Question for nurses here, especially OR ones

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I'm hoping someone can help me here. i'm sure you don't have to work in the OR to know it, i'm just a student but anyway,

if a patient who is heading to the OR refuses to remove their ring on their finger, do you as the nurse just

1) "note the presence of the ring in the nurses notes session of the chart" OR

2) "does the nurse explain to the patient that the hospital will not be responsible for the ring or her finger"

Thanks nurses.

this goes a little different from the majority of the post but....

let’s also not forget different cultures in this issue. i was going to remove a necklace (after the patient was anesthetized) that the patient refused to remove. i was going to simply put it back on after the surgery to make sure she would not be burned. no harm no foul.

our anesthesiologist was an indian (from india), who protested what i was going to do. this is what he explained to me. when they are married in india traditionally, they never for any reason remove the necklaces. he then showed me his. it is an insult that we could never imagine to both their spouse (who could leave them for this) and to their religion. they would rather be burned than do something like take it off. so we taped it and wrapped it in a towel, etc…

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Specializes in OR, transplants,GYN oncology.

well, folks, i'm back.this is a sad irony.

on arrival at work this am, i was asked what i knew about yesterday's patient's wedding band. arrrghh...... i was scrubbed, and working on her ankle, so i had no info to contribute. her ring evidently disappeared somewhere between the ed, or, pacu, and her room.

man alive, i'm so upset about this. just yesterday i had written up an agenda for our practice council which included an item for discussion about our institution's nonchalance about having patients' jewelry removed prior to surgery.

stand your ground, folks, and insist it's removed before you assume responsibility for it.

'nuff said. another sad lesson....:o

linda

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well, folks, i'm back.this is a sad irony.

on arrival at work this am, i was asked what i knew about yesterday's patient's wedding band. arrrghh...... i was scrubbed, and working on her ankle, so i had no info to contribute. her ring evidently disappeared somewhere between the ed, or, pacu, and her room.

man alive, i'm so upset about this. just yesterday i had written up an agenda for our practice council which included an item for discussion about our institution's nonchalance about having patients' jewelry removed prior to surgery.

stand your ground, folks, and insist it's removed before you assume responsibility for it.

'nuff said. another sad lesson....:o

linda

just a question if the patient removes the ring, arent we (well, i'm not out of school yet) supposed to document it?

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