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Abstract
Aim
This study assessed the perception, attitude and willingness of nursing undergraduates to specialise in perioperative nursing.
Background
The field of perioperative nursing is currently facing a significant shortage of trained perioperative nurses. This has great implications for patients’ care and surgical outcomes. Nursing students are the future workforce and their perception, attitude and willingness to join the perioperative nurses’ workforce will go a long way in averting this dangerous trend.
Design
The study adopted a descriptive cross-sectional research design.
Method
The study that was conducted in July, 2023, employed proportionate stratified random sampling technique to select a sample size of 271 nursing students across selected universities. Data collection was done with the aid of a structured questionnaire. Data collected was analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics, with p value set at 0.05 level of significance.
Results
Findings revealed that less than half (39.5 %) of the respondents possessed positive perception towards the specialty of perioperative nursing while the majority (60.5 %) had negative perception. Similarly, majority (51.3 %) of the respondents had a negative attitude to the field of perioperative nursing. Results further showed that majority (54.2 %) of the respondents exhibited low level of willingness to specialise in perioperative nursing. Data generated for the hypothesis showed a significant association between respondents’ attitude, willingness and their perception of perioperative nursing specialty.
Conclusion
The study concluded that nursing undergraduates are not that willing to specialise in perioperative nursing. Therefore, plans must be put in place to heighten the nursing students’ interest in perioperative nursing. This is with a view to boosting enrolment in perioperative nursing and resultant increase in recruitment and retention of perioperative nurses.
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The objective of this new online journal is to serve as a multidisciplinary, peer-reviewed source of information related to the administrative, economic, operational, safety, and quality aspects of the ambulatory and in-patient operating room and interventional procedural processes. The journal will provide high-quality information and research findings on operational and system-based approaches to ensure safe, coordinated, and high-value periprocedural care. With the current focus on value in health care it is essential that there is a venue for researchers to publish articles on quality improvement process initiatives, process flow modeling, information management, efficient design, cost improvement, use of novel technologies, and management.
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