Directory of specialty nursing courses: OR
This IS a list of specialty operating room nursing courses offered for registered nurses. Additions to the list are welcomed, and such information will be published in subsequent Journals. Information concerning specialty courses for operating room nurses should be sent to Sharon Lunn, RN, Association of Operating Room Nurses. 10170 E Mississippi Ave, Denver, Colo 80231.
Arizona Special Problems in Health Care-Operating Room Nursing Institution: Continuing Education, College of Nursing, Arizona State University. Tempe Audience and prerequisites: New graduates of basic nursing programs, RNs with little or no operating room experience, and nursing students who have completed all nursing clinical courses. Prerequisites include RN license (Arizona license is not needed by out-of-state RNs); completion of basic nursing program leading to licensure as an RN Objectives: (1) To apply principles and philosophy of professional nursing to operating room nursing; (2) to apply principles of asepsis to surgical patient care; (3) to relate intraoperative patient care to the concept of total patient care; (4) to apply the rol? of the RN as circulating nurse; (5) to apply the role of the RN as scrub nurse Teaching methods and course content: Lecture, conference, films, slides, demonstration and return demonstrations, role playing, and supervised clinical experience at Phoenix area hospitals. Content includes information and skilts relating to the surgical environment, surgical asepsis, preoperative and postoperative patient preparation, general and specialized operative procedures, anesthesia techniques and agents, operating room management, operating room design, and future considerations in operating room nursing Length: Ten weeks Offered: Fall. spring, and summer Enrollment 10 to 12
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Tuition!fee. Yes Course credit: Eight units of resident academic credit For information, write: College of Nursing, Continuing Education, Dixie Gammage Hall 125, Arizona State University. Tempe, Ariz 85251 Basic Operating Room Nursing Institution: Samaritan Health Service, Phoenix Audience and prerequisites: RNs with little or no operating room experience. Prerequisites include current Arizona license, one year of experience in nursing practice, employment by one of the four system hospitals in the Phoenix area Objectives: (1) To apply principles and philosophy of professional nursing practice to the operating room: (2) to recognize ethical, legal, and moral responsibilities inherent in the care of the surgical patient; (3) to broaden knowledge and understanding of preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative patient care; (4) to use principles of asepsis with thorough understanding in patient care: (5) to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the role of the operating room nurse caring for patients undergoing specific operative procedures Teaching methods and course content: Lecture, demonstration and return demonstration, audiovisuals, conferences, discussion, directed clinical experience, role play, observation, tours, guest speakers, assigned readings, and independent reading and study. Content includes history; ethical, moral, and legal responsibilities; basic sciences; wound healing; infection and its control and prevention; asepsis; sterilization; fundamentals of OR nursing; anesthesia; patient safety; general and specialized operative procedures; preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative patient care; and assertiveness Length: 12 weeks Offered: Three times a year Enrollment: Eight Tuitmn ‘fee Nonr. iParticipai,tc: arc “,li iirr,c’ elm ployees classified as students during the program.)
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Course credit: 217 contact hours approved by the Arizona Nurses’ Association; certificate For information, write: Samaritan Education, Samaritan Health Service, 215 E McDowell Rd, Phoenix, Ariz 85006 The Nurse in the Operating Room Institution: Arizona Health Sciences Center and Continuing Education Department, College of Nursing, University of Arizona, Tucson Audience and prerequisites: RNs as an introduction to OR nursing or as a refresher course. Prerequisites include license Objectives: (1) To acquire skills and techniques to allow the nurse to function in the OR with minimal orientation; (2) to provide operating room experiences enabling nursing skill development: (3) to apply the principles of aseptic technique in the surgical suite; (4) to demonstrate continuity of care for the surgical patient; (5) to define the role of the professional nurse in the operating room Teaching methods and course content: Lecture, demonstration, group discussion, audiovisuals, laboratory practice, patient care plans. Content includes OR team member roles, legal responsibilities, methods and principles of sterilization and disinfection, electrical safety, care and handling instrumentation, preoperative and postoperative patient teaching Length: Four weeks Offered: Each May or on demand Enrollment: Six Tuitionlfee: Yes Course credit: Four units of resident academic credit For information, write: Janice Allen, RN, Assistant Supervisor, OR Education, Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson, Ariz 85724
California Operating Room Nurse Training Program lnstitution: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (CSMC), Los Angeles Audience and prerequisites: RNs who wish to work in the operating room but have no experience. Prerequisites include valid California RN license. at least one year of clinical experience as an RN Objectives: (1) To guide the new operating room nurse in adjusting to the new working environment; (2) to acquaint the new operating room nurse with nursing practice in the operating room; (3) to help the new operating room nurse function competently and safely as heishe becomes familiar with operating room policies and procedures; (4) to develop the technical and professional skills of the new operating room nurse in order to provide patient-centered nursing care; (5) to use the nursing process in assessing the patient physically and psychologically to plan nursing care in the OR Teaching methods and course content: Didactic
presentation with supervised clinical experience as a scrub and circulating RN in each of the specialty OR suites: gynecology, closed urology, open urology, ENT, ophthalmic, plastic and reconstructive, pediatric, neuro, general surgery, orthopedic, peripheral vascular, thoracic, and open heart Length: 17 weeks: Part I (6 weeks) and Part II (11 weeks) Offered: Aug 20 and Oct 22 Enrolhent: Five Tuitionifee: None Course credit: Approved by the California Board of Registered Nurses for 96 continuing education (CE) hours (No 00664) For information, write: Karen Chilton, Nursing Recruitment, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 8700 Beverly Blvd. Los Angeles, Calif 90048 Operating Room Nursing Institution: Lincoln UniversityiDgD Associates, San Francisco Audience and prerequisites: RNs. Prerequisites include graduate of an accredited school of nursing, physicdl examination and tuberculosis test or chest x-ray, own malpractice insurance, California RN license Objectives: This program will prepare the nurse for entry level skills in operating room nursing. Emphasis is on involvement of the nurse with the surgical patient. Behavioral objectives correlate with theory and practice Teaching methods and course content: Classes are taught some evenings 4 to 7 pm. Clinical experience is in nine area hospitals with no more than one to two students in a clinical setting Length: Three months Offered: Three times a year Enrollment: Ten Tuitionifee: $675 plus a $1 5 registration fee Course credit: 30 CEU and 6 credits For information, write: Cecile Dawydiak or Diane Deutseher, Lincoln UniversityiDkD Associates, 281 Masonic Ave, San Francisco, Calif 941 18 Operating Room Nursing (Nursing 22) Institution: El Camino College, Via Torrance Audience and prerequisites: RNs with interest in operating room nursing. Prerequisites include completion of Nursing 16 or equivalent (see El Camino College catalog) Objectives: (1) To identify patient fears and anxieties; (2) to identify the physical setups of the operating room; (3) to identify types of anesthesia and agents and effects; (4) to identify basic instruments and procedures used in the operating room; (5) to function as a scrub nurse at a beginning level; (6) to identify the role of the circulating nurse; (7) to function as a circulating nurse at a beginning level Course content; Surgical asepsis, anesthetic agents. Basic operating room skills will be taught in
