{"title":"Show me the money! Factors to consider when looking to finance a RNFA position.","authors":"Grace Groetzsch","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Increasingly hospitals are looking to the Registered Nurse First Assistant (RNFA) position as a means to ensure readily available, qualified assistance for a patient's surgical intervention. Each year, in Canada, the number of RNFAs grows. As more individuals learn about the benefits of the position, through either direct experience or published reports, interest in the role increases. This, coupled with the reality of physician shortages, is bringing the RNFA role to the forefront in numerous hospitals across the country. Funding the position is one of the largest challenges that hospitals, and RNFAs, face in converting a recognized need into the reality of a paid RNFA position.</p>","PeriodicalId":77061,"journal":{"name":"Canadian operating room nursing journal","volume":"22 4","pages":"23-4, 38"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"24955932","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Surgical counts can be risky business!","authors":"Joan Porteous","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The surgical count plays a vital role in enabling perioperative nurses to provide a safe environment to surgical patients. Counting errors are preventable. Although national standards of care provide excellent guidelines for developing effective count protocols, counting procedures are often modified according to individual health care policy. This article will discuss the risk factors for retained items, rate of occurrence, what objects are being left in patients, role of x-rays and consequences of leaving an object in a patient. It will also highlight points to be considered when implementing new count policies.</p>","PeriodicalId":77061,"journal":{"name":"Canadian operating room nursing journal","volume":"22 4","pages":"6-8, 10, 12"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"24955931","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Pearls of wisdom for leadership skills. Looking in the mirror and asking \"How do I like me now\"?","authors":"Muriel Shewchuk","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":77061,"journal":{"name":"Canadian operating room nursing journal","volume":"22 4","pages":"20-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"24957095","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Nurse physician communication--discourse analysis.","authors":"Marlene B Weeks","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Communication in any form is an integral part of daily life and within the realm of health care can mean the difference between life and death. A vital partnership exists between health care professionals and patients that can be either negatively or positively affected by interprofessional communication. Of particular importance, and the focus of much attention over the years, is the communication between physicians and nurses. The discourse regarding this communication within acute care settings is presented and analyzed in this article following principles of critical discourse analysis (CDA) to determine the way the topic is discussed and understood in society and how this plays a role in the reproduction of the dominance of nurses by physicians.</p>","PeriodicalId":77061,"journal":{"name":"Canadian operating room nursing journal","volume":"22 4","pages":"33-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"24955933","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Life-long dream fulfilled.","authors":"Gloria Stephens","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In the early 1940's, when I was a 14 year old in grade 9 at Chebucto Road School, in Halifax, NS, a Guidance Counsellor taught my class a compulsory subject titled CAREERS. The credit for this subject criteria required development of a 'CAREER BOOK'. The title page for my career book was Nurse As My Career. I had actually chosen this career long before the age of fourteen.</p>","PeriodicalId":77061,"journal":{"name":"Canadian operating room nursing journal","volume":"22 3","pages":"25, 28-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"24811356","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"One child with hope for the future.","authors":"Eileen Guilfoyle","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>CAMTA, the Canadian Association of Medical Teams Abroad, is a group of medical and lay individuals dedicated to helping underprivileged people suffering from orthopedic problems in Ecuador. The informal group conducted two missions prior to officially incorporating in 2001 and has, since its official founding, conducted 3 more missions in Ecuador. During their surgical missions the CAMTA team also aims to share information and provide teaching to local nurses and physicians.</p>","PeriodicalId":77061,"journal":{"name":"Canadian operating room nursing journal","volume":"22 3","pages":"36, 38, 45-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"24811357","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Keeping spirit alive at work: taking care of the caregiver.","authors":"Catherine Fenwick","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":77061,"journal":{"name":"Canadian operating room nursing journal","volume":"22 3","pages":"14-5, 34-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"24811354","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}