The Characteristic of Nurses’ Eye Movements during Observation of Patients with Disturbed Consciousness - Open Journal of Nursing

OJN > Vol.7 No.12, December 2017

The Characteristic of Nurses’ Eye Movements during Observation of Patients with Disturbed Consciousness ()

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DOI: 10.4236/ojn.2017.712105 839 Downloads 1,623 Views Citations

Author(s)

Ryoko Tsuchiya¹, Mayumi Shimizu², Kasumi Mikami³, Keiko Aizu³, Yuichi Hirakawa³, Sonoko Takase⁴, Yoshiko Nishizawa³

Affiliation(s)

¹Hirosaki University Hospital, Hirosaki University, Hirosaki, Japan.
²Institute of Radiation Emergency Medicine, Hirosaki University, Hirosaki, Japan.
³Graduate School of Health Sciences, Hirosaki University, Hirosaki, Japan.
⁴Doctoral Program, Graduate School of Health Sciences, Hirosaki University, Hirosaki, Japan.

ABSTRACT

Objective: The objective of this study was to clarify the characteristics of nurses’ eye movements during observation of patients with disturbed consciousness by comparing intuition ability, critical thinking, and clinical experience years. Methods: Participants were 19 nurses working on a neurosurgery ward in Japan and caring for patients with consciousness disturbance who were unable to speak. Ten novice nurses (24.8 ± 3.36 years old) and nine expert nurses (38.3 ± 5.77 years old) were compared. The observation scene, displayed on a computer screen, was a static image of a simulated patient in a resting state who had developed right putaminal hemorrhage. We showed the participants an information sheet about the simulated patient then used an eye tracking camera to analyze gaze points, gaze time, and gaze count during observation. The Kuroda Intrinsic Intuitive Ability Scale (KIIS) created by Kawahara and the Critical Thinking Disposition Scale created by Hirayama were used for measuring intrinsic intuition ability and critical thinking disposition. Results: There were no significant differences between observation time of novices (5.0 ± 2.01 minutes) and experts (5.4 ± 1.78 minutes), nor between their total gaze time and total count. The proportion of gazing at the monitor by novice nurses and gazing at the face and bed fences by expert nurses tended to be high. The KIIS general education score influenced the gaze time and gaze count during simulated patient observation. The KIIS logical thinking score affected the gaze count to the simulated patient’s face. Conclusion: There was no significant difference between the total gaze time and the total count of novices and experts. The KIIS score affected the gaze during observation of the simulated patient.

KEYWORDS

Nursing Observation, Eye Movement, Critical Thinking, Patient with Disturbed Consciousness

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Tsuchiya, R. , Shimizu, M. , Mikami, K. , Aizu, K. , Hirakawa, Y. , Takase, S. and Nishizawa, Y. (2017) The Characteristic of Nurses’ Eye Movements during Observation of Patients with Disturbed Consciousness. Open Journal of Nursing, 7, 1502-1514. doi: 10.4236/ojn.2017.712105.

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