Perioperative nursing needs a standardized educational path for entry into the profession, according to James X. Stobinski, PhD, RN, CNOR (cover story), yet there’s no single entity for taking charge and making that happen. Stobinski lays out some options for how to achieve the education and competency needed for the OR. Most hospitals, he says, use AORN’s PeriOp 101 course for the didactic piece, but clinical skills are taught in a variety of ways.
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