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By: Paula Watkins
Published: 1/7/2015
Since my supply of CEUs is running short, I've been scrambling in search of free, online hours. While I've been completing quizzes on details that don't usually play a key role in the daily routine, I've been thinking about questions that would really reflect the challenges you'll face on the job as a surgical nurse.
QNew standards mandate the wearing of button-up scrub jackets in the OR to prevent contamination from skin cells. Being the clinical professional you are, you will:
QA frequently used drug is suddenly supplied to your ORs in 10 mL vials instead of the customary 20 mL and 30 mL vials. When you ask the pharmacy for twice as much and they doubt your need, how will they explain the smaller packaging?
QYour department manager has hired a new educator, an RN with an MBA. She's energetic, smart, perky, and can recite policy and procedure verbatim. She's also never set foot in an OR. It is incumbent upon you as a staff member to:
QIf you're so smart, then why don't you write an essay of no less than 1,000 words explaining how you would run the OR if you were elected to wear such big shoes?
OK, so maybe you'll never see those kinds of on-the-job insights in CE materials, no matter how long you're in the profession. But I've learned one thing: That old excuse "I work better under pressure" was stupid before and it's downright insane now. Happy new year, and may you never want for CEUs.
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