Abstract
The Jefferson College of Nursing (JCN) is affiliated with Thomas Jefferson University Hospital (TJUH), which is one of the top-ranked hospitals in the nation. TJUH is recognized by the American Nurses Credentialing Center as a Magnet® hospital for quality patient care, nursing excellence, and innovations in professional nursing practice. Since JCN is an integral part of Jefferson’s premier academic health center, it is imperative that the two entities maintain a partnership in clinical care education. JCN offers a concept based curriculum which promotes practice excellence, innovation, population health, and inter-professional collaboration. The innovative curriculum offers senior learners a selective immersion in which students can now request the perioperative department as a rotational site. Having this unique opportunity for seven weeks challenges students to collaborate with leadership and staff in the perioperative environment and promotes professional interactions in an otherwise unfamiliar department. Additionally, entering the perioperative environment is the perfect setting to observe quality, safety, communication, and stimulate clinical reasoning amongst a very vulnerable patient population. For those students whose interests were peaked or career paths confirmed, joining the perioperative team as a new graduate begins with the innovative program at JCN then continues with the hospital sponsored perioperative 101 class and nurse residency program. Exposure to procedural areas is minimal at best for most nursing programs and having the perioperative department as part of JCN’s selective immersion will not only benefit our graduates, it will also help support nursing stability for an otherwise hard to staff specialty division.
Highlights
Jefferson College of Nursing (JCN) is continuing to honor tradition and ignite innovation [5]
The selective seven week immersion program occurs during the last semester of clinical rotations, and the students are placed in specialty areas such as the perioperative department
The perioperative selective immersion focuses on perioperative nursing in the ambulatory short procedure unit (ASU), operating room (OR), and post anesthesia unit (PACU)
Summary
Jefferson College of Nursing (JCN) is continuing to honor tradition and ignite innovation [5]. JCN supports a traditional Bachelor of Science in nursing (BSN) program and a full-time accelerated 1-year and 2-year BSN program. The selective seven week immersion program occurs during the last semester of clinical rotations, and the students are placed in specialty areas such as the perioperative department. Prior to this program the perioperative department was considered an unfamiliar area for nursing students, and many stated that they were not really sure what the role of a perioperative nurse was. If students spent time within the perioperative environment, it would help to recruit and retain emerging graduates to bridge the gap in the current staffing shortage
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