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the classroom and practiced in the clinical laboratory. Length: Eight weeks Offered: Once per semester Enrollment: 18 fuitionlfee: No Course credit: 2 CEU (36 contact hours approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing-Provider No 00387) f o r information, write: Lauralee S Boyd, Chairperson, Continuing Education, Nursing, El Camino College, 16007 Crenshaw Blvd, Via Torrance, Calif 90506 Operating Room for Nurses Institution: Golden West College, Huntington Beach Audience and prerequisites: Graduate nurses, RNs. Prerequisites include graduate of a nursing program awaiting a license or RN Objectives: To prepare the nurse for entry level skills in operating room nursing Teaching methods and course content: Classroom seminars, lectures, and guest speakers; discussion; demonstration (with laboratory practice); clinical placement: directed clinical instruction; selfevaluation; videotaping and audiovisual aids; clinical and individual conferences. Course content includes preoperative teaching and cultural considerations; aseptic techniques; scrubbing and circulating; ethical, moral, and legal responsibilities; sterilization; drugs used in the OR Length: 18 weeks Offered: September and February Enrollment: Limited Tuitionifee: $5 plus books; must provide own transportation Course credit: Eight units; continuing education credit f o r information, write: Dr Betty Dean, Director, Health Professions, Golden West College, Huntington Beach, Calif 92647 Operating Room Nursing Institution: Los Angeles Valley College, Van Nuys Audience and prerequisites: New graduates, licensed vocational nurses (LVN), RNs, and students between sessions. Prerequisites include RN license, LVN license, or permission of instructor Objectives: (1) To integrate theory and clinical practice; (2) to recognize anatomical changes in surgical procedures; (3) to establish working rapport with staff and peers; (4) to assume responsibility for assignments; (5) to display initiative in clinical area and class discussion; (6) to work as a team member; (7) to demonstrate good psychomotor skills and beginning skills in anticipating team needs; (8) to scrub and circulate under supervision; (9) to use general equipment in the operating room correctly Teaching methods and course content: Lectures, demonstration in the OR. Content includes introduc-
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tion to the OR; asepsis; preparation, care, and sterilization of equipment; specific preparation for an operation; procedures following surgery; safety measures in the OR; anesthesia; and specific operative procedures Length: Six weeks Offered: Summer (may not be offered every summer) Enrollment: 12 per session Tuitionifee: No Course credit: 3 units; can qualify for continuing education credit f o r information, write: Loretta Worthington, 5800 Fulton Ave, Van Nuys, Calif 91401 PostgraduateTraining in Operating Room Nursing Institution: Mercy Hospital, Sacramento Audience and prerequisites: RNs. Prerequisites include graduation from an accredited nursing school, selection through interview with instructor Objectives: The professional nurse in the operating room at Mercy Hospital has a full understanding of the comprehensive, intricate knowledge required to make critical, independent judgments about patients to meet their physical, emotional, and spiritual needs. The objectives of this course are (1) to provide basic operating room technique balanced by primary patient care for surgical patients; (2) to enable the nurse to provide optimum patient-centered nursing care and assist the physician during surgery; (3) to assist the nurse in preserving human life, easing suffering, and promoting health in accordance with individual needs Teaching methods and course content: Weeks 1 and Z-classroom work with lectures, audiovisual aids; role playing, demonstrations, guest lecturers, and written tests; weeks 3 through 6-half-day clinical experience, lectures, guest speakers, practice in techniques, and Preoperativevisits with assessment Length: Six months Offered: September; interviews commence in June Enrollment: Five Tuitionifee: None at present; each student receives graduate salary plus benefits Course credit: Continuing education units under hospital provider number for California f o r informafion, write: Operating Room Instructor, Attention: Joyce MacCrakin, RN, Mercy Hospital, 4001 J St, Sacramento, Calif 95819 Postgraduate Course in Operating Room Techniques for Nurses Institution: Stanford (Calif) University Hospital Audience and prerequisites: Graduate nurses with minimal or no previous experience, OR graduate nurses who wish to return to operating room after extended absence. Prerequisites include graduate of an accredited school of nursing, current registration with California State Board of Nurse Examiners,
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good physical and emotional health. interest in surgery Objectives: (1) To provide an intelligent approach to surgical nursing: (2) to enlist the interest of graduate nurses in specialized operating room skills; (3) to understand aseptic technique; (4) to develop skill in the practice of aseptic technique; (5) to understand the surgical procedures to give intelligent, useful assistance as a surgical team member; (6) to recognize the ethical, moral, and legal responsibilities inherent in the performance of duties as a surgical team member Teaching methods and course content: Lectures, demonstration and return demonstration, visual aids, observation and discussion, structured and supervised assignments in operating rooms, textbooks, reference books Length: 27 weeks Offered: Twice a year fnrollment: Seven Tuitionifee: Yes; grants-in-aidof $475 per month are offered Course credit: Certificate and continuing education units for California relicensure totaling 512.6 hours; California provider No 01097 For information, write: Operating Room C205, Stanford University Hospital, Stanford, Calif 93405 Postgraduate Course in Operating Room Nursing Institution: University of California at Los Angeles Audience and prerequisites: Nurses registered with the California State Board of Nurse Examiners. Prerequisites include graduate from an accredited school of nursing, current and valid license from the California Board of Registered Nursing. Nurses without previous operating room experience must have recent medical-surgical experience, good physical and emotional health, and an interest in OR nursing. Teaching methods and course content: Role of the operating room nurse in providing continuity of patient care; preoperative and postoperative visits; nursing care plans; patient follow-through; dlinical rotations in general surgery, orthopedics, chest and open heart, gynecology, and pediatrics Offered: January and August Enrollment: Six Tuitionifee: No Course credit: 74 continuing education units; California Board of Registered Nursing Provider No 00605 For information, write: Sonia A Pindler, RN, Director, Operating Room Services, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, Calif 90024 Postgraduate Study in Operating Room Nursing Institution: University of California, San Francisco Audience and prerequisites: New graduates, RNs at beginning level, and nurses who wish to return to
operating room nursing. Prerequisites include RN license and interest in becoming an operating room nurse Objectives: Using the concept of the perioperative role, students will be able to (1) identify potential patient problems; (2) select appropriate patient goals; and (3) identify a plan of action to assist the patient in achieving the goal; (4) use principles of communication, central health concepts, and health teaching techniques; (5) evaluate patient outcomes and conclude the nurse-patient relationship; (6) demonstrate clinical skills in the OR, ie, scrubbing and circulating Teaching methods and course content: Lectures, group discussion, demonstrations, audiovisual aids, development of patient care plans Length: Six months Offered: Once a year Enrollment: Six Tuitionifee: Yes Course credit: 39 continuing education units for California relicensure For information, write: Linda Groah, RN, Nursing Director, Operating and Recovery Rooms, University of California, San Francisco M423-8,San Francisco, Calif 94143
Florida lntraoperative Nursing Institution: Miami-Dade (Fla) Community College Audience and prerequisites: New graduates and RNs with minimal or no experience in operating room nursing who wish to specialize in this area. Prerequisites include RNs currently licensed to practice in Florida. graduate nurses who have a certificate to practice in Florida while awaiting board examination Objectives: (1) To identify and respond to concerns of the patient and the special requirements of the OR environment; (2) to demonstrate awareness of established policies, procedures, ethics, and legal responsibilities; (3) to establish and monitor a safe OR environment for the patient and surgical team; (4) to develop and maintain sterile fields; (5) to perform and supervise scrub and circulating duties; (6) to develop communication skills Teaching methods and course content: Demonstrations, return demonstrations, films, visual aids, lectures, group discussions, and written assignments Length: One semester Offered: Twice a year Enrollment: 10 to 12 Tuitionifee: Yes Course credit: 11 credits For information, write: Operating Room Technology Program, Miami-Dade Community College, Medical Center Campus, 950 NW 20th St, Miami, Fla33127
