ORNAC
National
conference

Professional competence achieved through continuing professional development (CPD) is considered essential to nursing because of its impacts on quality of care and safety. Engagement in CPD contributes to a nurse’s practice through improvements in their knowledge, skills, and confidence. However, there are structural barriers that impede participation as well as an unacceptable impact from lateral violence. In this presentation the author will discuss the results of a nation-wide mixed methods online survey exploring the engagement and perceptions of perioperative nurses regarding CPD. The findings suggest that perioperative nurses engage in regular CPD activities as part of their professional practice. The preferred activities as rated by the participants were: 1) Self-directed learning activities; 2) In-services; and 3) Formal continuing education. The implications and recommendations from this study will be discussed, including the need for leaders to develop strategies that overcome barriers thereby ensuring the benefits of CPD are maximized.

Learning Objectives:

• Discuss the human microbiome and surgical site infections (SSI)
• Explain the CDC’s conceptual formula for SSI risk
• Review preoperative strategies
• Discuss regulatory requirements
• Review formulation, application, treatment dose, dry time, and surgical skin prep selection
• Review standards and guidelines
• Share educational resources

Depuis plusieurs années, la chirurgie cardiaque minimalement invasive gagne en intérêt à travers le monde. Le développement de cette expertise permet de diversifier les pathologies traitables par ces approches. Parmi les bénéfices rapportés, on retrouve une diminution du risque opératoire, des complications postopératoires, de la durée du séjour à l’hôpital, mais aussi un retour à une vie active plus rapide et un meilleur résultat esthétique. De plus, le développement des approches hybrides (chirurgie et intervention percutanée) permet d’offrir des soins plus spécifiques à chaque patient en fonction de ses caractéristiques cliniques propres. Cette présentation couvrira les principes de base de la chirurgie cardiaque minimalement invasive et de la robotique chirurgicale (présentation du matériel opératoire et robotique, avantages et inconvénients des approches minimalement invasives, présentation des différentes approches), ainsi que les applications potentielles de ces techniques dans la prise en charge des pathologies cardiaques chirurgicales.

Keeping perioperative staff engaged during education can be a challenge, however there is hope. Introducing game-based learning within perioperative in-services can not only be fun for staff, but encourage team-work, collaboration, and most importantly education. This presentation will explore what game-based learning theory is and how you can implement this theory in your perioperative education. We will investigate the challenges and benefits of introducing game-based learning, as well as the perceptions of perioperative nurses towards game-based learning. Next, we will explore different examples of how to incorporate game-based learning into perioperative in-service before finally answering the question, is it even possible for perioperative inserving to be fun?