title: The nursing elective experience--one strategy to promote perioperative nursing.
abstract: 1. Perioperative nurses share in the commitment to further advance practice in the perioperative environment. Strategies need to be developed to acquaint nursing's new members. 2. Perioperative nursing occurs in an environment where collaboration and collegiality exist. 3. Sharing the perioperative role opens up a new world and may inspire potential candidates to seek a career in the perioperative specialty.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Wombwell
mesh_terms: D003657:Decision Making; D004506:Education, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D013041:Specialties, Nursing