An Internship Program for New Surgical Nurses
A look at our immersive, hands-on training course for new RNs.
H
ow do you transform a graduate nurse who's never
set foot in an operating room into a great surgical
nurse? We solved this staffing challenge by develop-
ing a hands-on, in-house training program that gives
nurses who had limited exposure to the perioperative
setting in nursing school a chance to see up close and personal how
our surgical unit runs.
Our Perioperative Nurse Intern (PONI) Program seems to be work-
ing quite nicely. Since its inception, we've trained 21 nurses to become
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Staffing
Andine H. Gilmore, BSN, RN, CNOR
• INTERNS UNITE A group shot of the proud products, new and old, of the perioperative internship program at SCL Health
Lutheran Medical Center in Wheat Ridge, Colo.
Andine
H.
Gilmore,
BSN,
RN,
CNOR
