MedMayhem

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1. Peri-Op 101 Final Exam

   MedMayhem replied to Nurse Neddie's topic in Operating Room

   I didn't say just the questions at the end of the module. There are questions throughout the modules which is what we studied from. I took the test just a year and a half ago and that's what the nurses who went through before me told me (everyone in ...

2. Drying Chlorhexidine

   MedMayhem replied to PNW_NPstudent's topic in Operating Room

   Like the others said, it should air dry without fanning because it could spread non-sterile particles all over the sterile field, negating the whole point of the prep. Plus, it should be pretty dry at the manufacturer-recommended 3 minutes (one hour ...

3. CRNA or RNFA?

   MedMayhem replied to EKTheRN's topic in Operating Room

   This is from what I've seen as an OR nurse. RNFAs aren't super common where I work except in the CVOR. (I work in the main OR doing trauma, general, etc). Where there aren't residents assisting, we have surgical assistants through a third-party compa...

4. Surgical tech to OR nurse

   MedMayhem replied to bluedragonfly13's topic in Operating Room

   I mainly scrubbed when I started in the OR and am orienting to circulating soon. A lot of techs have told me that it'll be easier since I have so much scrubbing experience and some have even said their best nurses are the ones who scrub. So there you...

5. Peri-Op 101 Final Exam

   MedMayhem replied to Nurse Neddie's topic in Operating Room

   I promise you a majority if not all the questions you will get will be lifted directly from the questions in the modules near verbatim. It's easier if you type them up as you go rather than backtracking, but that's what they told my group. We all pas...