Kimberly Cook

• Circulate in Ortho, Spine, Plastics, GYN, General, Podiatry, Cysto, ESWL, Laparoscopic cases
• Epic Computer charting
• Pyxis medication dispenser
• Use of different spine tops and Ortho fracture tables, GYN equipment for D&C or ablations, Plastics lipo machines, laparoscopic equipment
• Positioning patient according to surgery and surgeon preference
• Set up room according to surgery
• Collected and sent Specimens
• Prepped patient's for surgery. Gave meds and supplies to the sterile field.
• Inserted foley catheters
• Assisted anesthesia with Induction and extubation of surgical patient

Circulate for Ortho, Neuro/Spine, Plastics, ENT, GYN, GI, General, Laparoscopic, Cysto

First scrub in plastic cases

Prep surgical site according to surgeon preference

Set up room according to case

Place supplies and meds to sterile field

Time outs

Verifying with the patient, surgeon, family, Preop, and OR team the correct patient, surgery, surgeon, laterality, consent, surgical team including reps etc...

Keeping family updated on patient

Assisting CRNA with induction and postanesthesia

Reporting to PACU

Collecting and sending Lab specimens

EPIC charting

Omnicell Med dispensory

Being efficient with time management for fast turnovers

Clean up after surgery cases

Assessed Patient's pain, neuro function, V/S, EKG, ROM, Airway, LOC postanesthesia

Postop teaching to patient and family

Provided assistance with walking, sitting, standing, eating post surgery

EPIC charting

Distributed meds as ordered

Followed standard of care postop according to type of surgery

Applied Oxygen, nasal trumpets, oral airways, foleys as needed

Discontinued IV's, foley catheters, or meds as ordered

Discharged patient's home and provided appropriate equipment needed for assistance to the vehicle and for at home use

Provided Preop care (IV, Pre/Post OP Teaching, Preop meds, v/s)

Followed the patient to the OR to circulate (gave meds to sterile field, kept counts, lipo amounts, weights for specimens, controlled Lipo machine, changed canisters, mixed tumescent solution, gave implants to sterile field, assisted anesthesia with induction and to PACU)

Followed patient to PACU. Recovered and discharged patient home with family.

Assisted with room turnovers

Checked in supplies

Organized supplies and put away supplies

Turnover O2 tanks

Narcotic counts

IV starts, preop medications, lab draws, preop baths, infused iv meds and blood as ordered

Preop Patients for surgery (TAVRs, vascular, GI, general, Plastics, MRI, Endo, GYN, ENT, Neuro, Spine, Ortho, GU)

Verified consents, H&P, laterality, mark if required, images, surgeon, patient ID

Handoff to OR nurse

Outpatient recovery

Applied bair hugger and Oxygen as needed

Provided Preop and Postop discharge instructions

EPIC charting, Meditech for ordering images, Medication and supply pyxis

Office Staff Nurse

EPIC charting

Lab draws

collected and sent specimens

Called patient for abnormal labs

Called in prescriptions or eprescribed per MD

Placed patients on monitor for NST, read NST

Charted V/S

Assisted with IUD placement, Paps, Cultures, Amniocentesis, External Cephalic Versions, sending patient chart for surgery, scheduling patient for surgery, scheduling referrals for other physicians as needed, administered meds and glucose tolerance test)

Assisted as First Assist in C-sections, abdominal hysterectomies, D&C's, tubaligations, etc)

IV starts and management, Administered medications, Titrated pitocin for induction of labor, Magnesium Sulfate management and side effect assessment of prelabor or postpartum patients

Cytotec and cervidil placements and assessment of labor

Care for laboring patient through all phases of labor

Postpartum care

Newborn assessment, APGAR scores, bath, labs

Antepartum patient care

Fetal monitoring, fetal monitoring with scalp electrode, IUPC

Placement of scalp electrode

Cervical Exams

Tests for Rupture of Membranes

Placental blood draws

Circulate and recover for c-sections

Assist with vaginal delivery

Assist with spinal and epidural placement, epidural pump setting

Set up sterile vaginal delivery table

McKesson Charting

Assess vaginal bleeding and fundal devation postpartum