Perioperative Nursing in Obstetrics is a Continuing Education program offered by Southeastern College in Miami Lakes, FL. The program takes 2 days to complete.
Program Overview
This is a two-day instructor-led course delivered at your facility to educate labor and delivery room nurses in the latest AORN Standards and Recommended Practices in perioperative nursing. The implementation of this course will assist your facility in lowering infection rates and improve physician satisfaction in your OB suites by educating your labor and delivery room nurses.
This course delivers similar content offered in our Perioperative course but custom tailored for an OB suite. The course is based on AORN’s Standards and Recommended Practices and is designed to create awareness for your labor and delivery nurses in their role as circulator/scrub nurse in the OR, which in turn, facilitates improved patient safety.
Admission Requirements and Process
Registered Nurse.
General Requirements
- Nursing backgroundRegistered Nurse.
Application Process
- 1Submit ApplicationComplete the online application form with your personal information and educational background.
- 2Submit TranscriptsProvide official high school transcripts or GED certificate. Some programs may require additional documentation.
- 3Financial AidComplete the FAFSA to determine eligibility for federal financial aid. Meet with a financial aid advisor to review your options.FAFSA Code for Miami Lakes Branch Campus: 031239Complete FAFSA Application
- 4EnrollmentOnce accepted, complete enrollment paperwork, register for classes, and attend orientation.
Program Schedule
This is a two-day instructor-led course delivered at your facility. Contact hours: 16. Course requirements: successfully meet all course objectives; complete all of the required clinical hours and obtain a satisfactory clinical evaluation; actively participate in class and clinical setting; meet attendance standards of the program.
Cost of Attendance and Financial Aid Information
Southeastern College does not publish a price for this continuing education course; it is delivered onsite at the client hospital facility. Contact the Center for Nursing Education (toll free 1.888.522.4909) for pricing.
The net price figure shown with this page is Southeastern College's average yearly net price after grants for all of its aided students, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS 2022-23). It is not the price of this course.
Curriculum
The course is based on AORN’s Standards and Recommended Practices and is designed to create awareness for your labor and delivery nurses in their role as circulator/scrub nurse in the OR.
Day 1 learning objectives:
- Define the assessment component of perioperative nursing
- Identify the Joint commission goals for patient safety
- Identify surgical attire
- Discuss positioning safety
- Name safety issues associated with patient transfers
- Identify procedures & responsibilities for performing counts
- Identify procedures for documentation of correct & incorrect counts
- Define Aseptic & Sterile Technique
- Define Surgical Conscience
- State the principles of asepsis
- Review the AORN Standards, Recommended Practices, and Guidelines associated with aseptic technique
- Differentiate between decontamination, disinfection & sterilization
- Recall risk factors that may contribute to postoperative infections
- Define the four surgical wound classifications
- Recall the processes necessary for sterilization
- Demonstrate knowledge of use of steam autoclave & sterris if applicable
- Recall the basic principles of decontamination
- Recall the features of an ideal packaging system
- Decontamination, assembling, packaging instruments
- Identify names of various instruments
- Review skin prep agents/technique
- Discuss principles and types of surgical draping
- Identify principles of electrosurgery
- Discuss safety practices that help prevent electrosurgical injuries when applying a dispersive electrode
- Identify practices that help minimize electrosurgical injuries
- Identify the role of the perinatal nurse in documenting perioperative care
- Identify AORN Recommended Practices & differentiate between preliminary, interim and terminal cleaning
- Identify areas to be cleaned in OR suite
- Identify methods used to contain and confine
- Identify the clinical manifestation of latex allergies
Day 2 learning objectives:
- Discuss the purpose and procedure for scrubbing, gowning and gloving
- Demonstrate the proper procedure for gowning and gloving others
- Demonstrate the setup of a sterile field
- Demonstrate the setup of a sterile back table/mayo stand
- Demonstrate proper surgical skin prep
- Demonstrate recommended practice for performing counts of sponges and instruments
- Demonstrate and recall the basic processes necessary for sterilization
Clinical experience: students demonstrate proper technique of a surgical hand scrub, proper donning of gown & gloves, gowning & gloving others, basic back table/mayo stand setup, proper surgical skin prep, recommended practice for performing counts of sponges and instruments, principles of surgical draping, and the basic processes necessary for sterilization.
Course methodology: lecture, discussion, collaborative learning, audiovisual and guided instruction. Student performance will be evaluated through class participation, return demonstration and a competency check list.
Career Outcomes
This course educates labor and delivery room nurses in the latest AORN Standards and Recommended Practices in perioperative nursing. The implementation of this course will assist your facility in lowering infection rates and improve physician satisfaction in your OB suites by educating your labor and delivery room nurses. It is designed to create awareness for your labor and delivery nurses in their role as circulator/scrub nurse in the OR, which in turn, facilitates improved patient safety. Participants earn 16 contact hours.
Course objectives: describe components of the role of the perinatal nurse when functioning as a circulating nurse during a surgical procedure; discuss the process of disinfection/sterilization of equipment/instrumentation; describe safety concerns and patient care needs in the perioperative setting; describe components of the role of the scrub person during a surgical procedure.
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Why Accreditation Is Important
Southeastern College is accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges (ACCSC).
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- Approved program of study
- Qualified instructors
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