Operating Room Nurse expert is a registered nurse who specializes in the surgical department. They have been trained and have extensive experience in caring for patients undergoing any invasive surgery or medical procedures. Operating Room Nurse expert may work in hospitals, day-surgery units, ambulatory surgery centers, and in clinics or physician offices that perform invasive procedures. Operating Room Nurses care for patients prior to, during and post-surgery or medical procedure.
An Operating Room Nurse expert’s responsibility before a surgery include evaluating and educating the patient and their family regarding the procedure; they develop a nursing care plan for the patients assigned to them; gathering critical medical history of the patient; ensuring that the operating room is properly sterilized and starting IV lines and assessing the patient’s physical condition prior to surgery.
During surgery an Operating Room Nurse serves as a scrub nurse, who is responsible for passing the medical instruments used during surgery to the surgeon; monitoring the patient’s vital signs; assisting the anesthesia nurse with induction; helping with wound and drain dressings; preparing specimens for pathology.
Post-surgery an Operating Room Nurse (PACU) would typically update the patient and family regarding the surgery and the next steps; monitoring the patient’s vital signs as they regain consciousness from anesthesia; discharge or transfer of patient to another facility; assisting the scrub nurse with post-surgery clean-up; providing a report to the anesthesiologist
Operating Room Nurse Expert are part of these Organizations & Certifications in:
- CNOR for perioperative RNs
- CRNFA for First Assistants who assist the surgeon
- Association of perioperative Registered Nurses
- American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses
- The International Federation of Perioperative Nurses (IFPN)
- American Pediatric Surgical Nurses Association, Inc.
- International Perioperative Nursing Associations (INMO)
Types of Cases Our Operating Room Nurse Expert can assist with:
- Retained Surgical/foreign objects
- Positioning Injuries
- Surgical Standard of Care
- Pre & Postoperative Complications
- Post Anesthesia Care (PACU)
- Ambulatory Surgery
- Orthopedic Surgery
- Insufficient Sterilization of Surgical Equipment
- Bariatric Surgery
Med League can assist attorneys with a well-qualified Operating Room Nurse expert who can provide Affidavit of Merit, verbal opinions, expert reports and give testimony on all areas of surgery. Please call us (908-788-8227) or contact us today to discuss your next case!
