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Why do OR nurses return to school?
Author(s) -
Fields Donna
Publication year - 1978
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(07)61704-9
Subject(s) - bachelor , psychology , school nurse , school health , operating room nursing , medical education , nursing , medicine , political science , law
Many nurses are going back to school to obtain their bachelor's degrees. We asked several operating room nurses who have returned to school to discuss their decisions to obtain a degree, their objectives in returning to school, their choice of program, and some of the frustrations and positive experiences of returning to school. Here are their thoughts.