Bridging the gap: Preparing and nurturing novice perioperative nurses

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Study design: Editorial. Population: Transition shock and workforce shortage in novice perioperative nurses. Intervention: Standardised perioperative nursing transition programs.

Nick Nijkamp; Pauline Calleja; Ashlyn Sahay

doi:10.26550/2209-1092.1279

October 10, 2023Journal of Perioperative NursingOpen Access

Bridging the gap: Preparing and nurturing novice perioperative nurses

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Key result

Structured, accredited transition programs grounded in best practice frameworks are recommended to mitigate transition shock in novice perioperative nurses and improve patient safety.

Key Points

Examine workforce challenges facing perioperative nursing and highlight the need for evidence-based transition programs to support novice nurses entering surgical practice.
Editorial and narrative synthesis addressing perioperative nursing shortages, transition shock, and educational gaps.
Examination of curriculum limitations in undergraduate nursing education and regulatory variations across Australian healthcare transition programs.
High attrition from burnout, an aging workforce, and omission of perioperative specialty content from undergraduate curricula create major staffing deficits and transition shock for novice nurses.
Transition programs across Australian healthcare organizations remain unmonitored and unregulated, resulting in wide variability in program duration, theoretical content, and mentorship quality.
Further empirical research is required to establish standardized, best-practice transition frameworks that ensure legal compliance, clinical competence, and patient safety.

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Population

Novice perioperative nurses entering the specialty immediately after graduation or from other nursing backgrounds in Australian healthcare organisations.

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Intervention

Structured, standardised perioperative nursing transition programs (involving theoretical and clinical components, cultural integration support, mentorship, and preceptorship).

Limitations

Transition programs within Australian health care organisations remain unmonitored and unregulated, resulting in significant variability among providers.
Available literature on transition to perioperative nursing practice lacks empirical research to establish best practices.
Transition programs within Australian health care organisations remain unmonitored and unregulated, resulting in significant variability among providers
Existing literature on transition to perioperative nursing practice lacks empirical research

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Implication

This editorial highlights the urgent need for empirical research and standardised, accredited transition programs to support novice perioperative nurses, address workforce shortages, and maintain surgical patient safety.

Abstract

Perioperative nursing is a highly specialised area within thenursing profession that relies on high levels of theoreticalknowledge, clinical skill and critical thinking to maintain patientsafety before, during and after surgical procedures.

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Nijkamp et al. (2023) conducted an editorial in Transition shock and workforce shortage in novice perioperative nurses. Standardised perioperative nursing transition programs was evaluated. Structured, accredited transition programs grounded in best practice frameworks are recommended to mitigate transition shock in novice perioperative nurses and improve patient safety.

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