J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 • O U T PA T I E N TS U R G E R Y. N E T • 7
Outpatient Surgery
R
Magazine
www outpatientsurgery.net
January 2016
Fair and Equal Pay?
Your paycheck should keep pace with
your rising level of responsibility. P. 22
SALARY
SURVEY
RESULTS
ARE IN
56
16
Staffing Hours
Budget Worksheet
32
3 Real-Life
Emergencies
56
Easier-to-Clean
Duodenoscopes
86
Why Patients
Cancel Surgery
On the Cover
Our annual salary survey
shows earnings for surgical
leaders have flatlined in the
low six figures while their
duties and responsibilities
continue to increase. There
are more cases to juggle and
more staff to train, but a love
of surgery and the opportunity
to care for patients provide
the drive you need to grind
through the daily stress of a
high-pressure job.
Cover design by Ethan Anderson
Photo by
Pamela Bevelhymer, RN, BSN
8 Editor's Page
What a Ride It's Been for Nurse Nancy Burden
Dan O'Connor | Editor-in-Chief
12 Letters & E-mail
16 Ideas That Work
• Secure endotracheal tubes with dental floss
• Scrub sink eyewear reminder
• 5 ways to prevent wrong-site surgery
26 Coding & Billing
Cuts to 2016 Colonoscopy Rates Run Deep
Stephanie Ellis, RN, CPC
30 Staffing
A Spreadsheet That Spits Out a Staffing Budget
Dan Simonson, CRNA, MHPA
33 Medical Malpractice
Talking Your Way Out of a Lawsuit
Thomas Fleeter, MD
130 Thinking of Buying … Smoke Evacuators
Today's innovative devices evacuate
surgical smoke right at the source.
Kay Ball, PhD, RN, CNOR, FAAN
144 Product News
150 Cutting Remarks
Why Do Patients Blow Off Their Surgeries?
John D. Kelly IV, MD
152 Behind Closed Doors
The Power of Positive Thinking
Paula Watkins, RN, CNOR
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33
Departments
116 Reduce the Risk of Pressure Ulcers
Skin injuries can occur
without
preventative measures in place.
Joyce Black, PhD, RN, CWCN, FAAN
122 Master of the Difficult Airway
New devices are making difficult
cases safer — and opening the doors
to more challenging patients.
Jim Burger | Associate Editor
