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Quick Facts |
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Program length:
16 weeks
Prerequisites:
Graduate of accredited nursing school, bachelor's degree preferred,
one year nursing experience, acute care experience preferred
Granted: MSHS Certificate
of Completion
Patient interaction:
High
Placement outlook:
Excellent |
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Program Description
The Perioperative Nursing Program is designed to provide you with the knowledge and skills necessary for a nursing career in the operating room. This program provides the high-quality didactic and clinical experiences needed to help you become a well-rounded, fully competent perioperative registered nurse.
Clinical experiences will be held at St. Luke’s Hospital and in the Ambulatory Surgery Center at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, where you will assist with general and specialty surgery.
Accreditation
Mayo Foundation is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools Higher Learning Commission.
Higher Learning Commission
30 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 2400
Chicago, IL 60602-2504
(800) 621-7440
(312) 263-0456
Fax: (312) 263-7462
www.ncacihe.org
Facilities
Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville was established in 1986 as a comprehensive medical facility in the southeastern United States, where advanced programs in education and research support the highest-quality patient care.
Campus activity is centered around the interconnected Davis, Mayo and Cannaday buildings. The campus has modern education facilities, including classrooms, lecture halls, an extensive library and computer lab. The state-of-the-art Birdsall Medical Research Building allows researchers to investigate neurological diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.
St. Luke’s Hospital, located a few miles from the clinic, provides essential clinical care experiences for students and trainees. It is a modern 289-bed facility with operating rooms, transplant and epilepsy units, and advanced cardiac and neurosurgery facilities. The Griffin Cancer Research Building was completed in 2001 to support Mayo’s many cancer studies. Plans also are under way to build a new Mayo Clinic hospital on the Jacksonville campus.
Graduation and Certification
You will receive a Certificate of Completion from the School of Health Sciences when you finish the Perioperative Nursing Program. After you have completed the courses and received a passing score on the comprehensive final exam, you will be awarded 81.5 contact hours from the Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses (AORN). Perioperative nurses are eligible to take the Perioperative Certification exam after completing two years of perioperative nursing.
Hours
For the majority of the internship, your learning schedule will include eight-hour days, five days per week.
Class Size
Each year, Mayo School of Health Sciences admits up to four students in its Perioperative Nursing Program at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville. This ensures you will receive a comprehensive educational experience with
close one-on-one instruction.
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