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The progressive world is necessarily divided into two classes, those who take the best of what there is and enjoy it, and those who wish for something better and try to create it!
- Florence Nightingale

 

 

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Joint Commission National Quality Approval
Joint Commission National Quality Approval

 

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Get With The Guidelines Stroke Award

 

Recognized by the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy for promoting quality in endoscopy
Recognized by the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy for promoting quality in endoscopy

Main OR

OR Clinical REWARDS Recipient for 2008
Angela Davidson
Daniel Hagman

OR Clinical REWARDS Recipient for 2009
Kathy Conner

Location:

Swann Tower and Arnold Building, 2nd Floor

# Suites:

9

Unit Manager:

Dodie Miley, RN, CNOR

Asst. UMs:

Vickie Morris, RN, CNOR
Rita Everly, RN, CNOR
Karen Grant, RN, CNOR

Clinical Educator:

Marty Scott, RN, BSN, CNOR

Type of unit:

Acute care operating suites for Surgical Services

Typical staffing:

RN, Surg Tech, ancillary support staff

Typical pt diagnosis:

Major surgical product lines including general, neurosurgery, orthopedics, vascular, ENT, urology, and podiatry surgery patients

Common skills utilized:

Circulating, scrub person (those common to operating room environment). Plan for PC in each OR for computerized record.

Most common meds / those nurses must be familiar with:

Anesthetic agents, antibiotics, emergency/code meds

Certification for Differential:

CNOR, through AORN

Selling points for Unit:

Innovative, new ORs under construction (Fall, 2008)