Key result
A nine-month perioperative nurse residency program successfully graduated three nurses who transitioned to full-time roles as RN circulators and scrub persons.
Why the study?
Many perioperative nurses are nearing retirement age, prompting surgical leaders to establish educational solutions to prepare nurses for the role.
A nine-month perioperative nurse residency program successfully prepared three nurses for full-time roles, leading to the approval of a second cohort.
May inform local strategies for perioperative nurse shortages; leaves open generalizability and outcomes of similar programs.
Many perioperative nurses are nearing retirement age, which requires hospital and other surgical facility leaders either to compete for experienced perioperative nurses or to find educational solutions to prepare qualified nurses for the perioperative nurse role. Facing the upcoming retirement of several perioperative nurses, leaders at the Sacramento Veterans Affairs Medical Center needed to be proactive. This article describes the leaders' exploration of possible solutions to the shortage, the development of attainable goals, and the steps to provide a successful perioperative nurse residency program. It discusses the required human and material resources, the candidate screening process, and information related to classroom and clinical experiences. The first nine-month perioperative nurse residency program concluded with three graduates who are now working full-time as RN circulators and scrub persons. This facility's administrative leaders immediately approved a second cohort that ran from February 2019 to November 2019.
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Nancy A. Nissen (2020) studied Perioperative nurse shortage (n=3). Perioperative nurse residency program was evaluated on Program completion and full-time employment. A nine-month perioperative nurse residency program successfully graduated three nurses who transitioned to full-time roles as RN circulators and scrub persons.
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