OR Manager

AUGUST 28, 2024

Every year, OR Manager shines a light on staffing issues via the Salary/Career Survey. In this issue, two articles take a careful look at the career and profile of the perioperative leader in both inpatient More » The post Anesthesia workforce challenges taking center stage appeared first on OR Manager.

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OR Manager

JUNE 23, 2024

In 2020, more than a decade after the World Health Organization (WHO) started advocating that every hospital More » The post State of the huddle: The barriers to and benefits of preop meetings appeared first on OR Manager.

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OR Manager

MARCH 21, 2024

Like the OR, the More » The post Safe postop patient recovery: A day in the PACU leader role appeared first on OR Manager. Critical assessment and rapid response are essentials skills for perioperative staff members, and that goes double for perioperative leadership. Patient-centered leadership is a must.

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The Circulating Life

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

This is the group of scrub techs and nurses that I worked with for the week. At other times we needed different instruments than the ones we had, and I was relying very heavily on the OR Charge Nurse to help my find the needed trays or peel-packed items. I’ve been a nurse for 22 years. This was a great group of people!

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The Anesthesia Consultant

FEBRUARY 11, 2018

Today I read a thoughtful and well-written essay in Anesthesiology News titled, Anesthesiologists-The Utility Players of the Medical Field written by anesthesiologist David Stinson MD from my native state of Minnesota. Are we physicians or are we glorified advanced practice nurses?” Anesthesiologists are the experts.

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