I am wondering what other facilities do for counts. Currently, sponge/sharp count is recorded on a pad of paper in the room, but administration is "encouraging" counts on both a white board AND the...
trixie_s_CNOR replied to teenarn's topic in Operating Room
When I started in the OR about 4 years ago, we took AORN's peri-op 101 with a department educator, then 6-12 months of working with a preceptor. The orientation was sufficient for my needs. I had a...
trixie_s_CNOR replied to babynurse1976's topic in Operating Room
Have you checked out the program at North Dakota? If I understand correctly, the program is for nurses/other health care workers only, and much of it is available as a distance learning program. A...