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IDEAS That Work
ROUTINE REMINDER
Keep Tabs On Labs
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f a patient on the day's surgery schedule has labs that
have been ordered and are
pending, the admitting nurse
writes this up on the whiteboard. These notes serve as
visual reminders to patient
transporters, the CNAs who
take patients to the pre-surgical
holding area 30 minutes before
they're wheeled into the OR.
The transporters will ask the
charge nurse if the results are
available at that time. If they
are, we print them immediately
and add them to the chart. If
they're not, there's still 30 minutes to get them. The transporter will be sure to alert the
case's circulator or the pre-surgical holding nurse, which can
ON BOARD Jessica Craig, RN, BSN,
makes a note of pending labs.
cut down on start-time delays.
Stephanie Divino, RN, BSN
Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center
Idaho Falls, Idaho
stephanie.divino@hcahealthcare.com
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