Analysis of the Role of the Professional Staff Nurse in the Operating Room

Abstract

Barbara J. Gruendemann (University of Wisconsin School of Nursing, Madison, Wisconsin; M.S., University of Wisconsin) is an instructor of nursing at Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, California. She has taught operating room nursing and is interested in the place of operating room nursing experience in basic nursing education. The author wishes to acknowledge the support and guidance given to this investigation by Clara Arndt, Donna L. Vredevoe and Melville L. Dalton, Members of the faculty, University of California in Los Angeles.