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Knowing Me, Knowing You: What Can We Learn From Familiar Surgical Teams?

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Surgical care is the product of numerous interprofessional interactions, reflected in several key multidisciplinary teams. Neurosurgical teams reported fewer workflow disruptions in teams with high levels of surgeon-scrub nurse familiarity [ 11 ]. Better Clinical Outcomes? vs 10.0%), longer operative times, and a longer hospital stay.

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THE FIRST CHAPTER OF DOCTOR VITA BY RICK NOVAK

The Anesthesia Consultant

I haven’t worked with you before, Dr. Lucas,” said the circulating nurse, who stood at the patient’s side. “My I told the nursing supervisor I never wanted to work with Maggie.” Each arm was draped in clear plastic to keep The Bricklayer sterile when it entered her body through tiny incisions. My name is Maggie.” “Of

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LEARJET ANESTHESIA – THE EARLY DAYS OF HEART TRANSPLANTATION

The Anesthesia Consultant

One registered nurse had a fulltime job locating appropriate brain dead heart donors within a 60-90 minute Learjet trip from Stanford. A separate team of physicians and nurses was responsible for assembling a waitlist of prospective heart transplant recipients, and for arranging housing for them within the San Francisco Bay Area.

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SERIALIZATION OF THE DOCTOR AND MR. DYLAN… CHAPTER TWO

The Anesthesia Consultant

It had been five hours since the initial skin incision. Melody was on the debate team and the varsity tennis team, and for three years she worked with Alzheimer patients at a nursing home in Palo Alto. Judith Chang turned her back on the operating room table, and peeled off her surgical gloves. The tumor’s out.” “A She’s cured.”