The charge nurse position is a leadership role responsible for the organization and safety of their unit throughout shift. They are accountable for setting a professional work environment with appropriate staffing, education, and ensuring the achievement of professional standards of care. My project is to create a charge nurse orientation guide for the Surgical Nurses at Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital (KBRH) that have or may assume the charge nurse role during their caree r . There is currently no orientation on this unit for the charge n urse role, thus this has been seen as a benefit to staff on this unit
