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Perioperative experience: an essential component for nursing education.
Today'S OR Nurse
|April 1, 1992
Summary
Nursing programs often lack perioperative nursing exposure, contributing to staff shortages. Clinical practicums and electives offer a cost-effective solution for training and recruitment.
Area of Science:
- Nursing Education
- Perioperative Nursing
Background:
- Limited nursing curricula exposure to perioperative nursing.
- Perioperative nursing shortages are at crisis levels.
Purpose of the Study:
- To evaluate clinical practicums and perioperative electives as recruitment and orientation tools.
- To assess the cost-effectiveness of these programs in nursing education.
Main Methods:
- Implementing clinical practicums and perioperative electives within nursing curricula.
- Utilizing these experiences as a recruitment and orientation strategy.
Main Results:
- Programs are cost-effective for teaching and skill development.
- Student self-esteem and problem-solving abilities are enhanced.
- Graduates gain clinical experience without agency commitment.
Conclusions:
- Clinical practicums and perioperative electives effectively address nursing shortages.
- These programs enhance graduate preparedness and confidence.
- Experiential learning in perioperative nursing is valuable.