AORN J. 2020 Oct;112(4):367-375. doi: 10.1002/aorn.13179.
Many perioperative nurses are reaching retirement age and hospital leaders are experiencing difficulty with maintaining staffing levels. When baccalaureate nursing students seek employment after graduation, they may not consider perioperative nursing because of a lack of familiarity with the specialty. Faculty members at one college of nursing collaborated with hospital leaders in Oklahoma and developed a perioperative nursing elective course to address this gap. During the first three years of the partnership, 34 students completed the course. Nine students accepted perioperative nurse externships and nine graduates accepted perioperative nurse positions. All the students who completed the perioperative nursing course passed the NCLEX-RN examination on the first attempt. The academic-practice leaders continue to offer the course as a strategy to recruit perioperative nurses in Oklahoma. This article describes a process for developing a perioperative nursing elective course to prepare baccalaureate nursing students for employment after graduation.
许多围手术期护士已经达到退休年龄，医院领导在维持人员配置水平方面遇到困难。当护理学士学生毕业后寻求就业时，由于对该专业缺乏熟悉，他们可能不会考虑围手术期护理。一所护理学院的教职员工与俄克拉荷马州的医院领导合作，开设了一门围手术期护理选修课程，以解决这一差距。在合作的头三年里，有 34 名学生完成了这门课程。9 名学生接受了围手术期护士实习，9 名毕业生接受了围手术期护士职位。所有完成围手术期护理课程的学生都在第一次尝试时通过了 NCLEX-RN 考试。学术实践领导继续提供该课程，作为在俄克拉荷马州招聘围手术期护士的一种策略。本文描述了开发围手术期护理选修课程的过程，为护理学士学生毕业后的就业做好准备。
