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Transitioning from a perioperative nurse to a leadership role in an Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) presented me with numerous challenges, but none were as daunting...
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By: John Kelly, IV
Published: 8/6/2014
If all goes as planned, by the time you’re reading this, we will have moved into our new ambulatory care center, where we’ll now perform all of our outpatient cases. We’ll convert our hybrid inpatient-outpatient OR to a major-case-only venue. You might not think so, but the transition to the new facility has generated a host of problems, ranging from personnel issues to equipment appropriations. Lots of fun!
Are we really starting August 25?
Is Dr. Kelly sure this case is not going to be an admission?
What if the patient’s BMI is 35.4?
How sick is too sick?
Who will win the fight over the instrument tray?
Do the patients know where the surgicenter is?
Does Dr. Kelly know where the surgicenter is?
Point me in the right direction
With all change comes the good, the bad and the ugly. I am sure that after the kinks are worked out, the transition will yield mostly good. I hear all the rooms have windows to the outside. My current room has a beautiful view of a scrub sink. Until then, I really do need to figure out where this new place is.
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