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Three Courses in Operating Room Principlesfor Nurses I. Operating Room Principles for Nurses II. Surgical Procedures, Operating Room Nursing 111. Recovery, Anesthesia, and the Operating Room Nurse Institution: Illinois Central College, East Peoria Audience and prerequisites: Graduate nurses who have had minimal theory or experience in perioperative nursing, nurses who want to increase their surgical knowledge; senior nursing students will also be accepted. Prerequisites include current nursing registration, proof of graduation from an accredited school of nursing, and verification of good health Objectives: (1) To understand the principles of sterile technique, sterilization, and disinfection and their application in the OR: (2) to care for surgical patients with an awareness of their safety and psychological needs; (3) to enable the nurse to educate and supervise other personnel; (4) to understand the importance of team work, working as a team member during minor and general surgery; (5) to review anatomy, physiology, and pathology to understand and plan for basic and special surgical procedures; (6) to assist in intraoperative patient care; (7) to understand general anesthetic agents, regional medication, preoperative medications, muscle relaxants, and their possible complications and hazards to the patient and OR personnel; (8) to discuss use of blood components and fluid replacements; (9) to discuss and improve postoperative nursing care; (10) to demonstrate cardiopulmonary resuscitation techniques Teaching methods and course content: Lecture, demonstrations, group work, laboratory practice, clinical experience, audiovisuals, independent learning contracts, required readings, and literature research. Content includes role of the nurse, preoperative nursing assessment, team roles, aseptic principles, sutures, wound healing, instrumentation, surgical anatomy and procedures, physiology of anesthesia, anesthetic drugs and agents, fluid replacement, postoperative complications, immediate postoperative nursing care, and cardiopulmonary resuscitation Length: Each course is eight weeks Offered: Each course is offered once a year Enrollment: 16 Tuitionifee: $24 per course Course credit: Two credit hours per course; certificate of completion is given after each course For information, write: Ruth Ann Briggs, RN, Supervisor, OR Programs, Illinois Central College, East Peoria, Ill 61635
Operating Room Nursing I(Nu 68) and Operating Room Nursing II (Nu 70) Institution: St Mary of the Plains College, Division of Nursing and Health Services, Wichita Audience andprerequisites: Operating Room Nursing I: upper division nursing students and RNs with little or no operating room experience. Operating Room Nursing II: RNs working in the operating room and/or students who have completed Operating Room Nursing I. Prerequisites include Operating Room Nursing I or special permission is required for Operating Room Nursing II Objectives: The central objective of Operating Room Nursing I is to understand the nursing process as it relates to the preoperative, rntraoperative, and postoperative care of the surgical patient. The central objective of Operating Room Nursing II is to develop the role and effectiveness of the operating room nurse during surgery. Teaching methods and course content: Lectures, group discussion and activities, demonstrations, project reports, and films. Content for Operating Room Nursing I includes role of the professional nurse: surgical management, leadership, and organization; medico-legal aspects; the physical, psychological, emotional, and spiritual aspects of the surgical patient; preoperative, intraoperative, and immediate postoperative care; sterilization, disinfection, and asepsis. Content for Operating Room Nursing II includes asepsis; affiliated laboratory services: x-ray services: OR nursing, staffing, and inservice education: purchasing supplies and equipment; personnel management; policies, standards, and controls; productivity; and assessing, reporting, and documentation Length: Operating Room Nursing 1-4 weeks; Operating Room Nursing 11-12 weeks Offered: Operating Room Nursing I-January and June; Operating Room Nursing Il-Fall semester Enrollment: Operating Room Nursing 1-1 4; Operating Room Nursing Il-unlimited Tuitionifee: $85/credit hour Course credit: Operating Room Nursing I-three credit hours; Operating Room Nursing Il-three credit hours For information, write: Gloria Kilian, RN, Division Head and Professor, St Mary of the Plains College, Division of Nursing and Health Services, 1121 S Clifton, Wichita, Kan 67218
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Minnesota Postbasic Operating Room Nursing Program Institution: Metropolitan Community College, Minneapolis Audience and prerequisites: Graduate RNs, student nurses in their final quarter of a basic education
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program Prerequisites include must be RN student nurse completing basic education Teaching methods and course content Classroom seminars skills laboratory practice sessions lectures film and group discussions Content of seminars include basic theory rationale and common practices required of an OR staff nurse Laboratory content is taught in an operating room setting using simulated conditions Clinical observation experience is provided Length 11 weeks, course meets two evenings per week (one evening seminar and one evening skills laboratory) Offered Twice a year Enrollment 45 Tuition fee Yes Course credit Three credits for seminars, three credits for laboratory For information write Patricia Knowles Postbasic ORN Program Community Services Office Metropolitan Community College 1501 Tennepin Ave Minneapolis, Minn 53403
Missouri Postgraduate Operating Room Nursing Institution: St Luke's Hospital. Kansas City Audience and prerequisites: Graduate nurses, RNs without operating room experience, RNs who have been away from the OR for three or more years. Prerequisites include RNs with Missouri license, graduates who will be taking Missouri State Boards Objectives: (1 ) To relate medical-legal responsibilities to the role of the surgical nurse; (2) to recognize and counteract hazards in the OR; (3) to set up and work with specialty equipment and instruments; (4) to adapt basic surgical nursing skills to emergency or unexpected circumstances: (5) to recognize and function as a specialized surgical team member; (6) to perform scrub and circulating duties for complex surgical procedures; (7) to recognize and deal with the effects of surgery on the emotional well-being of the patient and Ohstaff Teaching methods and course content: Lectures by physicians and nurses, audiovisual aids, clinical practice, demonstration and role playing, individual study. Content includes medical-legal responsibilities, moral-ethical responsibilities, anesthesia, microbiology, asepsis, fundamentals of the OR, basic OR equipment, surgical approaches, emergency readiness, and surgical specialties: gynecology, general, genitourinary, otorhinolaryngology, orthopedics, thoracic, cardiovascular and cardiac, and neurosurgery Length: 12 weeks Enrollment: Six to eight Tuitionifee: $625; book fee Course credit: 537.6 contact hours approved by the Missouri Nurses Association
For /nformat/on,write. Betty A Fitzwater, RN, Clinical Coordinator, Surgery, St Luke's Hospital, 44th and Wornall Rd. Kansas City. Mo 641 1 1
Texas Surgical Technology for Nurses Institution: El Centro College, Dallas Course intended for: RNs with interest in learning or reviewing perioperative nursing Prerequisites: Current RN license Objectives: (1) To prepare or review RNs for safe, competent nursing practice in the perioperative role: (2) to identify the OR nurse's role as a health team member; (3) to demonstrate safe, skilled professional practice in the perioperative role; (4) to demonstrate legal and ethical behavior in practicing professional skills; (5) to use assessment techniques for the surgical patient; (6) to participate in professional organizations; (7) to implement standards set by professional organizations; (8) to demonstrate growth in continuing education Teaching methods and course content: Lecture, discussion, case studies, demonstration, return demonstration, guest speakers. reading assignments, independent study, audiovisual aids, performance analysis, clinical practice Length: 32 weeks Offered: Every fall Enrollment: 20 Tuitionifee: College tuition on sliding scale with nominal fees Course credit: Certificate For information, write: Jean Page, Counselor, or Kay Clendenen, Program Coordinator, El Centro College, Main and Lamar, Dallas, Tex 75202
Virginia Operating Room Training Program for Nurses Institution: The Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church Audience and prerequisites: New graduates or RNs with little or no operating room experience. Prerequisites include graduation from accredited school of nursing, current or pending registration with the Virginia Board of Nurse Examiners, availability to complete the course and remain employed at Fairfax Hospital for one year, good physical and emotional health, interest in operating room nursing, and interview Objectives: (1) To prepare and retain competent registered nurses for operating room nursing; (2) to enlist the interest of new graduates in the operating room; (3) to provide a structured, supervised educational experience in operating room nursing; and (4) to provide competent, trained OR nurses to fill the needs of the Fairfax Hospital Teaching methods and course content: Lectures, visual aids, observation and discussion, demonstra-
