lozza_49

hi there, i am interested in gathering your interpretations on the acorn phrase "progressive counting away technique". i am currently assisting in updating my australian or's policy and procedure manual and there has been much debate over what this phrase entails. depending on where staff members were taught to scrub/scout there is a variety of different interpretations coming up. ie: my interpretation, and how i was taught was, to begin with patient, move to trolley (clean then dirty) then move to items off the trolley (count away from the patient)...or others say vice versa, i am interested to know your rationales. many thanks, lauren )

I went straight from study to the OR, yes there is a lot to learn, but you will pick up the skills quickly and people will share their knowledge and experience with you. I'm still there after going in at entry level plus you can always go and do further postgrad periop studies:wink2:

We have EN's and RN's, both circulate and scrub, we look at the list and decide who wants to do what for each case