Professionalism
This document is a valuable Perioperative resource for developing and reviewing policies and to identify standards of care.
What is AORN's Guidelines and Recomended Practices for Perioperative Practice?
The only area of the department in which street clothes are permitted.
What is the Unrestricted area ?
This team member is in sterile attire, passes instruments and is responsible for monitoring the sterile field.
What is the Surgical Technologist?
Data is collected about the patients physical, medical, psycho-social and spiritual history
What is Assessment ?
A special device on which the patient will lie during the procedure which is specifically designed for multiple patient positions and to protect the patient from pressure injuries.
What is a surgical table/bed?
As a Professional, a space where you can not talk about your work.
What is social media, example Facebook
Requires Hospital laundered scrub suit, along with head and facial hair cover.
What is the semi restricted area ?
These 2 team members provide support by assisting in obtaining supplies for the team, setting up equipment and moving the patient onto and off of the OR table. The other team member is responsible for the thorough cleaning of the room between cases to provide a clean and safe environment for the team and patient. They are critical in preventing cross contamination and infection control.
What is a Perioperative Care technician (CNA in some places)? What is a Environmental Services techician?
Checking, observing, and appraising the results of patient care delivered.
What is Evaluation?
A small wheeled table which is draped sterile and is pulled over the patients lower body and contains those instruments needed during specific parts of the procedure.
What is a Mayo stand?
Perioperative nurses conduct themselves utilizing this in decison making and actions.
What are Ethics?
This area requires humidity of 20 to 60 percent, temperature of 68 to 75 degrees F and 20 air exchanges per hour.
What is the Restricted area ?
This team member is responsible for the induction, maintenance, and emergence from anesthesia. (Name more than one)
What is an anesthesiologist or CRNA?
Nursing problems specific to perioperative nursing care are listed in this document and will be the basis for developing our plan of care aimed at attaining expected outcomes. They are seperate from care plans.
What is PNDS ?
Perioperative Nursing Data Set
This device is draped sterile and used to hold a basin of sterile water for instrument cleaning and fire safety.
What is a ring stand?
A Perioperative RN demonstrates professionalism by completing several things give one example:
What is:
Know your Practice Act
Know your Policies
Seek colleagues to assess your practice
Active in Professional Organizations
Maintain competence activies throughout the year
These items are not permitted in the semi restricted or restricted area. (Name several)
What is a earrings left uncovered, necklace, watch, ring, cloth hat not laundered in a hospital facility, device from outside not cleanable?
These team members may assist the surgeon during surgery.
What is the Assistant surgeon, RNFA, CRNFA, NP and PA?
Nursing interventions are delivered according to nursing standards of care, assessment of the patient and clinical guidelines.
What is Implementation?
This item is used for both cutting thru tissue and providing hemostasis.
What is an ESU, electrocautery, bovie?
Evidence based practice and rating uses this method of creating evidence based questions.
What is PICO ?
P patient or population
I interventions
C comparison
O outcome
In the restricted area, these 2 items must be worn in addition to the attire required in the semi-restricted area.
What is a mask and eye protection (if at risk for splash)?
This team member manages the room, oversee's patient safety, completes the EHR, and assures the Timeout and calls for the surgical counts.
What is the Circulating nurse?
Process describes nursing diagnosis, outcomes, care given, and response to care.
What is Documentation?
This critical item should be checked prior to each procedure and may be needed to evacuate bleeding or to clear the airway or obstruction or aspiration.
What is the suction system, cannister, tubing, and suction tip?