Observe carefully the participants and briefly describe their role in the procedure:
Circulating Nurse - monitors staff and patient, sterile field, and accounts for all medical instruments, and notes the progress of the surgery
Scrub Nurse - the scrub nurse set up and managed the sterile field, dressed the surgical team in sterile attire, and passed all instruments to surgeon
Anesthesia Care - the anesthesia care assesses past medical history, administers epidurals, administers anesthesia, monitors patient’s vitals during surgery, and wake patient after procedure
Surgeon - assess organs and internal areas of concern, make decisions for the optimal treatment of patient, handle instruments and determine source of problem, interpret lab values, and complete procedure without worsening patient’s condition
What procedure(s) did you observe?
I observed…show more content… Bruises of a purple and bluish hue covered her arms but one was specifically bandaged with some type of device that appeared similar to a hand warmer. The patient was very frail and petite with a quite enlarged and swollen abdomen. Movement for the patient was very effortful and slow. After assisting the patient with movement to the commode it was clear to see that there was very poor skin integrity over her sacral area and she was at risk for pressure ulcers. Assessment of her lungs showed she had diminished expiration in her left lung. The patient was on oxygen 1 Liter per minute, and her nasogastric tube had suctioned out a thick very dark brownish green fluid filling about a fourth of the container. Pt had a 20g IV in her left forearm for Dextrose 5% in 0.45 normal saline. Other assessments were prevented because of personnel coming to collect blood work and complete a chest x
