Operating Room Category

Staffing Worksheet: Tool to Evaluate Staffing Needs in the OR

Operating Room Staffing Analysis Worksheet
This tool was developed to evaluate staffing needs in the operating room (OR) setting. Here’s how it was used in one particular scenario, feel free to adjust to fit your own facility’s needs:
Every day, a Resource RN fills out the tools with regards to their particular shift. The [...]

Fire Safety in the OR: Fire Safety in the Operating Room

This is a Power Point Presentation providing important details about Fire Safety in the Operating Room Setting. Feel free to adapt to your particular facility’s needs.
Policy Shared by: Chantal Pirmez-Fisher, RN, CNOR, BN (Periop), BEd.
Fire Safety in the OR Download Link

PREVENTION OF SURGICAL ROOM / SUITE FIRES AND THE FIRE ACTION PLAN

To effectively train staff members in the prevention of and in the event of a fire in the operating room suite Physicians Registered Nurses Surgical Technologists Ancillary Staff members Anesthesia Care Providers You may Download PREVENTION OF SURGICAL ROOM / SUITE FIRES AND THE FIRE ACTION PLAN or share your own Nursing Policies or Nursing Management Procedures

Sample Steris Competency

Sample Steris Competency Adobe pdf format You may Download Sample Steris Competency or share your own Nursing Policies or Nursing Management Procedures

Surgery Instrument Count Instrument Count Record

Surgery Instrument Count Instrument Count Record Adobe pdf format You may Download Surgery Instrument Count Instrument Count Record or share your own Nursing Policies or Nursing Management Procedures

Staff RN – First Assistant (RNFA)

Staff RN – First Assistant RNFA Addendum to Standard Job Description Adobe pdf format You may Download Staff RN – First Assistant (RNFA) or share your own Nursing Policies or Nursing Management Procedures

Sentinel Node Biopsy Draft

Sentinel Node Biopsy Draft Policy Adobe pdf format You may Download Sentinel Node Biopsy Draft or share your own Nursing Policies or Nursing Management Procedures

Intra-Op Orders Draft for the Operating Room

Operating Room Anesthesia Surgery Center Physician Order Sheet:Intraoperative Orders Draft Sheet Microsoft Word format You may Download Intra-Op Orders Draft for the Operating Room or share your own Nursing Policies or Nursing Management Procedures

Sterile Storage Inservice

Power Point Presentation for sterile storage In order to view this document you must have Microsoft Power Point installed on your computer or the Microsoft Power Point Viewer contributed by: Stephen M Kovach You may Download Sterile Storage Inservice or share your own Nursing Policies or Nursing Management Procedures

OR Nurse Orientation: Pathway Format

Orientation Pathway for Operating Room Nurse: Contains worksheet for the pathway and an additional worksheet for the learners self assessment Updated version includes RN Pathway RN Assessment Tech Pathway Tech Assessment and ORA pathway Document submitted by:Victor R Convertino RN CNOR Nurse Educator Operating Room You may Download OR Nurse Orientation: Pathway Format or share your own Nursing Policies or Nursing Management Procedures