Orientation Processes

[jlsmith98]

I am trying to develop an orientation process to the operating room for my small rural hospital, and can't decide how to determine that an operating room nurse may function on their own. Should it be after a certain amount of weeks on orientation, a certain number of cases they have done, etc. Any advice???

[ORoxyO]

It should be when their precceptor can sit in the corner or be out pulling cases and the orientee functions fine without them helping. Maybe they still need to ask a few questions here or there but many experienced nurses might too. Where I was trained, one I passed a service I could do it on my own, but still needed to be oriented in other services.

You can't base it solely on time or # of cases, they might get the same thing over and over without variety and everyone is different.