18/02/2011 (Agence Europe) - Improving nursing staff training. On Tuesday 15 February, the European Operating Room Nurses Association (EORNA) called for the urgent implementation throughout the EU of a minimum basic level of perioperative nursing education, a credit-based continuous education system, and compulsory rotation of student nurses into the operating department to expose students to this critical care area and encourage recruitment. (O.J./transl.rt)