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Surgical Smoke Nearly Killed Me - Outpatient Surgery Magazine - February 2018

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preferences firsthand, the running of the room and what it's like to work with each member of the team. This is beneficial, especially when working with new nurses. It's like filling a blank slate. Because the nurse has never worked in another surgical facility, she's more likely to accept and adapt to our way of doing things. Retention tool There may be no better way to build a talented and dedicated team than to train your new hires yourself. It's also a great retention tool. Nurses who graduate from the internship program feel confident and content, which creates a strong sense of loyalty and attachment to our facility. It also creates camaraderie as the interns bond with each other, their preceptors and our veteran staff members who are ready to help and teach. In the end, the energy and expense we expend on our internship program pays us back with experienced, confident nurses who stick with us. When you factor in how difficult it is to recruit and hold onto good OR nurses nowadays, that's a pretty sound investment. OSM Ms. Gilmore (tck.andine@gmail.com) is a staff nurse at SCL Lutheran Medical Center in Wheat Ridge, Colo. F E B R U A R U Y 2 0 1 8 • O U T PA T I E N TS U R G E R Y. N E T • 2 7

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