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A Knowledge Comparison of Nursing Students in Perioperative Versus Other Rotations
Author(s) -
Sigsby Linda M.,
Yarandi Hossein N.
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)61324-0
Subject(s) - perioperative nursing , perioperative , medicine , ambulatory , psychological intervention , significant difference , population , nursing care , acute care , nursing , physical therapy , family medicine , anesthesia , surgery , health care , environmental health , economics , economic growth
• AS MORE PATIENTS UNDERGO surgical interventions in ambulatory facilities and patients in acute care settings have shorter lengths of stay, nursing students may have limited interaction with the surgical patient population. • THIS STUDY USED a repeated measure, experimental design to compare knowledge of surgical patient care among undergraduate nursing students who experienced a perioperative clinical rotation (ie, experimental groups) with knowledge among students who experienced rotations in other clinical settings (ie, control groups). • RESULTS DEMONSTRATED a significant change in mean knowledge scores over time and a significant difference in mean scores between the experimental and control groups. Students in the perioperative group scored higher in all four testing periods. AORN J 80 (October 2004) 699–707.