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tion and return demonstration, structured and supervised assignments in operating room, textbooks, and reference books. Content includes introduction and orientation, care and safety of the patient during surgery, infection control, principles of OR technique, surgical procedures, and related nursing procedures Length: 24 weeks Offered: Twice a year depending on staff needs Enrollment: 12 Tuitionlfee: No; each RN is paid full staff salary and benefits throughout the program Course credit: Certificate For information, write: The Fairfax Hospital, c/o Kay Powell, RN, Clinical Instructor, Operating Room, 3300 Gallows Rd, Falls Church, Va 22046 The Medical College of Virginia Hospitals Operating Room Nursing Internship Institution: Medical College of Virginia Hospitals, Richmond Course intended for: RNs with no operating room experience Objectives: (1) To prepare the nurse without previous operating room experience to function effectively as a surgical team member caring for surgical patients; (2) to enlist the interest of graduate nurses in learning the specialized skills of operating room nursing; (3) to provide an intelligent approach to operating room nursing; (4) to understand and apply the principles of aseptic technique; (5) to develop a clear understanding of surgical procedures; (6) to recognize the ethical, moral, and legal responsibilities as a surgical team member; and (7) to recognize the needs of the surgical patient and the necessity for developing standards of nursing care to meet these needs Teaching methods and course content: Lectures; demonstrations; observation: structured assignments in scrubbing and circulating, and in support areas; structured clinical experiences. Content includes orientation, care and safety of the patient, ethical and legal responsibilities, principles of operating room technique, instruments and equipment, basic sciences and operative procedures, clinical experience, and continued clinical experience, including preoperative and postoperative visits, beginning leadership, and basic management Length: One year Offered: January and June Enrollment: 10 to 12 Tuitionifee: No; interns are required to remain on staff one year after completing program Course credit: None; certificate For information, write: Mrs M Cibula Evans, Assistant Director of Nursing Services for Operating and Recovery Rooms, Medical College of Virginia Hospitats, MCV Station, Box 86, Richmond, Va 23298
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Washington The University of Washington School of Nursing in Seattle offers OR specialty nursing courses upon request or demonstrated need. For information, write: Department of Physiological Nursing, Operating Room, University of Washington School of Nursing, University of Washington, SM-28, Seattle, Wash 98195 Introduction to Operating Room Nursing Institution: Highline Community College, Midway Audience a n d prerequisites: RNs and new graduates of approved schools of nursing. Prerequisites include RN licensed in State of Washington, new graduate holding a temporary license from State of Washington, RN actively employed within the past three years, current graduate of an approved Washington State school of nursing eligible for state board examination Objectives: (1) To transfer general nursing knowledge to this nursing care specialty; (2) to assume the role of a beginning surgical scrub circulating nurse; (3) to participate as a team member by developing effective interpersonal relationships with patients, coworkers, and medical staff; (4) to demonstrate limited leadership ability Teaching methodology and course content: Lecture, discussion, demonstration, and practice in simulated OR on campus and clinical experience. Content includes introduction to operating room nursing; review of terminology, anatomy, and microbiology; safety in the operating room; assessing the surgical patient's needs and planning for perioperative care; principles of aseptic technique: specific procedures of operating room nursing; legal and ethical aspects of operating room nursing Length: Ten weeks Offered: Each summer quarter Enrollment: 12 or 14 Tuitionlfee: Yes Course credit: 18 college credits; ANA approved180 WSNA CERP points For information, write: Cynthia Mahoney, Coordinator, Health Occupations Continuing Education, Mail Stop 26-21 9, Highline Community College, Midway, Wash 98031
W isconsin Wisconsin OR Plan Institution: Wisconsin Nurses Association (WNA) OR Conference Group; administered by Waukesha County Technical Institute Audience and prerequisites: New and returning RNs, as an inservice program. Prerequisites include RN license Objectives: To prepare Wisconsin registered nurses to function in the OR Teaching methods and course content: Self-instruc-
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tional program; use of AORN manual Operating Room Orientation Program for the New Graduate Nurse; films, slides, and cassettes Length: Three months Offered: As requested Tuitionifee: $50 plus postage Course credit: Ten continuing education units For information, write: WNA-OR Conference Group, Wisconsin Nurses Association, Inc, 161 W Wisconsin Ave, Room 6012, Milwaukee, Wis 53203
Canada Operating Room Nursing Institution: University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton Audience and prerequisites: RNs interested in operating room nursing. Prerequisites include RN in a Canadian province or USA, experience in operating room nursing preferred Objectives: To enable registered nurses to develop afurther understanding of the principles and practice of operating room nursing, teaching, and administration Teaching methods and course content: Written exams, written assignments, group projects, clinical performance. Content includes theory and clinical practice; surgical procedures and related anatomy and physiology; assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating patient's nursing care plan; principles of teaching, supervision, and OR design; clinical practice in all surgical specialties Length: 22 weeks Offered: Twice a year Enrollment: Eight Tuitionifee: $100 Course credit: Certificate For iriformation, write: Coordinator, Special Programs, Inservice Education Department, University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 287 Canada Basic Operating Room Nursing Program for Registered Nurses Institution: Humber College of Applied Arts and Technology, Weston, Ontario Audience and prerequisite: RNs planning to work in the operating room. Prerequisites include current Ontario nurse registration Objectives: (1) To acquire increased knowledge of nursing responsibilities and technical skills required during the preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative periods; (2) to participate as a member of the surgical team Teaching methods and course content: Lecture, discussion, role playing, and return demonstrations. Course content includes basic OR skills; general, gynecology, genitourinary, orthopedic, and EENT surgery Length: OR I, 11, Ill-each unit is two weeks full time (days) or ten weeks part time (evenings); OR IV-
four weeks, full time (days) Offered: September through June on a continuous basis Enrollment: 25 Tuitionlfee: OR I, II, 111--$95; OR IV (clinical)-$125 Course credit: OR I, 11, 1 1 1 4 credits each; OR IV-12 credits For information, write: Marina Heidman, Continuing Education Coordinator, Nursing, Osler Campus, Five Queenslea Ave, Weston, Ontario M9N 2K8, Canada Operating Room Nursing and Techniques Institution: Wascana Institute of Applied Arts and Sciences, Regina, Saskatchewan Audience and prerequisites: RNs with no previous operating room experience. Prerequisites include registration or eligibility for registration in Saskatchewan; one year of nursing experience Objectives: (1) To provide nurses with the basic knowledge and manual skills necessary to function in an operating room at a beginning staff nurse level; (2) to develop a comprehensive understanding of asepsis through laboratory practice and clinical experience Teaching methods and course content: Lectures and class discussions, audiovisual demonstrations, laboratory practice, clinical experience in local hospitals. Course content includes asepsis and environment; patient care: basic technical skills and surgical procedures; the expanded role of the RN in the operating room Length: 18 weeks Offered: August Enrollment: 15 Tuitionifee: $140 Course credit: Certificate For information, write: Eleanor Linnell, Program Supervisor, Operating Room Nursing and Techniques, Wascana Institute of Applied Arts and Sciences, 4635 Wascana Pkwy, Box 556, Regina, Saskatchewan, S4P 3A3, Canada
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This IS a list of specialty operating room nursing courses offered for registered nurses. Additions to the list are welcomed, and such information will be published in subsequent Journals. Information concerning specialty courses for operating room nurses should be sent to Sharon Lunn, RN, Association of Operating Room Nurses. 10170 E Mississippi Ave, Denver, Colo 80231.
