luv2scrub

Hi, new to the site. My hospital just started providing warm up jackets along with our scrubs. We can no longer wear our own jackets. They say the cloth scrub hats are next...we will need to wear hospital provided disposable hats. What do other hospitals do and what is the rationale behind your policies. They say we can wear our cloth if a disposable is put over it...they have to say that because we have several surgeons who wear turbans for religious reasons and they cover the turban with a disposable hat. Where can I find the magical AORN standard for this policy? Is it backed by evidence? I change my hat every day and wash them frequently but I know others who wear the same hat all week long...that's not good but if I wear a clean one every day, I have to think my own person laundering is sufficient to wear it again and again. thoughts, comments welcome

this is an old thread but it caught my eye. our policy is that a nurse and a tech have to verify the medications together. when we have three people in a room (rare but nice), it is often two scrubs and a nurse. one scrub is expected to circulate as "second circulator"... so the nurse who is circulating with a scrub as a second circulator can verify the drugs and then the tech can pour the meds to the field as the scrub is setting up and the circulating nurse pays the utmost attention to the patient and the needs of the anesthesiologist. It's a matter of efficiency at that point...while accomplishing the policy which of course is made to ensure patient safety.

this reply made me laugh out loud...thanks...i was on a wait list to enter nursing school when I went to "observe" in an OR for the first time. I know I wanted to work in the OR ONLY...had no desire for anything else. I was so excited to see what the nurse does in the OR...but then I saw it and thought, "this is boring." So I asked what the guy at the table, assisting the surgeon was..."just a scrub tech" was the answer I got...I did not know there was such a thing. I went home and looked in to it...there was an accredited program at the same school I was waitlisted on for the nursing program...I started the scrub tech program the very next month. I luv2scrub and am happy I know both roles in the OR, scrubbing and circulating. Where I work, the nurses have to learn to scrub so they can scrub if they want to or if we need them to scrub. Thanks for being so honest.

mine too...

http://www.surgical-instrument-pictures.com/InstrumentBook-Sample.pdf you can purchase a pretty good pdf for $12 on this website - but sitting down with the tray is the best way to learn - good luck!

Thanks for sharing the article - it is an interesting concern. The hospital I work in also has a floor dedicated to inmates - they get the entire floor to ambulate on and their guards are there too. They are in leg irons until they are under anesthesia and the leg irons are put back on when they wake up. They can ambulate with their guards - who wear weapons. It can be intimidating, we - as well as the other patients - are all safe.

Here's a website with more anatomy and biochem mnemonics - don't go to these sites if you are embarrassed or don't want to use some slang terms for certain anatomy or certain acts http://www.technion.ac.il/medicine/Students/Mnemonics.htm#ANATOMY http://www.rememberanything.com/cranial-nerve-mnemonics/ good luck!

Cool, thanks! It's pretty good. Not the detail of the serrations that I look for but very helpful. I also used the Konig catelog from Medline. They have really good detail! I"ll pass your suggested link along to my fellow students who are going crazy trying to learn 9 different instrument sets this quarter.

Hi, new to allnurses.com but found this an interesting thread so I joined. I can say as a surgical tech student, learning instruments is crucial and the core text books are quite poor! In addition to the Surgical Technology for the Surgical Technologist text and Alexander's Care of the Surgical Patient, I purchased the spiral-bound reference guide. The trouble with all of these is that the photos are just not good enough to help someone learn at home. One of the best ways to learn if (like me) you only have two clinical days and they are spent on the Mayo, is to beg your way into the Central Sterilization and Processing department at any hospital and let them know you are a student and need to observe in the area and/or put together trays with them. They are usually very kind and allow for this when I.D. is shown. There is nothing like hands on experience with the instruments but being asked to pass one and not know the name...can be embarrasing. The next best source was listed here in this thread and I found this download for $12 to be more helpful than any book I've purchased!!! I highly recommend buying the .pdf file at this site! Hmmm...CEs...that is a good idea too. I bet this .pdf file could be made even better and more useful by having better photos of the details of the intruments! (although I think this one is very good) As surgical techs, we are all about surgery and I can just imagine a nursing student who has so much more on their acedemic plate...best of luck to all!! www.surgical-instrument-pictures.com this download was worth all of the $12 for me! :redpinkhe