title: Perioperative nursing education "down under".
abstract: Perioperative nurses in Australia are concerned with a number of significant challenges. First, they are concerned with the international trend of increased use of nonursing personnel within operating theaters. They believe that this may have detrimental effects on patient care. Second, is the issue of maintaining an adequate supply of professionally prepared perioperative nurses. Within this article, initiatives to address these challenges are discussed.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia.
authors.forename: J I
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Hilbig
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D002983:Clinical Competence; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D009871:Operating Room Nursing / Q000193:education* / Q000458:organization & administration; D009872:Operating Room Technicians / Q000600:supply & distribution