• •Try to prep H+P and put pre-op orders in the night before (order set; make sure labs are ordered if they need them).
• •Scan patient in triage for presentation when you see them / consent.
• •Use the iPads for consents (at back corner of nurse station).
• •For op notes there’s a list of what sutures attendings use for each stage of closure in the workroom.
• •Always do a brief op-note.
• •Write specifics that deviate from your op note template on a Yellow Sticky Note in patient chart when you don’t have time to write the op note right away. Every attending does things a little differently.
• •CS checklist: .KNHDRHCSTODO