NURS 83PL Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Local Anesthetic, Asepsis, Local Anesthesia
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Theory midterm 2 study guide: question on the physical layout and traffic control measure in the intra-operative setting, physical layout is designed to reduce cross-contamination. Flow of clean and sterile supplies and equipment should be separated from contaminated supplies and equipment: aseptic technique in operative setting, holding area: special waiting area inside of or adjacent to surgical suite. Identify patient and assess prior to going into the or. Designed to improve surgical care by significantly reducing the number of complications from surgery. Pre-op procedures occur here (teaching, labs, dx exams, consent, mark site: function of circulating nurse, circulating rn: first person of the or team to meet the patient, you are the patient"s advocate!! Unsterile, assist in prepping the room, ensuring supplies in working order. Check lab work, performs time out , documents intraoperative care. If a nurse is doing speaking to a patient and getting information and they"re going to have different scenarios.
