Background information• Post Covid, nursing staff have retired and/or sought employment
elsewhere resulting in multiple open positions in our tertiary care perianesthesia area.• The …

Background Information The Nursing Practice and Education Team identified the need to
develop a perianesthesia evidence-based new graduate program across a large healthcare …

A comprehensive orientation for RNs to perianesthesia nursing is essential for nurses who
are new to the area because of the specialized skills and knowledge required. A massive …

Chestnutt and Everhart [2007] describe how the nursing shortage has led to an influx of new
graduate nurses into the acute care nursing setting. Georgetown University Hospital (GUH) …

Recruitment and retention of nurses into the perianesthesia environment remains an
ongoing challenge in the face of a national nursing shortage. An insufficient supply of …

Background and Information Orientation to PACU encompasses a nurse's ability to
confidently and safely cares for patients based on standardization of care as outlined by …

Response: These are very timely and interesting questions. Many units are dealing with
these challenges in the face of growing nursing shortages, sporadic reductions in clinical …

In 2014, newly graduated nurses are welcomed and recruited to practice in critical care, and
hiring trends in hospitals support a demand for newly graduated nurses. At a 501-bed …

Background Information Historically, nurses were required to have critical care experience
prior to transitioning into the perianesthesia areas of practice. Due to complexity of patient …

Purpose To discover the best orientation method for perianesthesia nurses. Design Pilot
study comparing two approaches to orientation. Methods Nurses in one group were each …