This report investigates the problems faced by operating room (OR) nurses participating in minilaparoscopic surgery. It was found that delayed surgical time, complaints from surgeons, and the development of negative relationships with patients were some of the problems faced. After project staff had developed and distributed a questionnaire they determined that several major reasons were responsible for these problems: a lack of professional instruction in mini-laparoscopic surgical techniques, limited image-related teaching tools, and inadequate experience for new staff. These problems then led to a general lack of familiarity with surgical instruments and how to use them. After writing a reference manual for the mini-laparoscope, developing a failsafe system of colored tapes to label instruments, performing systematic professional training courses with discussion groups and multi-media teaching methods, as well as encouraging nurses to self-study, it was found that the precision score of full preparation for OR nurses rose from 69 in pre-training to 89 posttraining. This was a clear sign that our OR nurses were better trained by means of our multi-media teaching methods and that our project aims were achieved.