My Medical Skills Give Me Experience Points Chapter 1007 - 398: You Handled the Circulating Nurse Issue

After finishing this major surgery, Zhou Can barely had ti to catch his breath before quickly jumping into so ergency surgeries. For instance, stopping bleeding and suturing of trauma, ruptured spleen with massive hemorrhage due to trauma, inguinal hernia, finger replantation, and other common ergency surgeries.

If not handled promptly and effectively, it could result in the necrosis of the severed finger or severe outcos like bleeding to death.

They were busy up until almost one in the afternoon, finally managing to handle all the patients in urgent need of surgery.

Zhou Can removed his rubber gloves. "Everyone worked hard. Let’s go have lunch, take a break, and then co back to continue with the surgeries." Tu Ya is a very good platform.

The volu of ergency cases is quite notable.

Various patients kept pouring in, which also provided Zhou Can’s team with ample surgical opportunities.

"Wow, I’m so tired! I’ve been running around all morning!"

Circulating nurse Ma Xiaolan said coquettishly.

"There’s no other job like working with Dr. Zhou, there’s just more work. Of course, you also learn a lot."

Luo Shishen followed up her comnt.

"Xiaolan, sure there’s a lot of work, but our inco will be quite respectable! Working with Dr. Zhou, as long as you can endure hardship and study hard, the future is pretty bright."

Qiao Yu said this not to brag about how high the inco was.

But to help Zhou Can retain people.

When you first start operating with Zhou Can, due to the high volu of surgeries, it’s far more strenuous than regular nursing positions.

For adults, being a bit tired doesn’t matter. As long as the pay is good and the future is bright, everyone’s enthusiasm naturally stays high.

"Really? How much can you earn in a month?"

Ma Xiaolan, hearing that the inco was pretty good, imdiately took an interest.

Yet, probing coworkers about inco breaks the norms.

The ages of female coworkers, others’ incos, these are all personal privacy. It’s only possible to know through very close friends.

Otherwise, generally, nobody would tell.

"Haha, everyone’s salary is different. After working a month, you’ll naturally find out. It’s getting late, let’s quickly go to the cafeteria for lunch! If we go late, there’ll only be leftovers left!"

Qiao Yu smartly breezed over the topic.

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After the four finished eating, they returned to the ergency operating room one after another.

Qiao Yu imdiately engaged in work, preparing the surgical instrunts, consumables, and other items for the next surgery. Speaking of which, it’s necessary to introduce the division of labor and responsibilities between the instrunt nurse and the circulating nurse.

Many people believe the instrunt nurse has a higher status. Quite the contrary, the circulating nurse usually has more seniority and richer experience in surgical cooperation.

The circulating nurse closely collaborates with the entire surgical team and the anesthesiologist during the surgery.

When necessary, they also coordinate, asking doctors from other departnts to co for joint surgery.

Various surgical records are generally also handled by the circulating nurse.

Before the surgery, the circulating nurse should be the first to enter the operating room, assess the surgical environnt, and check whether the equipnt in the operating room is functioning correctly. Preparing the operating table is also completed by the circulating nurse.

Once the patient is transferred into the operating room, verifying information, carrying out dical orders correctly, assisting with anesthesia, and even important tasks like pressure sore assessnt, are all the responsibilities of the circulating nurse.

Would you say this role carries weight?

The pressure sore assessnt is divided into three parts, including the patient’s na, gender, age, type of wound, na of the wound, cause of injury, location, duration of the wound, and date of first diagnosis.

It also includes a comprehensive assessnt, which covers the primary disease, nutritional status, nas of dications used, duration, activity ability, excretory condition, sleep and psychological condition, diagnostic checks, etc.

And a local assessnt, including the color of the wound, the amount and nature of the exudate, the sll of the wound, the range of swelling around the wound, wound area, depth, and the direction and depth of undermining, as well as wound photography, etc.

These show how high the professional requirents are for a circulating nurse.

This is also why circulating nurses generally have extensive seniority.

In large-scale surgeries at levels three and four, if you encounter a chief nurse serving as the circulating nurse, do not be surprised, this is rely standard procedure.

So, many new doctors training in the operating room feel that the circulating nurses are fiercer than the lead surgeons.

Scolding one person and then another, yet no one dares to talk back.

Sotis, even the lead surgeon would get criticized by the circulating nurse and have to take it.

The instrunt nurse is sotis also called the scrub nurse. To say their status is lower than the circulating nurse isn’t necessarily true.

It’s just that generally, the instrunt nurse might have less seniority.

There are also so lead surgeons who’ve grown accustod to working with dedicated instrunt nurses and are reluctant to change. In such cases, the instrunt nurse holds a very high status in the operating room.

Essentially, they are like the lead surgeon’s right-hand person.

For example, Qiao Yu is imnsely important in Zhou Can’s estimation.

Working alongside her, Zhou Can doesn’t have to worry about being injured by any sharp instrunts handed over.

Nor does he have to worry about needles left in or items being left behind, she can rember the position of every piece of gauze used. This kind of work is originally the doctor’s responsibility, yet she shares this burden with Zhou Can.

Her handoff of instrunts and Zhou Can’s reception of them always align so seamlessly that they do not slap against each other’s fingers or miss, maintaining tight and tacit cooperation in surgery.

Whenever items need to be handed over, without requiring Zhou Can to remind her, she has them prepared in advance.

As for so of the subtle considerations during surgery, only Zhou Can can truly appreciate them.