The RN provides care that: * Establishes and maintains a therapeutic relationship with the patient and family encompasses an understanding and integration of cultural and diversity into practice * Includes communicating and working collaboratively with the patient, family and health care team members * Includes respecting the patient's values, preferences, expressed needs and knowledge of the healthcare situation in holistic data collection, in formulating health care outcomes and in the evaluation process. Periop 101 nurses will be paired with service-line preceptors (General, Gynecology, Robotics, Urology, Orthopedics, ENT, Plastics, Burns, Vascular and Neurology) at various Bridgeport Hospital sites including Surgease, during the program to complete clinical practice.