USAF RN

Just an FYI, as I suspected I checked with the State Board and there is no rule against this as long as the documentation of training is there. thanks for all the opinions.

ok, whoa. Perhaps i misrepresented the situation. Yes, I have had orientation to the OR, this wasn't my first time scrubbing in, I have been trained in suturing and had all the proper documentation to state all of that, not to mention this wasn't my first time de-epithelizing either. I'm just not a CNOR or RNFA. all of that being said, my underlying question was: are RNFA's the only people (RNs) who can handle tissue without going outside SOP. I was properly trained in all of this and supervised, the patient DID know i was in there. i just wanted to know the rules, legally. thanks for all the opinions, i would agree with most of you, perhaps i should have explained all that the first time.

Yes, I run the program--it's a visiting plastic surgeon, i set up all the appointments in the clinic. so in return for doing all the grunt work, they let me come in and scrub in. at the heart of it, i can't tell if i really did something i wasn't suppose to do.

I have a question for the OR crowd. I am a BSN RN who has no certifications, but recently was allowed in to surgery to hang out because that's what I want to do someday. The surgeon was present the whole time and allowed me to hold instruments, suction, suture, and de-epithelize some skin. Is this outside my scope of practice (Missouri)? I know that RNFA do more of that stuff, but i was under the direct supervision of an MD and didn't do anything that i thought would put the patient in harm's way, meaning I never did anything below the dermis. any opinions?? The charge nurse pulled me out and banned me from the OR for going outside my SOP.