Arizona Special Problems in Health Care-Operating Room Nursing Institution: Continuing Education, College of Nursing, Arizona State University. Tempe Audience and prerequisites: New graduates of basic nursing programs, RNs with little or no operating room experience, and nursing students who have completed all nursing clinical courses. Prerequisites include RN license (Arizona license is not needed by out-of-state RNs); completion of basic nursing program leading to licensure as an RN Objectives: (1) To apply principles and philosophy of professional nursing to operating room nursing; (2) to apply principles of asepsis to surgical patient care; (3) to relate intraoperative patient care to the concept of total patient care; (4) to apply the rol? of the RN as circulating nurse; (5) to apply the role of the RN as scrub nurse Teaching methods and course content: Lecture, conference, films, slides, demonstration and return demonstrations, role playing, and supervised clinical experience at Phoenix area hospitals. Content includes information and skilts relating to the surgical environment, surgical asepsis, preoperative and postoperative patient preparation, general and specialized operative procedures, anesthesia techniques and agents, operating room management, operating room design, and future considerations in operating room nursing Length: Ten weeks Offered: Fall. spring, and summer Enrollment 10 to 12
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Tuition!fee. Yes Course credit: Eight units of resident academic credit For information, write: College of Nursing, Continuing Education, Dixie Gammage Hall 125, Arizona State University. Tempe, Ariz 85251 Basic Operating Room Nursing Institution: Samaritan Health Service, Phoenix Audience and prerequisites: RNs with little or no operating room experience. Prerequisites include current Arizona license, one year of experience in nursing practice, employment by one of the four system hospitals in the Phoenix area Objectives: (1) To apply principles and philosophy of professional nursing practice to the operating room: (2) to recognize ethical, legal, and moral responsibilities inherent in the care of the surgical patient; (3) to broaden knowledge and understanding of preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative patient care; (4) to use principles of asepsis with thorough understanding in patient care: (5) to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the role of the operating room nurse caring for patients undergoing specific operative procedures Teaching methods and course content: Lecture, demonstration and return demonstration, audiovisuals, conferences, discussion, directed clinical experience, role play, observation, tours, guest speakers, assigned readings, and independent reading and study. Content includes history; ethical, moral, and legal responsibilities; basic sciences; wound healing; infection and its control and prevention; asepsis; sterilization; fundamentals of OR nursing; anesthesia; patient safety; general and specialized operative procedures; preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative patient care; and assertiveness Length: 12 weeks Offered: Three times a year Enrollment: Eight Tuitmn ‘fee Nonr. iParticipai,tc: arc “,li iirr,c’ elm ployees classified as students during the program.)
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Course credit: 217 contact hours approved by the Arizona Nurses’ Association; certificate For information, write: Samaritan Education, Samaritan Health Service, 215 E McDowell Rd, Phoenix, Ariz 85006 The Nurse in the Operating Room Institution: Arizona Health Sciences Center and Continuing Education Department, College of Nursing, University of Arizona, Tucson Audience and prerequisites: RNs as an introduction to OR nursing or as a refresher course. Prerequisites include license Objectives: (1) To acquire skills and techniques to allow the nurse to function in the OR with minimal orientation; (2) to provide operating room experiences enabling nursing skill development: (3) to apply the principles of aseptic technique in the surgical suite; (4) to demonstrate continuity of care for the surgical patient; (5) to define the role of the professional nurse in the operating room Teaching methods and course content: Lecture, demonstration, group discussion, audiovisuals, laboratory practice, patient care plans. Content includes OR team member roles, legal responsibilities, methods and principles of sterilization and disinfection, electrical safety, care and handling instrumentation, preoperative and postoperative patient teaching Length: Four weeks Offered: Each May or on demand Enrollment: Six Tuitionlfee: Yes Course credit: Four units of resident academic credit For information, write: Janice Allen, RN, Assistant Supervisor, OR Education, Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson, Ariz 85724
California Operating Room Nurse Training Program lnstitution: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (CSMC), Los Angeles Audience and prerequisites: RNs who wish to work in the operating room but have no experience. Prerequisites include valid California RN license. at least one year of clinical experience as an RN Objectives: (1) To guide the new operating room nurse in adjusting to the new working environment; (2) to acquaint the new operating room nurse with nursing practice in the operating room; (3) to help the new operating room nurse function competently and safely as heishe becomes familiar with operating room policies and procedures; (4) to develop the technical and professional skills of the new operating room nurse in order to provide patient-centered nursing care; (5) to use the nursing process in assessing the patient physically and psychologically to plan nursing care in the OR Teaching methods and course content: Didactic
presentation with supervised clinical experience as a scrub and circulating RN in each of the specialty OR suites: gynecology, closed urology, open urology, ENT, ophthalmic, plastic and reconstructive, pediatric, neuro, general surgery, orthopedic, peripheral vascular, thoracic, and open heart Length: 17 weeks: Part I (6 weeks) and Part II (11 weeks) Offered: Aug 20 and Oct 22 Enrolhent: Five Tuitionifee: None Course credit: Approved by the California Board of Registered Nurses for 96 continuing education (CE) hours (No 00664) For information, write: Karen Chilton, Nursing Recruitment, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 8700 Beverly Blvd. Los Angeles, Calif 90048 Operating Room Nursing Institution: Lincoln UniversityiDgD Associates, San Francisco Audience and prerequisites: RNs. Prerequisites include graduate of an accredited school of nursing, physicdl examination and tuberculosis test or chest x-ray, own malpractice insurance, California RN license Objectives: This program will prepare the nurse for entry level skills in operating room nursing. Emphasis is on involvement of the nurse with the surgical patient. Behavioral objectives correlate with theory and practice Teaching methods and course content: Classes are taught some evenings 4 to 7 pm. Clinical experience is in nine area hospitals with no more than one to two students in a clinical setting Length: Three months Offered: Three times a year Enrollment: Ten Tuitionifee: $675 plus a $1 5 registration fee Course credit: 30 CEU and 6 credits For information, write: Cecile Dawydiak or Diane Deutseher, Lincoln UniversityiDkD Associates, 281 Masonic Ave, San Francisco, Calif 941 18 Operating Room Nursing (Nursing 22) Institution: El Camino College, Via Torrance Audience and prerequisites: RNs with interest in operating room nursing. Prerequisites include completion of Nursing 16 or equivalent (see El Camino College catalog) Objectives: (1) To identify patient fears and anxieties; (2) to identify the physical setups of the operating room; (3) to identify types of anesthesia and agents and effects; (4) to identify basic instruments and procedures used in the operating room; (5) to function as a scrub nurse at a beginning level; (6) to identify the role of the circulating nurse; (7) to function as a circulating nurse at a beginning level Course content; Surgical asepsis, anesthetic agents. Basic operating room skills will be taught in
