The Influence of Personal Characteristics on Perioperative Nurses’ Perceived Competence: Implications for Workforce Planning. Objective. To examine the influence of personal characteristics on perioperative nurses’ perceived competence. Design. A cross-sectional survey

The influence of personal characteristics on perioperative nurses' perceived competence: implications for workforce planning AUTHORS

Objective To examine the influence of personal characteristics on perioperative nurses’ perceived competence. Design A cross‐sectional survey design was used. Setting A census of 3,209 operating room nurses who were members of the Australian College of Operating Room Nurses across all Australian states and territories was invited to participate. Primary Outcome Measure The Perceived Perioperati...

The influence of personal characteristics on perioperative nurses' perceived competence: implications for workforce planning

The influence of personal characteristics on perioperative nurses' perceived competence: implications for workforce planning

Perceptions of perioperative nursing competence: a cross-country comparison

Background: Throughout many countries, professional bodies rely on yearly self-assessment of competence for ongoing registration; therefore, nursing competence is pivotal to safe clinical practice. Our aim was to describe and compare perioperative nurses’ perceptions of competence in four countries, while examining the effect of specialist education and years of experience in the operating room...

Beam me up, Scotty, but not just yet: Understanding generational diversity in the perioperative milieu

Background: The current workforce profile of Australian perioperative nurses comprises three generations: Baby Boomers, Generation X (Gen X) and Generation Y (Gen Y, the Millenials, the Net generation). While diversity within the general nursing workforce has been explored and published over the last two decades, there has been little empirical research to support the existence of generational ...