The Circulating Life

APRIL 18, 2022

To tell you how The Circulating Life began, I have to go back to my first day in the operating room. Although I considered myself an “experienced” nurse, I was not prepared for how different the operating room environment was from the bedside and outpatient areas where I had worked for the past 9 years.

Operating Room

Caresyntax

MARCH 12, 2024

She says there were three goals for the pilot: reduce faxing and manual steps, improve OR management, and simplify OR scheduling. “We Improving OR Management The OR scheduling pilot ran from June 1 to Sept 1, 2023 and has already proved successful by several measures. “We It was time-consuming and redundant.

Communication

The Circulating Life

APRIL 6, 2022

He asked me if I had ever considered getting the Certified Surgical Services Manager ( CSSM ) credential. I didn’t even really know what it was, but since it had the word manager in the title, it wasn’t on my list of things to do. As a CNOR you’ve mastered and understand the clinical side of the operating room.

Operating Room

Caresyntax

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Since then, she has spearheaded initiatives in the optimization of Operating Room (OR) management. Martinez’s healthcare journey commenced in 2008 as a nurse, progressing through roles such as OR Circulator and Clinical Supervisor of Perioperative Services before assuming her current position in 2018.

Collaboration

The Circulating Life

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

In that time, I’ve circulated, scrubbed, been an OR Manager, and an Orthopedic Team Leader. We falsely believe that we can get to a certain point in our career, or in our years of experience, where we won’t ever be nervous or uncertain. And I’m here to tell you, that just isn’t true. I’ve been a nurse for 22 years. All of us do.

Operating Room

Surgimate

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Operating room costs add up by the minute. Surgeons and staff, the coordinators, OR managers, and equipment vendors – shout it from the rooftops. It’s for everyone involved – protecting your vendors, surgeons, sanity, and cash flow. What’s a Canceled Surgery Cost? is $4,550 per case.

Surgery

MEDITEK

OCTOBER 26, 2021

The operating room is an overwhelming, busy place, especially when the overarching goal is to save lives. 3 As an operating room manager, you know firsthand how challenging it is to run an OR, but throw in some inadequate surgical equipment, and your entire OR can shut down. 1 This is staggering.

Operating Room

Picis

OCTOBER 15, 2024

i²medi and Picis proudly announced the successful implementation of the Picis OR MANAGER®, a comprehensive operating room management system, into one of Mexico’s major hospital networks. This advanced integration streamlines scheduling and facilitates the effective and safe utilization of resources.

OR Manager

The Anesthesia Consultant

FEBRUARY 11, 2018

In the late 1970’s I was a third-year medical student at a prominent Midwestern medical school, where an unspoken rank system existed in the operating room. Read my column on bullying in the operating room. It’s true that surgeons bring the patients to the operating room for surgery. Hold your heads high.

Anesthesiologist

The Circulating Life

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

I frequently attend nursing conferences, including AORN, OR Manager, and AORN Chapter Conferences. So get this – the students told me that they were able to do an internship in the operating room during the summer, and they were taught scrubbing and circulating. They are so much fun!

Nurse