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the classroom and practiced in the clinical laboratory. Length: Eight weeks Offered: Once per semester Enrollment: 18 fuitionlfee: No Course credit: 2 CEU (36 contact hours approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing-Provider No 00387) f o r information, write: Lauralee S Boyd, Chairperson, Continuing Education, Nursing, El Camino College, 16007 Crenshaw Blvd, Via Torrance, Calif 90506 Operating Room for Nurses Institution: Golden West College, Huntington Beach Audience and prerequisites: Graduate nurses, RNs. Prerequisites include graduate of a nursing program awaiting a license or RN Objectives: To prepare the nurse for entry level skills in operating room nursing Teaching methods and course content: Classroom seminars, lectures, and guest speakers; discussion; demonstration (with laboratory practice); clinical placement: directed clinical instruction; selfevaluation; videotaping and audiovisual aids; clinical and individual conferences. Course content includes preoperative teaching and cultural considerations; aseptic techniques; scrubbing and circulating; ethical, moral, and legal responsibilities; sterilization; drugs used in the OR Length: 18 weeks Offered: September and February Enrollment: Limited Tuitionifee: $5 plus books; must provide own transportation Course credit: Eight units; continuing education credit f o r information, write: Dr Betty Dean, Director, Health Professions, Golden West College, Huntington Beach, Calif 92647 Operating Room Nursing Institution: Los Angeles Valley College, Van Nuys Audience and prerequisites: New graduates, licensed vocational nurses (LVN), RNs, and students between sessions. Prerequisites include RN license, LVN license, or permission of instructor Objectives: (1) To integrate theory and clinical practice; (2) to recognize anatomical changes in surgical procedures; (3) to establish working rapport with staff and peers; (4) to assume responsibility for assignments; (5) to display initiative in clinical area and class discussion; (6) to work as a team member; (7) to demonstrate good psychomotor skills and beginning skills in anticipating team needs; (8) to scrub and circulate under supervision; (9) to use general equipment in the operating room correctly Teaching methods and course content: Lectures, demonstration in the OR. Content includes introduc-
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tion to the OR; asepsis; preparation, care, and sterilization of equipment; specific preparation for an operation; procedures following surgery; safety measures in the OR; anesthesia; and specific operative procedures Length: Six weeks Offered: Summer (may not be offered every summer) Enrollment: 12 per session Tuitionifee: No Course credit: 3 units; can qualify for continuing education credit f o r information, write: Loretta Worthington, 5800 Fulton Ave, Van Nuys, Calif 91401 PostgraduateTraining in Operating Room Nursing Institution: Mercy Hospital, Sacramento Audience and prerequisites: RNs. Prerequisites include graduation from an accredited nursing school, selection through interview with instructor Objectives: The professional nurse in the operating room at Mercy Hospital has a full understanding of the comprehensive, intricate knowledge required to make critical, independent judgments about patients to meet their physical, emotional, and spiritual needs. The objectives of this course are (1) to provide basic operating room technique balanced by primary patient care for surgical patients; (2) to enable the nurse to provide optimum patient-centered nursing care and assist the physician during surgery; (3) to assist the nurse in preserving human life, easing suffering, and promoting health in accordance with individual needs Teaching methods and course content: Weeks 1 and Z-classroom work with lectures, audiovisual aids; role playing, demonstrations, guest lecturers, and written tests; weeks 3 through 6-half-day clinical experience, lectures, guest speakers, practice in techniques, and Preoperativevisits with assessment Length: Six months Offered: September; interviews commence in June Enrollment: Five Tuitionifee: None at present; each student receives graduate salary plus benefits Course credit: Continuing education units under hospital provider number for California f o r informafion, write: Operating Room Instructor, Attention: Joyce MacCrakin, RN, Mercy Hospital, 4001 J St, Sacramento, Calif 95819 Postgraduate Course in Operating Room Techniques for Nurses Institution: Stanford (Calif) University Hospital Audience and prerequisites: Graduate nurses with minimal or no previous experience, OR graduate nurses who wish to return to operating room after extended absence. Prerequisites include graduate of an accredited school of nursing, current registration with California State Board of Nurse Examiners,
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good physical and emotional health. interest in surgery Objectives: (1) To provide an intelligent approach to surgical nursing: (2) to enlist the interest of graduate nurses in specialized operating room skills; (3) to understand aseptic technique; (4) to develop skill in the practice of aseptic technique; (5) to understand the surgical procedures to give intelligent, useful assistance as a surgical team member; (6) to recognize the ethical, moral, and legal responsibilities inherent in the performance of duties as a surgical team member Teaching methods and course content: Lectures, demonstration and return demonstration, visual aids, observation and discussion, structured and supervised assignments in operating rooms, textbooks, reference books Length: 27 weeks Offered: Twice a year fnrollment: Seven Tuitionifee: Yes; grants-in-aidof $475 per month are offered Course credit: Certificate and continuing education units for California relicensure totaling 512.6 hours; California provider No 01097 For information, write: Operating Room C205, Stanford University Hospital, Stanford, Calif 93405 Postgraduate Course in Operating Room Nursing Institution: University of California at Los Angeles Audience and prerequisites: Nurses registered with the California State Board of Nurse Examiners. Prerequisites include graduate from an accredited school of nursing, current and valid license from the California Board of Registered Nursing. Nurses without previous operating room experience must have recent medical-surgical experience, good physical and emotional health, and an interest in OR nursing. Teaching methods and course content: Role of the operating room nurse in providing continuity of patient care; preoperative and postoperative visits; nursing care plans; patient follow-through; dlinical rotations in general surgery, orthopedics, chest and open heart, gynecology, and pediatrics Offered: January and August Enrollment: Six Tuitionifee: No Course credit: 74 continuing education units; California Board of Registered Nursing Provider No 00605 For information, write: Sonia A Pindler, RN, Director, Operating Room Services, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, Calif 90024 Postgraduate Study in Operating Room Nursing Institution: University of California, San Francisco Audience and prerequisites: New graduates, RNs at beginning level, and nurses who wish to return to
operating room nursing. Prerequisites include RN license and interest in becoming an operating room nurse Objectives: Using the concept of the perioperative role, students will be able to (1) identify potential patient problems; (2) select appropriate patient goals; and (3) identify a plan of action to assist the patient in achieving the goal; (4) use principles of communication, central health concepts, and health teaching techniques; (5) evaluate patient outcomes and conclude the nurse-patient relationship; (6) demonstrate clinical skills in the OR, ie, scrubbing and circulating Teaching methods and course content: Lectures, group discussion, demonstrations, audiovisual aids, development of patient care plans Length: Six months Offered: Once a year Enrollment: Six Tuitionifee: Yes Course credit: 39 continuing education units for California relicensure For information, write: Linda Groah, RN, Nursing Director, Operating and Recovery Rooms, University of California, San Francisco M423-8,San Francisco, Calif 94143
Florida lntraoperative Nursing Institution: Miami-Dade (Fla) Community College Audience and prerequisites: New graduates and RNs with minimal or no experience in operating room nursing who wish to specialize in this area. Prerequisites include RNs currently licensed to practice in Florida. graduate nurses who have a certificate to practice in Florida while awaiting board examination Objectives: (1) To identify and respond to concerns of the patient and the special requirements of the OR environment; (2) to demonstrate awareness of established policies, procedures, ethics, and legal responsibilities; (3) to establish and monitor a safe OR environment for the patient and surgical team; (4) to develop and maintain sterile fields; (5) to perform and supervise scrub and circulating duties; (6) to develop communication skills Teaching methods and course content: Demonstrations, return demonstrations, films, visual aids, lectures, group discussions, and written assignments Length: One semester Offered: Twice a year Enrollment: 10 to 12 Tuitionifee: Yes Course credit: 11 credits For information, write: Operating Room Technology Program, Miami-Dade Community College, Medical Center Campus, 950 NW 20th St, Miami, Fla33127
