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• Develops plan of care & prioritizes individualized client needs.
• Assists the client and the surgical team throughout the pre-operative, intra-operative and post-operative procedure.
• Develops plan of care & prioritizes individualized client needs.
• Receives proper endorsement from ward nurses when fetching clients from the ward who are to undergo surgery.
• Double checks the preoperative checklist with the patient, the ward nurse and the chart entries.
• Ensures that clients are physiologically and psychologically prepared prior to surgery.
• Provides comfort and safety to clients throughout the peri-operative procedure.
• Observes proper surgical aseptic technique during the surgical procedure.
• Continuously assesses the clients during the surgical procedure for any untoward reaction that may lead to deterioration of clients’ condition.
• Performs the necessary preparation of equipment, instruments, supplies, and drugs necessary for the surgery and anticipates the needs of the client and the surgical team.
• Assists in the gowning and gloving of the other surgical team members.
• Serves instruments, and sutures to the surgeon in an efficient manner.
• Anticipates surgeon’s needs to prevent unnecessary delay during the surgical procedure.
• Does baseline, initial and final counting of sponges, instruments, and needles used in the surgery along with the circulating nurse to ensure that nothing is inadvertently left inside the body of client before surgical wound closure.
• Performs aftercare of clients, equipment, instruments and room after the surgery.

• Receives and orients the client to the operating room setup.
• Assists in the safe transfer of clients from stretcher to OR table.
• Correctly applies body and wrist straps as soon as client is on the OR table to prevent fall injuries.
• Accompanies the client while preparations for surgery are ongoing.
• Takes preoperative vital signs and notifies the anesthesiologist/surgeon regarding abnormalities.
• Assists the anesthesiologist as necessary during induction and maintenance of anesthesia.
• Positions the client and performs skin preparation appropriately depending on the type surgery to be performed.
• Connects the necessary equipment to the client.
• Carries out doctor’s order on medication treatments, laboratory and diagnostic procedures.
• Carries out plan of care from admission to the OR unit until transfer of client to recovery room or discharge of client & refers to physician accordingly.
• Performs venipuncture, administers IV solutions, IV medications, blood transfusions as necessary.
• Observes and ensures that the surgical team follows strict surgical asepsis.
• Remains in the room until the end of the surgery, anticipates needs and reacts quickly to emergencies.
• Takes postoperative vital signs and postoperative assessment.
• Prepares the client for transfer after the surgical procedure.
• Prepares and fills-out the necessary OR records.
• Does charting and endorses accordingly to recovery room or ward.
• Helps scrub nurse in the aftercare of equipment, instruments and room.