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Evaluation tool for Periop 101 candidates

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Does anyone have an evaluation tool for Periop 101 candidate interviews they would be willing to share?

Alison Dickson Category Novice Nursing 8d

Surgical Technologist Advancement Program

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Hello All, This is my first post to this forum. I am looking into creating a Clinical Advancement Program for our ...

Christine Pytka Category Novice Nursing 11d

To cover sterile field or not?

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Periop 101 states in sterile technique module that we should not be covering our field with a sterile drape. ...

Ena Roseman Category Novice Nursing 14d

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@Ena Roseman Yes we use it and really like it. We'll cover the field if there is a delay in the procedure start

CST->New Grad RN closing small incisions?

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We have a CST on staff for over 14 years who will be getting their RN in December. Our surgeons (we are a ...

Lesley Szilagyi Category Novice Nursing 21d

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We have a CST at our facility in NYS that also has a "specialist assistant" certification and can close. I believe he ...

LIDOCAINE TOXICITY

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Hi, I'm working on education for Lidocaine toxicity and wanted to get some input from you all. What do you thing ...

Stephanie Goodgame Category Novice Nursing 22d

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Our pharmacy consultant has provided education regarding Lidocaine toxicity.

New Grad Nurse Interested in OR

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Hi everyone, I am a new grad nursing student who was interested in becoming a peri-op nurse. While in the process of ...

Christine Constantino Category Novice Nursing 22d

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@Christine Constantino
Aorn periop 101 program would def make you stand out and show that you're committed.

Unit Based Council

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Our UBC fell apart throughout the last two years related to staff turnover and shortage. I am looking for ideas to ...

Theresa Bensinger Category Novice Nursing Aug '22

Aug '22

Hello Theresa,
Have you tried Zoom meetings or Teams? Once we started having meetings that are not in the hospital, ...

Dental anesthetic

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Hei! Im an OR nurse in Oslo Norway working in ENT OR department. Im wondering if how do other hospitals desinfect ...

Kelly Jane Flores Category Novice Nursing Jul '22

New Grad RN- Doing a capstone in the Operating Room- ...

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Hello fellow colleagues, I am a Perioperative Nurse Educator in Southern California and have an opportunity to ...

Jocelyn Atkins Category Novice Nursing Jul '22

new grad orientation to admit/recover

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Hello, I am a nurse educator looking at creating orientation for a new grad (no previous healthcare experience) ...

Emily Coers Category Novice Nursing Jul '22

Jul '22

@Emily Coers
HI Emily,

The Periop 101 course includes pre and post-op introductory material for RN's. If you ...

scrub vs circulate as first skills for new OR nurses

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Any recommendations regarding which is better: new perioperative nurses learning to scrub before learning to ...

Lois Brichta Category Novice Nursing Jul '22

Jul '22

@Lois Brichta
Probably circulate first and incorporate a scrub rotation in that period of time for a new OR RN.

OR Nurse Residency Program

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Hi, everyone! I'm looking to see if anyone has an OR Residency Program for graduate nurses. If so, approximately ...

Fotini Katsipoutis Category Novice Nursing Jul '22

Jul '22

@Fotini Katsipoutis following this! I have been recently thinking about how to start a residency program for new ...

Communication in the OR

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We currently use the hospital phones in the OR to communicate with other staff members and anesthesia. We are ...

amy martin Category Novice Nursing Jun '22

Jun '22

We use two way radios to call out to pacu and notify spd to come get instruments

Novice

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Sounds like you have a great action plan for new RNs as well as new to OR nurses. Proper onboarding is so important to ...

Annette Malston Category Novice Nursing Jun '22

New Grads in a periop 101 program

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We are exploring the possibility of accepting new grad RNs into our periop 101 program. We use the AORN program and ...

Karen Johnson Category Novice Nursing Jun '22

Jun '22

Yes, we accept new graduates. It has not been an issue. We do a lot of simulations and lab time in our didactic portion ...