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Three Courses in Operating Room Principlesfor Nurses I. Operating Room Principles for Nurses II. Surgical Procedures, Operating Room Nursing 111. Recovery, Anesthesia, and the Operating Room Nurse Institution: Illinois Central College, East Peoria Audience and prerequisites: Graduate nurses who have had minimal theory or experience in perioperative nursing, nurses who want to increase their surgical knowledge; senior nursing students will also be accepted. Prerequisites include current nursing registration, proof of graduation from an accredited school of nursing, and verification of good health Objectives: (1) To understand the principles of sterile technique, sterilization, and disinfection and their application in the OR: (2) to care for surgical patients with an awareness of their safety and psychological needs; (3) to enable the nurse to educate and supervise other personnel; (4) to understand the importance of team work, working as a team member during minor and general surgery; (5) to review anatomy, physiology, and pathology to understand and plan for basic and special surgical procedures; (6) to assist in intraoperative patient care; (7) to understand general anesthetic agents, regional medication, preoperative medications, muscle relaxants, and their possible complications and hazards to the patient and OR personnel; (8) to discuss use of blood components and fluid replacements; (9) to discuss and improve postoperative nursing care; (10) to demonstrate cardiopulmonary resuscitation techniques Teaching methods and course content: Lecture, demonstrations, group work, laboratory practice, clinical experience, audiovisuals, independent learning contracts, required readings, and literature research. Content includes role of the nurse, preoperative nursing assessment, team roles, aseptic principles, sutures, wound healing, instrumentation, surgical anatomy and procedures, physiology of anesthesia, anesthetic drugs and agents, fluid replacement, postoperative complications, immediate postoperative nursing care, and cardiopulmonary resuscitation Length: Each course is eight weeks Offered: Each course is offered once a year Enrollment: 16 Tuitionifee: $24 per course Course credit: Two credit hours per course; certificate of completion is given after each course For information, write: Ruth Ann Briggs, RN, Supervisor, OR Programs, Illinois Central College, East Peoria, Ill 61635
Operating Room Nursing I(Nu 68) and Operating Room Nursing II (Nu 70) Institution: St Mary of the Plains College, Division of Nursing and Health Services, Wichita Audience andprerequisites: Operating Room Nursing I: upper division nursing students and RNs with little or no operating room experience. Operating Room Nursing II: RNs working in the operating room and/or students who have completed Operating Room Nursing I. Prerequisites include Operating Room Nursing I or special permission is required for Operating Room Nursing II Objectives: The central objective of Operating Room Nursing I is to understand the nursing process as it relates to the preoperative, rntraoperative, and postoperative care of the surgical patient. The central objective of Operating Room Nursing II is to develop the role and effectiveness of the operating room nurse during surgery. Teaching methods and course content: Lectures, group discussion and activities, demonstrations, project reports, and films. Content for Operating Room Nursing I includes role of the professional nurse: surgical management, leadership, and organization; medico-legal aspects; the physical, psychological, emotional, and spiritual aspects of the surgical patient; preoperative, intraoperative, and immediate postoperative care; sterilization, disinfection, and asepsis. Content for Operating Room Nursing II includes asepsis; affiliated laboratory services: x-ray services: OR nursing, staffing, and inservice education: purchasing supplies and equipment; personnel management; policies, standards, and controls; productivity; and assessing, reporting, and documentation Length: Operating Room Nursing 1-4 weeks; Operating Room Nursing 11-12 weeks Offered: Operating Room Nursing I-January and June; Operating Room Nursing Il-Fall semester Enrollment: Operating Room Nursing 1-1 4; Operating Room Nursing Il-unlimited Tuitionifee: $85/credit hour Course credit: Operating Room Nursing I-three credit hours; Operating Room Nursing Il-three credit hours For information, write: Gloria Kilian, RN, Division Head and Professor, St Mary of the Plains College, Division of Nursing and Health Services, 1121 S Clifton, Wichita, Kan 67218
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Minnesota Postbasic Operating Room Nursing Program Institution: Metropolitan Community College, Minneapolis Audience and prerequisites: Graduate RNs, student nurses in their final quarter of a basic education
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program Prerequisites include must be RN student nurse completing basic education Teaching methods and course content Classroom seminars skills laboratory practice sessions lectures film and group discussions Content of seminars include basic theory rationale and common practices required of an OR staff nurse Laboratory content is taught in an operating room setting using simulated conditions Clinical observation experience is provided Length 11 weeks, course meets two evenings per week (one evening seminar and one evening skills laboratory) Offered Twice a year Enrollment 45 Tuition fee Yes Course credit Three credits for seminars, three credits for laboratory For information write Patricia Knowles Postbasic ORN Program Community Services Office Metropolitan Community College 1501 Tennepin Ave Minneapolis, Minn 53403
Missouri Postgraduate Operating Room Nursing Institution: St Luke's Hospital. Kansas City Audience and prerequisites: Graduate nurses, RNs without operating room experience, RNs who have been away from the OR for three or more years. Prerequisites include RNs with Missouri license, graduates who will be taking Missouri State Boards Objectives: (1 ) To relate medical-legal responsibilities to the role of the surgical nurse; (2) to recognize and counteract hazards in the OR; (3) to set up and work with specialty equipment and instruments; (4) to adapt basic surgical nursing skills to emergency or unexpected circumstances: (5) to recognize and function as a specialized surgical team member; (6) to perform scrub and circulating duties for complex surgical procedures; (7) to recognize and deal with the effects of surgery on the emotional well-being of the patient and Ohstaff Teaching methods and course content: Lectures by physicians and nurses, audiovisual aids, clinical practice, demonstration and role playing, individual study. Content includes medical-legal responsibilities, moral-ethical responsibilities, anesthesia, microbiology, asepsis, fundamentals of the OR, basic OR equipment, surgical approaches, emergency readiness, and surgical specialties: gynecology, general, genitourinary, otorhinolaryngology, orthopedics, thoracic, cardiovascular and cardiac, and neurosurgery Length: 12 weeks Enrollment: Six to eight Tuitionifee: $625; book fee Course credit: 537.6 contact hours approved by the Missouri Nurses Association
For /nformat/on,write. Betty A Fitzwater, RN, Clinical Coordinator, Surgery, St Luke's Hospital, 44th and Wornall Rd. Kansas City. Mo 641 1 1
Texas Surgical Technology for Nurses Institution: El Centro College, Dallas Course intended for: RNs with interest in learning or reviewing perioperative nursing Prerequisites: Current RN license Objectives: (1) To prepare or review RNs for safe, competent nursing practice in the perioperative role: (2) to identify the OR nurse's role as a health team member; (3) to demonstrate safe, skilled professional practice in the perioperative role; (4) to demonstrate legal and ethical behavior in practicing professional skills; (5) to use assessment techniques for the surgical patient; (6) to participate in professional organizations; (7) to implement standards set by professional organizations; (8) to demonstrate growth in continuing education Teaching methods and course content: Lecture, discussion, case studies, demonstration, return demonstration, guest speakers. reading assignments, independent study, audiovisual aids, performance analysis, clinical practice Length: 32 weeks Offered: Every fall Enrollment: 20 Tuitionifee: College tuition on sliding scale with nominal fees Course credit: Certificate For information, write: Jean Page, Counselor, or Kay Clendenen, Program Coordinator, El Centro College, Main and Lamar, Dallas, Tex 75202
Virginia Operating Room Training Program for Nurses Institution: The Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church Audience and prerequisites: New graduates or RNs with little or no operating room experience. Prerequisites include graduation from accredited school of nursing, current or pending registration with the Virginia Board of Nurse Examiners, availability to complete the course and remain employed at Fairfax Hospital for one year, good physical and emotional health, interest in operating room nursing, and interview Objectives: (1) To prepare and retain competent registered nurses for operating room nursing; (2) to enlist the interest of new graduates in the operating room; (3) to provide a structured, supervised educational experience in operating room nursing; and (4) to provide competent, trained OR nurses to fill the needs of the Fairfax Hospital Teaching methods and course content: Lectures, visual aids, observation and discussion, demonstra-
