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Understanding Value as a Key Concept in Sustaining the Perioperative Nursing Workforce
Author(s) -
Kapaale Chaluza C.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
aorn journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1878-0369
pISSN - 0001-2092
DOI - 10.1002/aorn.12074
Subject(s) - perioperative nursing , workforce , perioperative , specialty , nursing , staffing , value (mathematics) , operating room nursing , medicine , psychology , family medicine , political science , computer science , anesthesia , machine learning , law
Perioperative nursing is faced with a staffing crisis attributed in part to minimal numbers of newly graduated nurses choosing a career in this specialty. This article analyzes and applies the concept of value to explore how to maintain an adequate perioperative nursing workforce; recruit newly graduated nurses; and encourage career professional, nurse educator, and student collaboration to generate meaningful value for perioperative nursing. This analysis revealed that value co‐creation for perioperative nursing could lead to newly graduated nurses increasingly choosing perioperative nursing as a career, and enjoying satisfying perioperative nursing careers while providing high‐quality patient care.