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The Invisible Nurse-Behind the Scenes in an Australian OR
journal contribution
posted on 2023-05-16, 14:52 authored by Rosalind BullRosalind Bull, Fitzgerald, MATHE DWINDLING NUMBER of RNs choosing to work in the OR has been caused by many factors, such as restricted undergraduate exposure to the perioperative experience and fewer postgraduate opportunities. PRESSURE TO IDENTIFY alternative health care workers to replace RNs in the OR is escalating to a point where the role of the perioperative RN, as currently understood, is threatened. FINDINGS from an Australian ethnographic study suggest that both patients and non-nursing colleagues have limited appreciation of the contribution that perioperative nurses make. THE NEED FOR NURSES to take a proactive stance on this subject is discussed within the context of professional and structural change.
History
Publication title
AORN JournalVolume
79Issue
4Pagination
810-823ISSN
0001-2092Department/School
School of Health SciencesPublisher
Elsevier Inc.Place of publication
Denver USARepository Status
- Restricted