I think all of us do it because we love it. Like I have said, we are a team. Not one RN, LPN or ORT could do it by themselves. I think we are all qualified in the field or we would not be in these positions. I am just happy that I do what I do. I am ...
I agree with you. We should all work as a team to do the best for our patients without any regard to the initials behind the name. All of us have worked hard to do the best job that we can do. I would love to go back and get my first assist but worki...
Like I said, it depends on the facility and their needs and requirements. I agree, most facilities want to get as much as possible for the position you have regardless of the initials following your name. It has become more of how much they can get f...
I am a LPN that works as a scrub nurse. In our hospital, we utilize LPN's to scrub cases. RN's circulate. I do think any RN who works in the OR needs to learn how to scrub a case. . We help the RN by preping the patient or inserting a catheter, what...
If the state board of nursing approves this and the facility offers classes and documentation that the nurse is comptent to suture, the physcian has determined that he wants this scrub to close for him, I see no legal issue as far as the nurse is...
We only use LPN's in our OR to scrub and assist the surgeons. Our top LPN scrub does all the skin closures for all doctors except one that always does his own. I think it would be up to your facilities protocol and at the surgeons discretion as to w...
I work in a small hospital with two or suites. We have three scrubs and three RNs. We admit our patients in the holding unit, which we staff as well as surgery, we do the surgeries and do our own recovery as well. We clean and set up our own rooms as...
I am an lpn that scrubs. I find it hard to believe that any RN has received adaqaute training in surgical techniques and surgical instruments either. You must be trained.
When do you set up a case regarding the surgery schedule? Do you stay in the room after you set it up or do you leave and assist where needed until the patient is ready for surgery?
We have a small hospital with one call team and this is an ongoing problem. Every Friday, it is always 1700 and can be as long as 2100 before we get to leave. Administration is not going to say no because they want the revnue.
I am an LPN and I am the first assist. We do not circulate per our hospital policy however, in the state of Tennesse, we are allowed (if hospital policy permits) with the stipulation that an RN would be available in the next room.