OK!! I completed m first week of internship in the operating room, and it was amazing. I was able to see my first surgery on the 15th, which is also my birthday. For the two days that I was there, I was able to witness a laparoscopy, as an inflamed gallbladder was removed. On my second day, I ventured into the orthopedic surgery department, where I witnessed a full knee replacement and the beginnings of a full hip replacement. I was able to, at times, stand next to the doctors as they preformed whatever medical procedure that they had. It was very interesting. As I watched the doctors perform their surgeries, I noticed that they use medical terminology that I learned in my previous year of school. During the laparoscopy, the nurse that was helping to explain the procedure used the term cholecystitis, and I instantly recognized it as meaning an inflamed gallbladder. That made me pretty excited
Not only did I get to sit in on the surgery and watch the surgeons, I was also able to go on the pre-ops with one of the nurses from the OR. On the first day, I watched as she used her bedside manners and used the skills that I learned last year, such as introducing herself, and reading off of the patient’s wristband as she asked the patient information about herself. On the next day, I was able to help more with the pre-ops. I got to hold the charts, and I helped to read off the case to the nurse in the room with me. It doesn't sound like much, but to someone like me who is very eager to be in healthcare, it mean so much to me to be involved.
In my short time in the OR, I earned just how important that communication is. If there is no communication between the surgeons and the surgical techs, nurses, and the other people in the operating room. Whilst observing the doctors and nurses, I observed a system of spoken communication and a system of body language. They had to communicate in order to ensure a safe environment for both them and the patient that was on the operating table. During the full knee replacement, there was plenty of saws and implants that had to be handed in a certain direction and that had to be turned a certain way so that the doctors wouldn't injure themselves, and so that the surgery could run smoothly. Without the element of communication, the surgical team would have not been nearly as efficient, and there would have definitely been complications during the procedure.
Of course, I saw that communication was not only important for the surgical team; an open line of communication is also important for the people that work to support that team. The nurses who worked for anesthesiology have to have an open line of communication between themselves, the surgeon, the RN who is in the room, and the anesthesiologist who is working between at least four different rooms.
Not only did I get to sit in on the surgery and watch the surgeons, I was also able to go on the pre-ops with one of the nurses from the OR. On the first day, I watched as she used her bedside manners and used the skills that I learned last year, such as introducing herself, and reading off of the patient’s wristband as she asked the patient information about herself. On the next day, I was able to help more with the pre-ops. I got to hold the charts, and I helped to read off the case to the nurse in the room with me. It doesn't sound like much, but to someone like me who is very eager to be in healthcare, it mean so much to me to be involved.
In my short time in the OR, I earned just how important that communication is. If there is no communication between the surgeons and the surgical techs, nurses, and the other people in the operating room. Whilst observing the doctors and nurses, I observed a system of spoken communication and a system of body language. They had to communicate in order to ensure a safe environment for both them and the patient that was on the operating table. During the full knee replacement, there was plenty of saws and implants that had to be handed in a certain direction and that had to be turned a certain way so that the doctors wouldn't injure themselves, and so that the surgery could run smoothly. Without the element of communication, the surgical team would have not been nearly as efficient, and there would have definitely been complications during the procedure.
Of course, I saw that communication was not only important for the surgical team; an open line of communication is also important for the people that work to support that team. The nurses who worked for anesthesiology have to have an open line of communication between themselves, the surgeon, the RN who is in the room, and the anesthesiologist who is working between at least four different rooms.