Standardized Orientation for Post-Operative Nurses

A nurse ’s ability to safely and efficiently practice in the Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) requires a strong foundation. Upon completion of a four-week preceptorship, newly hired nurses consistently reported feeling apprehensive about recovering patients independently. Post orientation feedback from nu rses indicated that our orientation lacked key exposures, overall direction, and formal preceptor preparation. A closer look at our orientation process revealed many additional issues related to case assignments, inconsistency with preceptor pairings, as well as unstructured and inadequate resources .
Source: Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing - Category: Nursing Authors: Tags: ASPAN National Conference Abstract Source Type: research