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When doing plastic procedures, the physician markings applied in preop are somewhat compromised when betadine ...
Provide the patient with PCMX soap to wash off the layer of skin oil while they are still in pre-op. This might help ...
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What will be the wound classification for an external fixator removal?
Julie Cahn
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Andrea,Â
This is a great question. First, the team must agree that there is a surgical wound involved. If there is no ...
This is a great question. First, the team must agree that there is a surgical wound involved. If there is no ...
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I have 2 things I would like to see how other facilities handle regarding consents. 1) If your H&P, order, and ...
This is when the surgeon's p re-op.note  plays an important role.
The surgeon's pre-op.note have to be recorded ...
The surgeon's pre-op.note have to be recorded ...
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Hello all, We have a new staff nurse who has developed contact dermatitis on her arms(from the wrist to the elbow). ...
Sharon Hershey
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We have actually had a small number of staff develop reactions to our standard sterile gown, as well as the ...
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I was wondering about suggestions for arm tucking on high BMI patients. Any suggestions? Sonja Ihler RN CNOR CVOR ...
Use a circumferential ' ulnar protection gel pad '. Palm to the side, thumbs up. Cradle tuck the arms with the draw ...
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We have an RN who had previously worked in the OR for 2-3 years, then left to go to Radiology, and is now back in the OR ...
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any consistent - skin assessment - in documentation advise? RNs want to have consistency in this area.
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I am the Surgery Educator and have an RN interested in CNOR. Unfortunately, our company dropped Periop101 a few ...
Sonja Ihler
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No, you must work in the OR fro 2 years prior to taking the exam
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I want to know what other free standing surgical centers and hospital operating rooms are doing about lactated ...
Different I.V. bag manufacturers may have different warming instructions; check with your brand. We use B-Braun ...
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I am wondering if anyone has information regarding the new guideline for LAST rescue kits as we are a small ...
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Hi Everyone. With Bacitracin being pulled from the market by the FDA and no longer available. The Antimicrobial ...
Aleasha Tuley
Feb '20
We have one Dr. using povidone iodine and the other using Vanco.
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Doing a survey to find out which organizations across the USA have their OR RNs scrub regularly. Many younger RN's ...
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Hi everyone! I have been the clinical nurse educator for all procedural areas at my facility for a little over a year ...
Amy Siegfried
23d
Hi,
I used a resource I found on this site- search "Amazing Race" I followed it pretty closely and it was very ...
I used a resource I found on this site- search "Amazing Race" I followed it pretty closely and it was very ...
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We are going to be providing Electroconvulsive therapy ( ECT) at our facility soon and I am looking for some ...
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Is anyone willing to share their facilities temperature and humidity policy. We follow the 30-60% but trying to ...
Megan Nolan
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