AORN Journal
Volume 87, Issue 5 , Pages 915-924, May 2008

Self-Study: An Effective Method for Bioterrorism Training in the OR

  • Janet (Janie) Roberta Thomas, RN, BSN, MA

      Affiliations

    • Janet (Janie) Roberta Thomas, RN, BSN, MA, is a clinical consultant in Tarpon Springs, FL, for Ansell Healthcare, Red Bank, NJ.

ABSTRACT 

DURING A BIOTERRORIST ATTACK, health care professionals must be prepared to respond appropriately, but many perioperative nurses do not receive adequate education about bioterrorism.

ONE PERIOPERATIVE NURSE led a survey project to determine how prepared perioperative nurses were to respond during a bioterrorist attack and whether a self-study module would help increase participants' self-rated levels of preparedness.

THE RESULTS SHOWED that perioperative nurses generally felt unprepared to respond to a bioterrorist event. After reading the self-study module, nurses from facilities that both did and did not provide education on bioterrorism reported increases in self-rated levels of preparedness. AORN J 87 (May 2008) 915–924. © AORN, Inc, 2008.

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 Editor's note: Funding for this project and for development of the self-study module was provided by Ansell Healthcare, Red Bank, NJ.

PII: S0001-2092(08)00007-0

doi:10.1016/j.aorn.2008.01.003

AORN Journal
Volume 87, Issue 5 , Pages 915-924, May 2008

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