OPER 517 - Operating Room Nursing RN Bridging - Clinical Component

Course Description

The registered nurse (RN) participates in this clinical course within the perioperative clinical setting in order to build upon principles and knowledge practised as a prior OR RPN. RNs are required to demonstrate safe and professional practice at the novice level* according to Operating Room Nurses Association of Canada (ORNAC) Standards, Guidelines, and Position Statements for Perioperative Registered Nurses. The RN will collaborate effectively with Humber College faculty and members of the health-care facility in this preceptored, two-week, full time clinical course. The RN is scheduled with a preceptor(s) and participates entirely in the circulating nurse role for two weeks of full-time shifts or upon OR leadership request, primarily in the circulating nurse role with the option to be introduced to more advanced surgical cases in the scrub nurse role.

*According to the Operating Room Nurses of Canada (ORNAC) Standards, Guidelines, and Position Statements for Perioperative Registered Nurses, "the novice states and/or demonstrates knowledge and skills but is still learning to anticipate and incorporate perioperative skills into efficient planning, actions, and clinical decision-making. Performance requires supervision, coaching, and precepting." (ORNAC, 2023, p.1-2).

Applies Towards the Following Certificates

• Operating Room Nursing - RPN to RN Bridging : Compulsory