Writing has always been my passion - although i doubt if some find me good at it. I wanted to be a writer but ended up a nurse with a masters degree without any nursing job to date.
I spend time reading books and working on line. I love to travel, eat and sleep.
Caffeine is my addiction. Self-Confessed Bookworm. My BlackBerry is the most important thing in the world inside my bag - not because of the contacts and my schedule but because this is where I save my ebooks.
Basically, Facebook and Twitter are my current social life.
Thyroidectomy is a surgical operation in which all or some parts of the thyroid gland is removed. The thyroid gland is located in the anterior part of the neck just beneath the skin and right in front of the Adam’s apple. The thyroid gland is one of the body’s endocrine glands that secrete [...]
Caesarean Section (also referred to as C-Section or Cesarean Section) is a type or surgery which one or more incisions are done through a mother’s abdomen (laparotomy) and uterus (hysterotomy) to deliver one or more babies or remove a dead fetus. This is usually done when a vaginal delivery would put the mother’s or the [...]
Mastectomy is a surgical removal of a breast. This is usually indicated to treat or prevent breast cancer. There are four main types of Mastectomy: Total Mastectomy or Simple Mastectomy is the removal of the entire breast tissues, but the axillary contents are remains untouched. This type of procedure is sometimes done on both breasts [...]
When discussing incisions and their locations, it is important to refer to the median and horizontal planes so that the operating room nurse will know where the basic landmarks are located when terms such as upper, lower, right and left are used. Common Abdominal Incisions are based on anatomical principles. They must allow adequate access [...]
RIGHT UPPER QUADRANT (RUQ) liver: right lobe gallbladder stomach: pylorus, doudenum: part 1-3, pancreas: head, right suprarenal gland, right kidney, right colic (hepatic) flexure, ascending colon: superior part, transverse colon: right half LEFT UPPER QUADRANT (LEQ) liver: left lobe, spleen, stomach, jejunum and proximal ileum, pancreas: body and tail, left kidney, left suprarenal gland, left colic (splenic) [...]
Why does an operating room nurse needs to know this? Assisting is a process of anticipation. The scrub nurse needs to know the layers of the tissue to hand in the correct instrument and suture at hand. Circulating nurses must also know for them to gauge the process of the operation and call in for [...]
What is DRAPING? Draping is a procedure of covering a patient and surrounding the areas with a sterile barrier to create and maintain an adequate sterile field during operation. It is part of the job description of a peri-operative nurse to provide not just the correct instruments but as well as the correct drapes prior [...]
We are done with the gowning, next will be the gloving. Gloves complete the attire for scrubbed team members. It is put immediately after gowning. The purpose of gloving is to exclude the skin as a possible contaminant, create a barrier between sterile and unsterile areas and permit the wearer to handle sterile supplies or [...]
The basic objective of gowning technique is to prevent contamination to the surgical wound and help control infection via aseptic principles. What to remember: If you are the scrub nurse, you must gown and gloved yourself first before assisting the surgeon and their assistant surgeons. (In our hospital, we do not assist the interns. [...]
Surgical Scrubbing is one of the most important skills that an operating nurse should know and practice correctly. Technically, it is defined as the removal of many bacteria as possible from the hands and arms by mechanical washing and chemical disinfection before participating in an operation. Surgical scrub is performed prior to donning sterile attire [...]
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