgery before seeking fluids. Conclusion: Perioperative nurses perceive dehydration as a significant and frequently occurring problem. The majority desires change, and many often experience symptoms such as headaches, concentration difficulties, dizziness, and sleep problems. 431 Investigation of The Effect of Operating Room Nurse’s Working Order on Teamwork, Satisfaction and Motivation Levels Zehra BÜYÜKDEĞİRMENCİ1 2, Filiz Ogce Aktaş1, Ebru Diğrak1 1Izmir University of Economics, Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Izmir, Turkey, 2Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Hastanesi, Operating Room Nurse, İzmir, Turkey Background: The aim of this study was to investigate whether the expertise of operating theatre nursing is not divided into any main discipline in the background and how this reflects on teamwork attitude, satisfaction and motivation levels. Objectives: The operational dynamics of operating rooms in healthcare varies as central and unit operating rooms, leading to differences in nurses‟ duties and responsibilities. This study aims to assess how the aformentioned dynamics affect teamwork, satisfaction, and motivation levels of nurses. Methods: Conducted between February and August 2023 in five hospitals in Izmir, the research followed a descriptivecomparative and cross-sectional design. In the study a sample of 176 nurses, 90 of which worked in a central operation room, whereas 86 were in a unit operating room were featured. Data collection utilized a Personal Information Form, Team STEPPS Teamwork Attitudes Questionnaire, and Adult Motivation Scale. SPSS 26.0 facilitated data analysis, employment percantage, frequency, mean, standart deviation, chi-square, t-test and correlation analysis. Results: The analyses revealed higher scores among unit operating room nurses in teamwork attitudes, team structure, status monitoring, and mutual support sub-dimensions compared to central operating room nurses (p<0.05). Satisfaction & motivation levels, and the motivation sub-dimension scores were also significantly higher for unit operating room nurses. A positive and significant relationship between teamwork and motivation scores and sub-dimensions of the unit operating room nurses is visible. Similarly, among central operating room nurses, a positive and moderately significant relationship existed between teamwork attitudes and motivation total scores, encompassing all sub-dimensions except mutual support. Conclusion: It was observed that through the unit operating rooms, the teamwork attitudes, satisfaction and motivation had an increase, therefore it is advisable to establish unit operation rooms in order to observe better conditions.
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