cinn05

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1. Contaminated areas within prepping area

   cinn05 posted a topic in Operating Room

   question: how do you handle more contaminated areas within your prepping area? the following are specific subquestions: 1. do you prep the umbilicus first or last in an abdominal prep? 2. do you prep the vagina first or last for a perineal prep? 3. ...

2. alternative solutions for a vaginal prep

   cinn05 replied to suzelle's topic in Operating Room

   The gyn onc I worked with insisted on using Hibiclens and nothing else for vaginal prep. This was for every patient every time. He was very emphatic so I did. What else could I have done? I know of no good solution.

3. What do you love about the OR? & what do you hate?

   cinn05 replied to blueberry21's topic in Operating Room

   When I interviewed for an OR position after only having worked in NICU, the manager broke it down like this. She said OR nursing was not only a specialty but was like no other kind of nursing. She said if you like bedside nursing, the OR is not for y...

4. On transitioning to the OR....is best to start in a large teaching centre?

   cinn05 replied to ruralgirl08's topic in Operating Room

   It depends what your goal(s) is... which may not be clear to you until you actually experience the different areas of surgery. I transferred from NICU to OR and it was a sweeping and dramatic difference. Going from an ICU environment where there was ...