I have to ask because I'm neither an OB-GYN nurse nor a surgical nurse.
I am on a committee at my hospital where the demands of a new physician were discussed.
He does not want medications drawn up, labeled, an ready on the sterile field as is the practice. A circulatine RN will obtain medications not already there and assist in ensuring the integrity of the sterile field.
This doctor wants the unlicensed scrub tech to draw up medications.
In my state only certain licensed professionals including LVNs and RNs may draw up medication and hand it to the doctor to administer to the patient.
Is there a professional organization position statement regarding this?
What is the practice at your facility?
Please excuse my ignorance, I havent done L&D since I was a student. Even then I didn't see a C-section.
