Class name: Operating Room Nursing

Requirements: RN or student RN

Audience: This course will provide the theoretical knowledge necessary for RN’s and student RN’s interested in working in the operating room.

Professional Skills Enhancement

Description: Presents theory of operating room nursing, including the three areas of perioperative nursing care: preoperative assessment and planning, intraoperative implementation, and postoperative evaluation. A laboratory component is included.
California BRN CEU’S are provided.

Class format: Wed, 5:00pm - 10:00pm ~ 16 weeks – 80 Hours

Cost:

Topics:

• Introduction to Perioperative Nursing
• Safety
• The Nursing Process
• Surgical Modalities
• Infection Control
• Positioning the Patient for Surgery
• Sutures, Needles, and Instrumentation
• Anesthesia
• Age Specific Care
• Wound Management and Postoperative Care
• General Surgery
• OB/GYN Surgery
• Urology/ENT/Eye Surgery
• Orthopedic and Neurosurgery
• Plastics/Pediatric/Trauma Surgery