Professional paper

https://doi.org/10.11608/sgnj.28.1.6

Operating Room Nursing: Integration of Nurses into the Field

Blaženka Kozina Begić orcid.org/0000-0001-9242-8087 ; Klinička bolnica Dubrava, Središnji operacijski blok, Av. Gojka Šuška 6, 10 000 Zagreb
Ivica Matić orcid.org/0000-0003-4334-1158 ; Hrvatsko katoličko sveučilište, Ilica 242, 10 000 Zagreb

Abstract

The operating room is a specific workplace that requires operating room nurses to possess key competencies in the areas of perioperative healthcare, ethics, legislation, communication, and organizational skills, with continuous professional development through education and research. This knowledge will be acquired through basic and specialized training, which will continue to be integrated into the process in the field of perioperative care in a targeted manner. The need for immediate and effective action by nurses in the operating room in unpredictable situations requires them to respond appropriately, which requires knowledge and practice only possible through structured formal training. These trainings have clear learning outcomes and competencies for knowledge assessment procedures. The current challenge is poorly designed processes for integrating inexperienced staff into perioperative care without explicit requirements to complete perioperative specialist training.

Keywords

operating room nursing; integration; perioperative specialist training

Hrčak ID:

299865

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/299865

Publication date:

14.4.2023.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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