Course Overview
This badge is the third badge of the Sterile Field and the Aseptic Environment (SFAE) microcredential. The badge builds on and draws upon the foundation of an aseptic environment presented in NSPO 1110 and NSPO 1120. The focus is on developing an understanding of safe client care for smaller procedure sites such as an ambulatory care setting. Learners will continue considering the concepts of sterility and asepsis with emphasis on the nursing role. The badge introduces theory related to client care and assessments, instrumentation, and intraprocedural management while using best nursing practices to establish and maintain a minor sterile field. The badge concludes with a final quiz to allow an opportunity for learners to apply the badge concepts in a virtual simulated scenario. Note: Completion of this microcredential does not qualify you as a perioperative nurse. Please refer to the BCIT Perioperative Nursing Program for the required education and certification.
Prerequisite(s)
Credits
1.0
Registration requirements
Departmental approval is required to register for this course. Departmental approval is required for this course. You will not be able to register without it.
Domestic fees
$311.62
International fees are typically 3.25 times the domestic tuition. Exact cost will be calculated upon completion of registration.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Describe the nurse’s role in pre-procedure assessments.
- Describe the nurse’s role in verifying informed consent and surgical site marking.
- Identify basic surgical instruments and sponges.
- Discuss basic instrument use, inspection, care, and handling.
- Explain the significance of the hemostatic process to optimal client outcomes.
- Describe the categories, methods, and safety considerations of hemostasis.
- Describe the principles of setting up and dismantling a minor sterile field as sterile personnel.
- Describe the safe handling principles of medications on a minor sterile field.
- Identify the principles of client positioning and surgical skin antisepsis.
- Describe the principles of safe tourniquet use.
- Describe the surgical safety checklist and its impact on client care.
- Describe the commonly used local anesthetic medications and their potential side effects.
- Identify the monitoring and assessment strategies used with clients undergoing local anesthesia.
- Describe the principles of specimen collection.
- Apply standards to a small procedure setting.
Effective as of Winter 2024
Related Programs
Advanced Knowledge for Minor Sterile Ambulatory Surgical Procedures (NSPO 1130) is offered as a part of the following programs:
School of Health Sciences
- Sterile Field and the Aseptic Environment
Microcredential Part-time
Course Offerings
Spring/Summer 2026
Below is one offering of NSPO 1130 for the Spring/Summer 2026 term.
CRN 69483
Dates
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- CRN 69483
- $311.62 Domestic fees
Continuous Entry, Distance or Online
This is an online learning course. Start any time. You have 4 weeks from the date you register to complete this course.
Duration
4 weeks
Instructor
Valerie Johnson
Course outline
Important information
- Important course information will be sent to you immediately after registering. Check your myBCIT email account to access this information.
- Requires program approval. Please contact program assistant for more information at sstrong4@bcit.ca
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