Leadership and Management

Policy creation

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Would anyone be able to give insight into policy creation for preoperative A1C parameters?

Lacey Woods Category Leadership and Management 3d

Orientation Schedule

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Would anyone be willing to share an example of what your orientation schedule looks like for new hires? I would ...

Anna Sievert Category Leadership and Management 11d

Retention plan for CVOR nurses

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I'm struggle to retain/grow staff in Cardiothoracic specialty.
How is other institute hold/grow their staff in ...

Eunsun Lee Category Leadership and Management Jul '19

Megan Nolan Jul '19

Hi Eunsun,

What are your current retention efforts? Do you have opportunities for professional development? ...

On-Call Coverage

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Hello everyone,

Looking for any and all information on the following issue:
Staff member is scheduled to be on call ...

Stella Mondragon Category Leadership and Management Mar '20

Leigh Bartlett Mar '20

We always start with finding a volunteer if possible. We may have to use some incentive to get it covered. Usually ...

Need your input! Career Ladders in rural, mid-sized, ...

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We (at AORN) would like to see your career ladder documents at your facility! We are interested in how these are ...

Erin Kyle Category Leadership and Management 16d

Laser nurse

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When doing a holmium laser case, are people having the circulator control the laser also or a second nurse? Right ...

Eileen Giordano Category Leadership and Management 27d

Molly Litchfield 26d

We require that it be a second person who is the laser operator, so the circulator cannot do both. We don't require ...

leadership restructuring

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Hey guys, my OR is going through some leadership restructuring and I am looking for some input from you leaders on ...

Shannon Sessoms Category Leadership and Management 29d

Charge Nurse Communication Tools

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Hello,

Is anyone willing to share their OR Charge RN checklist, rounding tools, and/or communication tools ...

Sherry Walker Category Leadership and Management Jun '20

Call scheduling

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Any nurse managers at rural hospitals willing to offer help or guidance on how you coordinate staffing ...

Joni Turner Category Leadership and Management May '20

Monica Moliniare May '20

Good morning Joni
I am the Surgery Nurse Director of a small CAH.
My staff is a total of 6(3 RN's and 3 CST). My self is ...

New surgical attire guideline

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I am just curious as to what everyone is doing regarding the new surgical attire guideline.
1. If you changed your ...

Karen Knapp Category Leadership and Management Nov '19

Linda Barnes Nov '19

We have updated our policy. 1. Circulators or person prepping must wear long sleeve jacket when. 2. We allow ...

Turnover times

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What are a some practical tips for decreasing turnover time?

Lorraine Widdall Category Leadership and Management Feb '20

Amy Brunson Mar '20

We have had success with a pit crew for cleaning rooms. Each person has a designated cleaning area. It also has ...

Risk Assessment for Wet OR Procedures & Medical Gas

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Hello. We are a new surgical center & recently had our AAAHC survey. Two of the things they requested was a risk ...

Crystal Luke Category Leadership and Management Feb '20

Kim Weitzman Apr '20

Hi Crystal,
We use a company (not sure if I should/could name) for the Risk Assessment.
For the Medical Gas I have a ...

Pay practice

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Does anyone work at a facility that offers specialty pay for nurses working in procedure areas? Beyond a diff for ...

Adonica Dugger Category Leadership and Management May '20

Nurse Navigator.... any one incorporating a nurse to ...

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We have been talking about creating a Nurse Navigator Role for some of our surgical services. These individuals ...

Karen Citrin Category Leadership and Management May '20

Facility financial health/job security

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How is everyone's facility faring financially during this time? US News and World Report published an article ...

Lorraine Widdall Category Leadership and Management May '20