ral2009

Hello everyone, I'm a nurse manager looking to do something that has not yet been done in my facility. I was wondering if anyone here has had experience working in an OR or a procedural area as an LPN? We are a women's health OR and 99.9% of our procedures are performed translady partsl. I am looking to hire an LPN to be a "scrub" and essentially be the doctor's right hand man. We formerly had a medical assistant in this role, however we ran into hiccups because the medical assistant could not help in our recovery area where our patients recover after receiving propofol. My main question is if an LPN would be able to assist in the recovery of patients if accompanied by an RN? In a time of budget cuts I am trying to resourcefully use staff to the fullest extend of their scope. Any insight would be appreciated!!