Perioperative Nursing in the Scrub Nurse Role

Catalog description

Registered Nurse license in the current state of practice. 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 patient during intraoperative surgical intervention. Clinical experiences provide students with the opportunity to apply the nursing process in the perioperative setting. The course includes basic to intermediate principles and skill sets needed to scrub for surgical cases that are not offered in nursing programs. This course prepares students for acceptance into a hospital surgical orientation program for employment as a scrub nurse in the operating room.