A Job Selecting Your Employer Summary Perioperative nurses have been involved in the medical products industry for several decades. This article answers these questions and discusses work-related responsibilities, as well as considerations for nurses who are selecting a potential employer in the health care industry. Nurses who pursue a nontraditional career continue to affect patient care, which is one reason perioperative nurses enter industry.
Nurses have a unique knowledge and perspective of the perioperative environment.
They are qualified to articulate vital market information to customers and to their companies' other employees, including differences in products or why the company should consider redesigning a product to meet customers' and patients' needs more efficiently. Necessary skills Interacting with customers and peers requires particular skills that many perioperative nurses may have, including credibility, problem-solving ability, flexibility and organizational ability, clinical expertise and a broad knowledge base, ability to listen attentively and communicate clearly, analytical skills, customer service, administrative and computer skills, and hardiness to withstand extensive travel and long hours. Establishing credibility early with customers is critical for a health care industry nurse. Though this is not always true, having a graduate degree may show customers that further education and research have been completed. If a health care industry nurse does not make believable and verifiable statements, however, he or she will not be perceived as credible despite academic degrees.