title: Perioperative registered nurse excellence. Raising the bar at the point of care--star performance.
abstract: As described, the responsibilities of the Perioperative RN are extensive, complex, time-sensitive, can impact a large number of patients and multi-professionals. In a time of tremendous pressures in health care, with patient safety as a focus, there is an expectation of practice excellence throughout. Registered Nurses need to determine if they can, or are willing to, achieve excellence of practice in the OR. Our reason for being is "THE PATIENT". Strategize how you will achieve the bar of excellence and in the words of Wayne Gretzky--"skate to where the puck will be." Shower your environment with positive sprinklings of star performance--the return professional profits are immeasurable.
authors: Muriel
authors: M
authors: Shewchuk
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D002983:Clinical Competence; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000592:standards*; D013527:Perioperative Nursing; D019095:Point-of-Care Systems; D012956:Societies, Nursing