1. A Day In My World As an Operating Room Nurse
By: Tracey O’Neal RN
James Madison University

2. One of my responsibilities as charge nurse is to make out the call schedule daily
As charge nurse I also make staff assignments

3. Checking equipment and gathering supplies
Preparing the Room for the day
Setting up equipment
Checking equipment and gathering supplies
Safety check of the room

4. Getting medicine from Pyxis Preparing to monitor vital signs
Charting in electronic medical record
Getting medicine from Pyxis
Preparing to monitor vital signs
Entering patient information for procedure
Setting tourniquet for safe pressure

5. Gathering sterile supplies for surgical procedures

6. Opening supplies for endoscopy
Opening supplies for surgical case
Opening supplies for endoscopy

7. Applying physiological patient monitors
Applying passive anti-embolus stockings
Connecting tourniquet
Performing surgical scrub

8. Performing surgical scrub Setting up sterile field for procedure
Instruments for a total knee replacement
Assisting during surgery

9. The end to another successful day !!
Due to HIPPA laws no images of actual patients were used