Where, oh where, are the OR nurses

Dunn, Debra

doi:10.1097/01.orn.0000455908.85830.a5

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“…The long-term goal is employment with longevity and reduced rates of turnover resulting from the specialty being a poor fit for new hires, especially after time and financial resources have already been expended for orientation. 6,11,13,14,[17][18][19] Students with an interest in perioperative nursing echoed the desire for an elective course that placed more emphasis on performing skills instead of only observing them. 1 The course revision team decided to stop creating content in-house and instead purchase AORN's "Introduction to perioperative nursing" course for enrolled students.…”

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“…Inspired by the relative nursing literature that was being published at this time, leaders at the associated medical center requested a direct, hands‐on practice experience that would be valuable to students developing their patient care and critical‐thinking skills. The long‐term goal is employment with longevity and reduced rates of turnover resulting from the specialty being a poor fit for new hires, especially after time and financial resources have already been expended for orientation 6,11,13,14,17‐19 . Students with an interest in perioperative nursing echoed the desire for an elective course that placed more emphasis on performing skills instead of only observing them 1 …”

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confidence: 99%

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A Perioperative Specialty Elective to Address the Perioperative Nursing Shortage: Student Perspectives and Outcomes

Reuter¹,

King²

2023

AORN Journal

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To help solve the perioperative nursing shortage, it is imperative that health care leaders understand why students choose or do not choose to pursue a career in perioperative nursing. In May 2021, we published the results of a specialty elective course evaluation from a leadership and perioperative services personnel perspective; in the current article, we examine the same program from the students’ perspective. We distributed survey links to undergraduate nursing students to evaluate their perioperative knowledge before and after completing the course. Students reported large gains in knowledge, critical thinking, teamwork, and confidence at course completion, but the posttest mean number of students with an interest in pursuing perioperative nursing was lower than the pretest mean. This realization is perceived as a positive outcome of the perioperative elective course because it may lead to a decrease in turnover among newly hired perioperative nurses.

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