Abstract

This session presents a Collaborative Perioperative Training Program between an undergraduate nursing program and a hospital Perioperative Services Department. This program has been effective in introducing nursing students to the specialty of perioperative nursing and has been successful for recruitment of new graduates as perioperative nurses into the clinical environment.

Author Details

Linda Wilson, PhD; Donna Trinkaus, MSN; Deanna Lynn Schaffer, PhD -- College of Nursing and Health Professions, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Rosalyn McGrath, MSN; Marianne Saunders, MSN; Colleen Mattioni, DNP -- Perioperative Services, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Poster

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

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Research Approach

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Keywords:

Collaboration, Perioperative, Students

Conference Name

28th International Nursing Research Congress

Conference Host

Sigma Theta Tau International

Conference Location

Dublin, Ireland

Conference Year

2017

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Incorporating a collaborative perioperative training program in undergraduate nursing education

Dublin, Ireland

This session presents a Collaborative Perioperative Training Program between an undergraduate nursing program and a hospital Perioperative Services Department. This program has been effective in introducing nursing students to the specialty of perioperative nursing and has been successful for recruitment of new graduates as perioperative nurses into the clinical environment.