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tion and return demonstration, structured and supervised assignments in operating room, textbooks, and reference books. Content includes introduction and orientation, care and safety of the patient during surgery, infection control, principles of OR technique, surgical procedures, and related nursing procedures Length: 24 weeks Offered: Twice a year depending on staff needs Enrollment: 12 Tuitionlfee: No; each RN is paid full staff salary and benefits throughout the program Course credit: Certificate For information, write: The Fairfax Hospital, c/o Kay Powell, RN, Clinical Instructor, Operating Room, 3300 Gallows Rd, Falls Church, Va 22046 The Medical College of Virginia Hospitals Operating Room Nursing Internship Institution: Medical College of Virginia Hospitals, Richmond Course intended for: RNs with no operating room experience Objectives: (1) To prepare the nurse without previous operating room experience to function effectively as a surgical team member caring for surgical patients; (2) to enlist the interest of graduate nurses in learning the specialized skills of operating room nursing; (3) to provide an intelligent approach to operating room nursing; (4) to understand and apply the principles of aseptic technique; (5) to develop a clear understanding of surgical procedures; (6) to recognize the ethical, moral, and legal responsibilities as a surgical team member; and (7) to recognize the needs of the surgical patient and the necessity for developing standards of nursing care to meet these needs Teaching methods and course content: Lectures; demonstrations; observation: structured assignments in scrubbing and circulating, and in support areas; structured clinical experiences. Content includes orientation, care and safety of the patient, ethical and legal responsibilities, principles of operating room technique, instruments and equipment, basic sciences and operative procedures, clinical experience, and continued clinical experience, including preoperative and postoperative visits, beginning leadership, and basic management Length: One year Offered: January and June Enrollment: 10 to 12 Tuitionifee: No; interns are required to remain on staff one year after completing program Course credit: None; certificate For information, write: Mrs M Cibula Evans, Assistant Director of Nursing Services for Operating and Recovery Rooms, Medical College of Virginia Hospitats, MCV Station, Box 86, Richmond, Va 23298
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Washington The University of Washington School of Nursing in Seattle offers OR specialty nursing courses upon request or demonstrated need. For information, write: Department of Physiological Nursing, Operating Room, University of Washington School of Nursing, University of Washington, SM-28, Seattle, Wash 98195 Introduction to Operating Room Nursing Institution: Highline Community College, Midway Audience a n d prerequisites: RNs and new graduates of approved schools of nursing. Prerequisites include RN licensed in State of Washington, new graduate holding a temporary license from State of Washington, RN actively employed within the past three years, current graduate of an approved Washington State school of nursing eligible for state board examination Objectives: (1) To transfer general nursing knowledge to this nursing care specialty; (2) to assume the role of a beginning surgical scrub circulating nurse; (3) to participate as a team member by developing effective interpersonal relationships with patients, coworkers, and medical staff; (4) to demonstrate limited leadership ability Teaching methodology and course content: Lecture, discussion, demonstration, and practice in simulated OR on campus and clinical experience. Content includes introduction to operating room nursing; review of terminology, anatomy, and microbiology; safety in the operating room; assessing the surgical patient's needs and planning for perioperative care; principles of aseptic technique: specific procedures of operating room nursing; legal and ethical aspects of operating room nursing Length: Ten weeks Offered: Each summer quarter Enrollment: 12 or 14 Tuitionlfee: Yes Course credit: 18 college credits; ANA approved180 WSNA CERP points For information, write: Cynthia Mahoney, Coordinator, Health Occupations Continuing Education, Mail Stop 26-21 9, Highline Community College, Midway, Wash 98031
W isconsin Wisconsin OR Plan Institution: Wisconsin Nurses Association (WNA) OR Conference Group; administered by Waukesha County Technical Institute Audience and prerequisites: New and returning RNs, as an inservice program. Prerequisites include RN license Objectives: To prepare Wisconsin registered nurses to function in the OR Teaching methods and course content: Self-instruc-
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tional program; use of AORN manual Operating Room Orientation Program for the New Graduate Nurse; films, slides, and cassettes Length: Three months Offered: As requested Tuitionifee: $50 plus postage Course credit: Ten continuing education units For information, write: WNA-OR Conference Group, Wisconsin Nurses Association, Inc, 161 W Wisconsin Ave, Room 6012, Milwaukee, Wis 53203
Canada Operating Room Nursing Institution: University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton Audience and prerequisites: RNs interested in operating room nursing. Prerequisites include RN in a Canadian province or USA, experience in operating room nursing preferred Objectives: To enable registered nurses to develop afurther understanding of the principles and practice of operating room nursing, teaching, and administration Teaching methods and course content: Written exams, written assignments, group projects, clinical performance. Content includes theory and clinical practice; surgical procedures and related anatomy and physiology; assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating patient's nursing care plan; principles of teaching, supervision, and OR design; clinical practice in all surgical specialties Length: 22 weeks Offered: Twice a year Enrollment: Eight Tuitionifee: $100 Course credit: Certificate For iriformation, write: Coordinator, Special Programs, Inservice Education Department, University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 287 Canada Basic Operating Room Nursing Program for Registered Nurses Institution: Humber College of Applied Arts and Technology, Weston, Ontario Audience and prerequisite: RNs planning to work in the operating room. Prerequisites include current Ontario nurse registration Objectives: (1) To acquire increased knowledge of nursing responsibilities and technical skills required during the preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative periods; (2) to participate as a member of the surgical team Teaching methods and course content: Lecture, discussion, role playing, and return demonstrations. Course content includes basic OR skills; general, gynecology, genitourinary, orthopedic, and EENT surgery Length: OR I, 11, Ill-each unit is two weeks full time (days) or ten weeks part time (evenings); OR IV-
four weeks, full time (days) Offered: September through June on a continuous basis Enrollment: 25 Tuitionlfee: OR I, II, 111--$95; OR IV (clinical)-$125 Course credit: OR I, 11, 1 1 1 4 credits each; OR IV-12 credits For information, write: Marina Heidman, Continuing Education Coordinator, Nursing, Osler Campus, Five Queenslea Ave, Weston, Ontario M9N 2K8, Canada Operating Room Nursing and Techniques Institution: Wascana Institute of Applied Arts and Sciences, Regina, Saskatchewan Audience and prerequisites: RNs with no previous operating room experience. Prerequisites include registration or eligibility for registration in Saskatchewan; one year of nursing experience Objectives: (1) To provide nurses with the basic knowledge and manual skills necessary to function in an operating room at a beginning staff nurse level; (2) to develop a comprehensive understanding of asepsis through laboratory practice and clinical experience Teaching methods and course content: Lectures and class discussions, audiovisual demonstrations, laboratory practice, clinical experience in local hospitals. Course content includes asepsis and environment; patient care: basic technical skills and surgical procedures; the expanded role of the RN in the operating room Length: 18 weeks Offered: August Enrollment: 15 Tuitionifee: $140 Course credit: Certificate For information, write: Eleanor Linnell, Program Supervisor, Operating Room Nursing and Techniques, Wascana Institute of Applied Arts and Sciences, 4635 Wascana Pkwy, Box 556, Regina, Saskatchewan, S4P 3A3, Canada
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