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Paula Graling
I am looking to create a system hybrid room coordinator who can help with future room construction and design, ...
Patricia Smith
We are reviewing our temp/humidity/ventilation policy. It is in need of revision to reflect current best ...
Alexandria Lindower
Is there any evidence regarding perioperative educator to staff ratio?
Cassie Scott
Hi All! I am wondering if anyone can help me. I have seen in other hospital ORs a board displayed in a common area for ...
Emily Hardin
Hi All! We recently had a surgeon leave for a different hospital and we now have a large supply of implants we had ...
Can the rep help you or the company that makes them?

David Clibrey
I run a small ASC and would like to attract more surgeons to our facility. Other than simply calling every surgeon's ...
Deborah Davis
Nursing Colleagues, I am in search of any recognition, reward, and/or incentive programs you might be using at ...
Marissa Frantz
Does anyone have an on call program? For example, a staff member that is just a call nurse or staff that rotate call ...

Hi @Marissa Frantz , I won't be much help I'm afraid as unfortunately we don't have enough staff available to have a ...

John Capuzzi
can anyone share their practice for calling pre op/holding for patients when a case is done . How to make sure there ...
John Capuzzi
What tools do you use to flex staff to increase or decrease staff around standing block times. And how far out do you ...
Meredith Reed
Hi everyone, For those who are level 2 trauma centers, we were told the new response time for our call teams is 15 ...

@Meredith Reed
Hi there!

We are a level I trauma center and are also discussing this requirement. We are meeting the ...

James Uregen
A surgeon presents to the operating room requesting to do minor procedures under local anesthetic in an unused OR ...

@James Uregen

We do Local cases semi frequently in our OR suites. We follow the guidelines to have an additional RN ...

Brenda Chapman
Does anyone have a policy about surgeries scheduled but the patient does not have authorization? We have so many ...
We do not. We have an “understanding” that insurance will approve the day of surgery. We too have the same issues.

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Tina Linsalata
Hello, I am wondering how I can get my ceu certificate for attending the zoom meeting ? I was on the phone but muted ...
Caitlin Smith
Hello everyone! I was wondering if anyone would be able to share their compensation for nurses who fulfill the ...

@Caitlin Smith
We are a union facility and we pay the Charge Nurse roll an additional $1.25 per hour.

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