PROGRAMME OVERVIEW
This programme aims to produce nurses who are professional, knowledgeable and competent in providing safe and skillful perioperative nursing care while preparing them to full their professional career in a nursing specialty. Perioperative nursing is a nursing specialty that works with patients who are having operative or other invasive procedures. Perioperative nurses perform preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative care primarily in the operating theatre.
PROGRESSION PATHWAY
Programme Structure
SUBJECT |
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Basic Medical Sciences |
Communication in operating theatre |
Perioperative Nursing Care |
Anaesthesia |
Instrumentation & Equipment |
Clinical Placement |
Entry Requirement
Diploma in Nursing or its equivalent and from an institution that is recognized by Nursing Board Malaysia
Minimum three (3) months working experience in related field
Minimum 2 years clinical working experience
Registered with Nursing Board Malaysia
Possess a current Annual Practicing Certificate (APC)
Registered with Nursing Council or Board of Nursing at respective Country
Career Opportunities
Perioperative Nurse Specialist
Perioperative Nursing Manager
Researcher/Educator in Perioperative Nursing
Anaesthetic Nurse
Post Anaesthesia Care Unit Nurse (PACU)