Unplugging the Nurse Pipeline

Opening the Pipeline to Recruit OR Nurses

Some creative approaches – alongside the basics – are helping open the pipeline to recruit OR nurses. But how do you decide what to start, expand, or throw out for success? And how do leaders within healthcare organizations generate interest in the profession among new generations as they are choosing their careers?

Panelists:
Renae Battié MSN, RN, CNOR
Vice President of Nursing, AORN

Rebecca Patton DNP, RN, CNOR, FAAN
Chair, Lucy Jo Atkinson Professorship in Perioperative Nursing, and Assistant Professor
Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University

Debbie Ebert, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, CNOR, CCRN, CPAN, CAPA
Associate Vice President Perioperative Services, Memorial Hermann Texas Medical Center in Houston, Chair of AORN R&R Task Force