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SPECIALIZE AND CROSS-TRAIN The spine nurse and tech also
work eye cases and have trained a second spine team in-house.
get them what they needed. We had brought on 2 staff members who
specialized in spine to assure them we knew what we were doing. We
had the surgeons talk to anesthesia to make sure our group had the
capability to care for spine patients. We stressed that patient care
throughout the perioperative process was the priority of everyone in our
facility. First 1 surgeon, then another, then the final 2 signed on. It was as
if they were each waiting see how the cases and patients' experiences
would evolve. But the real test would be in the surgical outcomes. The
surgeons put their faith in our abilities, and only over time would we
prove ourselves.
Beg, borrow, buy
The shopping list was long: positioning devices, Jackson table, C-arm
(which we also wanted to be able to use for pain management, orthoN O V E M B E R 2012 | O U T PAT I E N T S U R G E R Y M A G A Z I N E O N L I N E
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