Hot Topic! Perioperative Nursing: Dispelling Myths and Sharing A Tradition of Excellence #1076 (1.00 CH)

1076 - Hot Topic! Perioperative Nursing: Dispelling Myths and Sharing A Tradition of Excellence #1076 (1.00 CH)

Speaker(s)

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  Deborah Ebert, MSN, RN, NEA, CNOR

  Memorial Care Health System

Hear a retrospective and current profile of perioperative nursing then explore how schools of nursing and perioperative clinical settings may work collaboratively to offer the AORN undergraduate perioperative curriculum. Discuss the use of Fundamentals of Nursing, Periop 101, and Periop Mastery programs in the perioperative arena.

Learning Objectives:

• Discuss stereotypes and evolution of the perioperative nurse.
• Examine the specialized skill set of the perioperative nurse in the continuum of patient care.
• Discuss programs and partnerships to develop perioperative nurses.
• Describe professional development and resource programs available to the perioperative nurse.