Skip to content
View in the app

A better way to browse. Learn more.
allnurses

A full-screen app on your home screen with push notifications, badges and more.

To install this app on iOS and iPadOS
  1. Tap the Share icon in Safari
  2. Scroll the menu and tap Add to Home Screen.
  3. Tap Add in the top-right corner.
To install this app on Android
  1. Tap the 3-dot menu (⋮) in the top-right corner of the browser.
  2. Tap Add to Home screen or Install app.
  3. Confirm by tapping Install.
Discussion

New to OR, help me on basic concepts

Hi there, its my 5th day in the OR, and i am such a rookie. Are there any videos/links out there where i could learn basic OR techniques such as how to glove, scrub, gown and most importantly, MEMORIZE the most common instruments and what to anticipate during a surgery. thank you all

Featured Replies

When it comes to the instruments, try this book:

http://www.amazon.com/Instrumentation-Operating-Room-Photographic-Manual/dp/0323043100/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1241967440&sr=8-9

Start with a gen surg major tray and build from there. That is how I started. This book is pretty good and has a lot of pictures in it. I have several other tool books for OR but this one is the best by far. Even my clinical educator saw it and was amazed - she ordered a bunch of copies for the other new people, when I was new. :D

Alternatively, you can get that above book with another one here:

http://www.amazon.com/Alexanders-Patient-Surgery-Instrumentation-Operating/dp/0323027164/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1241967440&sr=8-1

Alexander's covers the basics, including but not limited to: instruments and surgeries, patient preparation, positioning, sutures, etc. It's a great basic book, one that I got for myself just after completing my perioperative program. Wish I would have had Alexander's instead of the Berry & Kohn I was required to get. Oh well. I learn, I manage, I survive and I carry on to nurse another shift. :)

I agree Alexanders is a great book and a wonderful resource. That is what we used in our class. Have you been to an OR class?

Guest
This topic is now closed to further replies.
Go to topic listing

Currently Reading 0

  • No registered users viewing this page.

Account

Navigation

Search

Search

Configure browser push notifications
Chrome (Android)
  1. Tap the lock icon next to the address bar.
  2. Tap Permissions → Notifications.
  3. Adjust your preference.
Chrome (Desktop)
  1. Click the padlock icon in the address bar.
  2. Select Site settings.
  3. Find Notifications and adjust your preference.