Perioperative nursing education "down under"
Hilbig, J.I.
Seminars in Perioperative Nursing 5(4): 189-194
1996
ISSN/ISBN: 1056-8670 PMID: 9025591 Document Number: 464021
Perioperative nurses in Australia are concerned with a number of significant challenges. First, they are concerned with the international trend of increased use of nonursing personnel within operating theaters. They believe that this may have detrimental effects on patient care. Second, is the issue of maintaining an adequate supply of professionally prepared perioperative nurses. Within this article, initiatives to address these challenges are discussed.