An opportunity taken: Sunshine Coast University Private Hospital’s Perioperative Nurse Surgeon’s Assistant experience

Abstract

The Ramsay Health Care facility, Sunshine Coast University Private Hospital (SCUPH), opened on the 4^th of November 2013. The facility has six operating theatres offering surgical services in orthopaedics; ear, nose and throat; general; urology; gynaecology and gastroenterology. The private hospital will be co-located on the site of the pending public hospital, Sunshine Coast University Hospital, on the Kawana Health Campus.

Prior to opening the services at SCUPH, the perioperative Assistant Director of Nursing (ADON) spoke with one of the local Perioperative Nurse Surgeon’s Assistants (PNSA) about the potential of using the skills of PNSAs for public operating lists on the private campus.