scholarly journals Commentary on Addressing the Perioperative Nursing Shortage Through Education

AORN Journal ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 111 (4) ◽  
pp. 389-389 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kaitlyn Parfait
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Shortage ◽  
Perioperative Nursing

Practice and Education: Partnering to Address the Perioperative Nursing Shortage

AORN Journal ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 86 (2) ◽  
pp. 259-264 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucy B. Trice ◽  
Catherine Brandvold ◽  
Elizabeth Bruno
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Shortage ◽  
Perioperative Nursing

The role of the registered nurse first assistant within the perioperative setting

2021 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 148-153
Author(s):  
Roland Pika ◽  
Brid O'Brien ◽  
Jill Murphy ◽  
Kathleen Markey ◽  
Claire O'Donnell
Keyword(s):  
Registered Nurse ◽  
Healthcare Sector ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Surgical Interventions ◽  
Medical Practitioners ◽  
Nursing Role ◽  
Perioperative Nursing ◽  
Recent Emergence ◽  
Provision Of Care

Perioperative setting registered nurse first assistants (RNFAs) are described as non-medical practitioners who perform surgical interventions during surgery. They provide medical care to perioperative patients under the supervision of a consultant surgeon. First assistants in surgery can be an expanded perioperative nursing role. A review of the literature illuminates the need for continuous learning in developing skills in becoming competent RNFA practitioners and how they utilise acquired skills to assist, mentor and teach their colleagues within the perioperative setting. The RNFA is an advanced and expanded practice role. RNFAs contribute significantly to the provision of care within all phases of perioperative care (preoperative, intraoperative, postoperative). There is little literature on the role of the RNFA due to its relatively recent emergence in the healthcare sector and the small number of countries where it is implemented.

Future Perioperative Registered Nurses: An Insight into a Perioperative Programme for Undergraduate Nursing Students

2008 ◽  
Vol 18 (10) ◽  
pp. 432-435 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen Clark-Burg
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Undergraduate Curriculum ◽  
Undergraduate Nursing Students ◽  
Perioperative Nursing ◽  
Undergraduate Nursing ◽  
Operating Room Nurses ◽  
The University ◽  
University Training ◽  
Nursing Training ◽  
Insight Into

An Australian College of Operating Room Nurses (ACORN) submission (ACORN 2002–2008) recently stated that the specialities that suffered significantly from the transition of hospital-based nursing training to university training were the perioperative specialty, critical care and emergency. The main reason for this was that perioperative nursing was not included in the undergraduate nursing curriculum. Less than a handful of universities in Australia offer the subject as a compulsory unit. The University of Notre Dame Australia (UNDA) is one of these universities. This paper will provide an insight into the perioperative nursing care unit embedded within the Bachelor of Nursing (BN) undergraduate curriculum.

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