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23 Apr OR Preparation-How much time do we need?
As an operating room professional, I often wonder if we ever have enough time to setup for surgical procedures? I guess it depends on the procedure, specialty, equipment required and availability of equipment and how much additional support we get from OR staff such as orderlies....
14 Jan Supporting All Operating Room Professionals
In an environment that is surrounded by technology and with an ever increasing demand placed upon operating room professionals, such as OR nurses, technologists, operating department practitioners, all of whom are professionals that support the surgical team, and who setup and prepare all of...
12 Jan Welcome 2016
I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a Happy New Year & Welcome in 2016. I know the coming year will bring changes to our profession & with that challenges. As part of the Peri-Operative Team always remember you are unique, dynamic, adaptable...
26 May Team Work
Do you regularly have the same OR team with each list you do, or is your department short staffed and as a result each week you have different staff? How well do the staff you have effectively communicate? As an agency nurse, I casually work around...
29 Apr Documentation Documentation…
So tell me what are your thoughts on the amount of documentation we are asked to complete whilst we are caring for our patient under anaesthetic. In the hospitals I have worked, we have a scrub nurse, anaesthetic nurse & circulator or scout nurse. The documentation...
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