Dates: Full day on Saturdays
Begins: April 16, 2011
Ends: July 2, 2011
Hours: 9:00am to 5:00pm
Fee: $3,000 ($1,000/month)
Location: Phillips Beth Israel School of Nursing
776 Sixth Avenue @ 27th Street, 3rd Floor
NYC, NY 10001
Instructors: Coordinated by Carol Gellman in collaboration with BIMC Peri-op Management and Staff.

How to Apply:

The Peri-operative course is offered for new graduates and registered nurses. You can register online and submit the following:

1) Current resume
2) 500 word essay that includes a statement about why you want to be a perioperative nurse; the role of a perioperative nurse; and a description of your prior nursing experience (if any).

E-mail your completed application to eozden@chpnet.org.

Method of Payment: Credit Card or Personal Check
Course Fee: Total fee is $3,000. $1,000 is due upon acceptance and $1,000 each month.

Phillips Beth Israel School of Nursing
Center for Continuing Education
776 Sixth Avenue @ 27th Street
NYC, NY 10001

Course Overview:

This 12-week course is based on the standards of the AORN’s Peri-operative 101 Program. This course is focused on training and education to registered nurses who are either new graduates or have been previously employed in non-OR nursing positions.

The course includes classroom lectures, labs skills practice, simulation and observational experiences and skill implementation in the surgical setting. As part of this blended course, participants will work with the online learning modules delivered through the AORN’s e-learning platform. By the end of the course, participants will have acquired the basic knowledge and fundamental skills necessary to function in entry level peri-operative nursing positions.

Course includes the outstanding and comprehensive AORN online program. This proram has been developed by the AORN as an excellent and essential introduction to OR nursing. The course is a blenden and offers the best of online, classroom and clinical teaching.

Course Objectives:

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Describe the role and responsibilities of the peri-operative nurse.
• Apply principles of asepsis (infection control) to nursing practice.
• Demonstrate knowledge and principles of sterilizations and disinfection.
• Demonstrate proficiency and independence in performing selected clinical skills.
• Apply nursing actions based on appropriate scientific rationale.

Peri-Operative Course Modules:

• Anesthesia
• Aseptic Technique
• Documentation
• Electrosurgery
• Endoscopic Surgery
• Environmental Sanitation and Terminal Cleaning
• Hemostasis, Sponges & Drains
• Introduction to Perioperative Nursing
• Critical Thinking
• Latex Allergy
• Medications & Solutions
• Patient & Family Education
• Peri-Anesthesia Nursing
• Perioperative Assessment
• Positioning the Patient
• Professionalism
• Safety in the Surgical Suite
• Scrubbing, Gowning & Gloving
• Skin Prep
• Specimens
• Sterilization & Disinfection
• Surgical Instruments
• Surgical Draping
• The Surgical Environment
• Wound Closure & Healing

INFORMATION and REGISTRATION: email eozden@chpnet.org or call Office of Continuing Education 212 614 6177for information or to register by phone with a credit card. You can also register online at www.ceprograms.org