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Preparing RNs for the OR Through a Certificate in Perioperative Nursing Program
Author(s) -
Smith Sandra
Publication year - 2004
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/s0001-2092(06)61323-9
Subject(s) - perioperative nursing , perioperative , certificate , nursing , medicine , work (physics) , medical emergency , computer science , anesthesia , engineering , mechanical engineering , algorithm
• THE NEED FOR QUALIFIED perioperative nurses is an ongoing issue, and many hospitals are training their own. • OFTEN, A FACILITY WILL INVEST time and money to train a perioperative nurse, only to have the nurse leave to work for a competitor. • THIS ARTICLE describes how hospitals in the city of Louisville, Ky, pooled resources to develop a certificate in perioperative nursing program to address these issues. AORN J 80 (October 2004) 690–698.