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Overview: Perioperative nurses care for
patients before, during and after surgery. The specialty includes
scrub nurses (who work directly with surgeons, passing instruments
and supplies to
them within the sterile field), circulating nurses (who work
outside the sterile field), and RN first assistants (who deliver
direct surgical care).
Typical venues: hospitals, surgery centers, physicians’
offices, ambulatory care centers
Education: active RN licensure
Certification available through:
Certification Board Perioperative
Nursing
2170 South Parker Road, Suite 295
Denver, CO 80231
Phone (888) 257-2667
Fax (303) 695 8464
www.certboard.org
Job outlook: Nursing as a whole will be
one of the top 10 fastest growing professions in the U.S.
in the next decade, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Opportunities: shortage of perioperative nurses means
increased opportunities
Challenges: keeping up with advances in
technology
For more information:
Association of Perioperative
Registered
Nurses
2179 South Parker Road, Suite 300
Denver, CO 80231-5711
Phone (800) 755-2676
Fax (303) 750- 3212
www.aorn.org
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