title: Are we meeting their needs.
abstract: The aim of this pilot study is to discover the student nurses' learning needs and perceptions during their operating department allocation and whether we are meeting those needs. Also, what influence their perceptions have had upon selecting perioperative nursing as a career. The study focuses upon semi-structured interviews with student nurses and their accounts of their experiences of being learners in the operating department. During their allocation, students are able to view surgery and to assist in the recovery of patients and to understand what a surgical patient experiences. They are exposed to the roles and responsibilities of operating department nurses. However, little is known about how students perceive these experiences. In this study two groups of students from the same year were interviewed to determine their perceptions and needs during the allocation and whether their learning needs had been met.
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authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: McDonnell
mesh_terms: D001290:Attitude; D004510:Education, Nursing, Diploma Programs / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D009871:Operating Room Nursing / Q000193:education*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires