Quantifying the Clinical Impact of Nursing and Endoscopy Technician Decision-Making in Gastrointestinal Procedures

Abstract

As 90% of the information that human beings receive during a procedure is visual, the anaesthetist’s role is predominantly controlled through visual factors (Williams et al., 2009). The nurse anaesthetist will choose to concentrate on a visual cue because they observe that the patient’s safety is compromised. The level of visual autonomy that individual nurses possess during their anaesthetic procedure will thus depend on how the procedure is performed. However, at the same time, instrument decisions and some consulting decisions can also be made without verbal interactions; the anaesthetist’s necessity of interacting with others may on the contrary increase (Richardson et al., 2009). The decision quality greatly impacts the clinical outcomes of the anaesthetic procedure through surgical delays, searching for instruments, conversation contents and throughputs as well.