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

Are we physicians or are we glorified advanced practice nurses?” The surgical attendings were the kings, the students were the peasants, the nurses and techs were serfs, and the anesthesiologists were the whipping boys for the surgeons. Maybe you’re worried that nurse anesthetists will take your job away.

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Operating Room Anesthesiologist Post-Anesthesia General Anesthesia 52

OR Manager

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

This incident is just one More » The post The anesthesia staffing crisis: How we got here, what hospitals can do appeared first on OR Manager. Last November, two hospitals in Portland, Oregon, reportedly had to cancel several hundred procedures—nearly all nonemergency surgeries—due to a shortage of anesthesia providers.

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Anesthesia Hospital Post-Anesthesia OR Manager 52