Document Type

Dissertation

Title

Lived Experience of Post-licensure Nurses in a Perioperative Clinical Rotation

Authors

Amy Stahley, Nova Southeastern University

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Nursing Education

Copyright Statement

All rights reserved. This publication is intended for use solely by faculty, students, and staff of Nova Southeastern University. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, now known or later developed, including but not limited to photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the author or the publisher.

Department

College of Nursing

First Advisor

Marcella Rutherford

Publication Date / Copyright Date

2019

Publisher

Nova Southeastern University

NSUWorks Citation

Amy Stahley. 2019. Lived Experience of Post-licensure Nurses in a Perioperative Clinical Rotation. Doctoral dissertation. Nova Southeastern University. Retrieved from NSUWorks, College of Nursing. (55)
https://nsuworks.nova.edu/hpd_con_stuetd/55.

Abstract

A projected deficit in the perioperative workforce of 32,000 perioperative nurses retiring by 2024, creates an inability to meet the nursing needs of the United States population. The need for experienced perioperative nurses has been increasing while the availability of nurses with perioperative education has been decreasing. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore the lived experience of post-licensure nurses who participated in a perioperative clinical rotation within their baccalaureate nursing program and did that experiential experience affect the recruitment and employment for perioperative nursing to halt the impending shortage. The integrations of Kolb’s experiential learning theory and Bandura’s theory of self-efficacy model was the framework that supported the study. Thirteen interviews were conducted using van Manen’s (1990) method for researching the lived experience. The two themes emerging from the data were value and attitude. Subthemes under value are gaining knowledge and skill set and a different type of nursing. Subthemes under attitude are (a) communication with the medical team and advocacy for families and patients. The experiential perioperative clinical rotation affected the study participants’ interest for working in the operating room (OR). Most had a highlighted interest in the specialty, and those participants’ not choosing the OR as their choice of employment expressed that the experience positively affected the type of nurse they are today. Experiential learning can build the fundamental knowledge necessary to understand the novice perioperative nurse’s role as a career choice.

Disciplines

Nursing

Keywords

Health and environmental sciences, Education, Experiential learning, Lived experience, Nursing education, Perioperative clinical rotation, Perioperative nurse shortage, Student perceptions

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