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A Day in the Life of a Surgery Nurse in the Operating Room (OR)

EARN Cares

Surgical nursing is unlike any other nursing specialty or unit. The operating room (OR) is a team based unit where patients undergo surgical procedures. Properly and safely positioning the patient for surgery to adequately expose the surgical site while preventing injuries and falls.

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WHAT ANESTHESIOLOGISTS DO… AN EXAMPLE ANESTHETIC

The Anesthesia Consultant

An anesthesia machine, with the vital signs monitor screen on the left, and the electronic medical records computer screen on the right. His vital signs are heart rate = 100, BP = 150/80, respiratory rate = 20 breaths/minute, oxygen saturation 95% on room air, and temperature 100.2 The BP is 100/50.

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EXTUBATION IS RISKY BUSINESS. WHY THE CONCLUSION OF GENERAL ANESTHESIA CAN BE A CRITICAL EVENT

The Anesthesia Consultant

In contrast, other operating room professionals are usually relaxed and winding down at this time, because the surgical procedure is finished. The patient’s vital signs remained normal and the ET tube was removed. The patient is going to rip their sutures out or have bleeding from the surgical site.”

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WHEN SURGEONS, OR PATIENTS, TRY TO TELL THE ANESTHESIOLOGIST WHAT TO DO — 14 EXAMPLES

The Anesthesia Consultant

The surgeon intends to supplement your intravenous (IV) sedation with local anesthetic at the surgical site. I’d like to do this procedure in my office operating room, not in a surgery center or the hospital.” In an example of this scenario, the surgeon has a patient he’d only like to operate on in his office.

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Surgical Data Integration vs. Operating Room Integration

Caresyntax

Why Data Across the Surgical Continuum Matters Integrated operating rooms have reshaped surgery in the past decade, providing amongst other benefits, enhanced communication, shortened surgical times, reduced patient cancellations, real-time access to patient information and advanced imaging, as well as maximum use of operating rooms.