Perioperative Nursing in the Circulating Nurse Role

Catalog description

Acceptance requires background checking and health maintenance requirements established by clinical sites. This specialized course provides registered nurses with the knowledge and skills needed for the care of the perioperative patient. Clinical experiences provide students with the opportunity to apply the nursing process in the perioperative, intraoperative and immediate postoperative settings. The course includes basic to intermediate knowledge and skills needed to circulate for surgical cases. This course prepares students for acceptance into a basic hospital surgical orientation program for employment as a registered nurse circulator in the operating room.