Promoting OR education The need is now!

Abstract

Probably no field of nursing has been as bombarded by the technologic and pharmacologic explosion as that of operating room nursing. In order to cope, our educational base has had to encom- pass many subjects. As never before, in order to meet the challenges of the future, we must be pre- pared. Education, an essential, on-going pursuit for all of us, prevents us from clinging to the past. At the same time,it allows us to embrace the future.