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Retrospective Comparative Costs And Benefits Of Registered Nurses (Rns) In A Perioperative 101 Program Residency (P101); An Immersive Perioperative Specialty Residency (Psr); And Registered Nurses Hired Into General Perioperative Services From 2009-2016, Johanna K. Stiesmeyer

Doctor of Nursing Practice Scholarly Projects

This study addresses the cost to benefit ratio of a healthcare organization’s investment in specialty perioperative residency programs for newly licensed registered nurses and experienced registered nurse orienting into perioperative services. The outcomes for transition to practice residency programs is widely reported however a standardized approach to measuring and reporting cost to benefit ratios and return on investment to these programs as well as specialty residencies remains an opportunity. This study contributes to national standardization and approach by defining the costs of a perioperative residency program and determining the cost to benefit ratio using a return on investment calculator. The …