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Robot‐Assisted Thoracic Surgery (RATS): Perioperative Nursing Professional Development Program
Author(s) -
Sarmanian Julie D.
Publication year - 2015
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 - 10.1016/j.aorn.2015.06.013
Subject(s) - perioperative nursing , perioperative , medicine , nursing , cardiothoracic surgery , robotic surgery , robot , popularity , surgical robot , surgery , general surgery , psychology , computer science , social psychology , artificial intelligence
Robot‐assisted surgery continues to grow in popularity worldwide. Competency and training of personnel for robot‐assisted thoracic surgery (RATS) is less established compared with other robot‐assisted specialties. Major differences between minimally invasive approaches to thoracic surgery (eg, video‐assisted thoracoscopic surgery) and RATS are presented to address a paucity of literature on the subject. Although perioperative nursing considerations are universal to all robot‐assisted procedures, there are nursing consideration specific to RATS. This article provides a RATS perioperative nursing development program for RN circulators and scrub personnel. Development of perioperative nursing knowledge and skills through implementation of targeted training programs enables nurses to provide a safe surgical experience for patients undergoing RATS.