Perioperative Nursing Courses

This course is designed to prepare students for entry into perioperative nursing practice. Surgical nursing concepts are presented using a combination of lectures and online modules published by the Association of periOperative registered Nurses (AORN). Topics include an introduction to perioperative nursing practice, related core nursing skills, teamwork in the perioperative setting, the operating room environment, and standards for aseptic technique and surgical patient safety.

This course provides students the opportunity to apply core perioperative nursing concepts and practice skills within a structured laboratory environment. Students will perform technical skills within the scope of the perioperative nurse. Skills include sterile and aseptic technique, preoperative patient preparation, surgical patient positioning, operative counts, and other functions performed in the scrub and circulating nurse roles. _x000A_$11.40 lab fee

This course explores the role of the perioperative nurse within the context of the primary surgical specialties and will review basic surgical anatomy, pathophysiology, surgical wound classification and healing, operative instrumentation, and general considerations for patients undergoing general, obstetric and gynecologic, otorhinolaryngologic, genitourinary, orthopedic, plastic and reconstructive, peripheral vascular, cardiothoracic, oral and maxillofacial, ophthalmic, and neurosurgical procedures.

Students in this course will gain technical experience within the perioperative nursing role by participating in a structured clinical internship program. Students prepare for and perform assigned surgical tasks under the supervision of facility personnel, clinical preceptors, and clinical college faculty in accordance with patient safety standards and industry best practices. _x000A_$11.40 lab fee