Researchers have determined nine nontechnical skills associated with safety in hospital emergency departments, according to a study published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine.
For the study, researchers searched online databases in two stages to identify critical nontechnical skills linked to improved emergency department safety. The researchers ultimately found a collective 32 research articles that outlined nontechnical skills for improved safety in emergency departments:
1. Communicating
2. Managing workload
3. Anticipating
4. Situational awareness
5. Supervising and providing feedback
6. Leadership
7. Maintaining standards
8. Using Assertiveness
9. Decision-making
The researchers concluded that while this article determined core nontechnical skills associated with safety in emergency departments, additional research is needed to better understand how these skills contribute to safety in that environment.
For the study, researchers searched online databases in two stages to identify critical nontechnical skills linked to improved emergency department safety. The researchers ultimately found a collective 32 research articles that outlined nontechnical skills for improved safety in emergency departments:
1. Communicating
2. Managing workload
3. Anticipating
4. Situational awareness
5. Supervising and providing feedback
6. Leadership
7. Maintaining standards
8. Using Assertiveness
9. Decision-making
The researchers concluded that while this article determined core nontechnical skills associated with safety in emergency departments, additional research is needed to better understand how these skills contribute to safety in that environment.
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