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Dressings and Drains
Treating wounds effectively requires an understanding of how the body responds to wounds as well as how the medical field approaches the subject. This course covers the history of wound treatments, the anatomy of tissue layers and surgical wound classifications, and the healing process. In addition, this course describes the complications of wound healing, surgical drains, and types of dressings. (62 minutes)
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Electrosurgery
In this course, you will learn about the basic concepts of electrosurgery (ES). How electric current can be delivered to the surgical site, how it can be altered to produce different tissue effects, and the hazards associated with ES are discussed. This course also presents the nursing considerations for ES. (57 minutes)
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Emergency Resuscitation and Documenting Patient Care
This course will lessen the confusion confronting perioperative staff members during a cardiopulmonary arrest by identifying code situations as well as the roles and responsibilities of each team member in the OR. This course identifies the contents of the code cart and the primary indications for medications commonly administered. It also provides guidelines for documentation in the perioperative setting, which is essential for the continuity of patient care and the evaluation of expected patient outcomes. (56 minutes)
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Identifying and Treating Malignant Hyperthermia
Although malignant hyperthermia (MH) is rare, it can cause severe damage and death. Therefore, it is important to be familiar with its signs and symptoms so that a surgical team can recognize and treat the patient immediately. In addition, when a patient is identified to be at risk for MH, it is important to be prepared and to take preventive measures. This course defines MH, lists who is at risk for MH, and identifies what triggers it and what the surgical team can do to prevent MH. In addition, this course discusses the treatment for MH. (53 minutes)
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Inadvertent Hypothermia
Hypothermia, or low body temperature, can cause serious complications. In some cases, it can become a life-threatening condition. Risk factors such as anesthesia, certain surgical procedures, and OR conditions such as cold air temperature reduce the body's ability to combat hypothermia. In this course, you will identify the various stages of hypothermia, its contributing factors, and the potential of complications caused by hypothermia. You will also learn about the assessment and prevention of inadvertent hypothermia as well as warming methods to prevent and/or treat it. (55 minutes)
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Instrumentation
Surgical instruments have come a long way in the last few millennia. It is necessary to train perioperative nurses to recognize and sort the wide variety of surgical instruments in use today. Furthermore, this course will detail the nursing responsibilities toward surgical instruments in the OR, and the care, cleaning, and sterilization of these instruments outside of the OR. (50 minutes)
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Introduction to Perioperative Nursing
This course examines the evolution of surgical nursing during the 20th century, the role of the surgical nurse today, and the philosophy of surgical nursing. It evaluates each of the six phases of the nursing process: patient assessment, nursing diagnosis, outcome identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation. Finally, it discusses the unique roles and responsibilities of each member of the perioperative team. (60 minutes)
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Preoperative Preparations
Caring for a patient during surgery -- the intraoperative phase of a perioperative experience -- requires close collaboration among the surgeon, anesthesiologist, OR nurse, and OR technician. A perioperative nurse manages a surgical patients care from the patients admission to the surgical unit through the patients release from the postanesthesia care unit (PACU). In this course, you will learn the responsibilities of the perioperative nurse in preparing a patient for surgery. (57 minutes)
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Skin Prep
Creating and maintaining an aseptic surgical environment prevents infection in surgical patients. Skin preparation is part of this infection control process. In this course, you will learn about hair removal, prepping supplies, prepping techniques, and other considerations for skin preparation. In addition, you will learn about the drapes that are used to secure the sterile field and correct draping procedures and applications. (56 minutes)
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Surgical Lasers
Learn about the history of the invention of the laser, how it works, and the benefits of using lasers in surgical procedures. Various types of lasers are employed in surgery, including carbon dioxide (CO2), argon, and neodymium yttrium aluminum garnet (Nd:YAG) lasers. These powerful tools can injure both the user and the patient and call for attentive adherence to safety guidelines and that every member of the laser team be familiar with their roles and responsibilities. (50 minutes)
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