Key result
Educational and administrative strategies are needed to address the perioperative nursing shortage and its safety impacts.
Why the study?
Perioperative nurse leaders face an unprecedented nursing shortage driven by retirements, departures, and a lack of preparation in baccalaureate nursing programs.
This article reviews the perioperative nursing shortage in the US and presents educational and administrative strategies to address it.
Highlights perioperative nurse shortage and orientation costs; leaves open optimal strategies to expand baccalaureate training pipelines.
Perioperative nurse leaders are facing an unprecedented nursing shortage. Very few baccalaureate nursing programs in the United States prepare graduates for perioperative nursing, and many current perioperative nurses are retiring from practice or leaving the field for other reasons. It is a challenge for nursing administrators to fill the vacant positions because it takes several months to orient a novice perioperative nurse and it involves significant costs. This article provides current information about perioperative nurse and leader shortages, discusses the effects of the shortages on patient safety and health care facility finances, and reviews the available literature about perioperative nursing education from both an academic and health care facility administrative perspective. In addition, this article presents strategies for addressing the nursing shortage and describes implications for clinical practice, education, and research.
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Janice M. Beitz (2019) conducted a review in Perioperative nursing shortage. Educational and administrative strategies are necessary to address the unprecedented perioperative nursing shortage in the United States and its effects on patient safety and facility finances.
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