Pre-op to-do list:
- •GYN H&P note: template that pops up; go through item by item with patient. Once filled, populates into a note you can free-text into.
- •Consent: tools → iMed consents. Search procedures you want to consent for. Go through consent form with patient. Sign using the electronic signature pad in all clinic rooms.
- •Post-op pain medications: send if you have access to send narcotics (hard to get this clearance at VA — if you don’t, ask Thomason to send the pain medications).
- •Return to clinic order for post-op visit. Face-to-face appointment, click specific date (Wednesday of whatever week you want them to come back).
- •For hysterectomies: Thomason likes to see them at 2 weeks and 6 weeks.
- •For all other procedures: 4 weeks.
Other things to know:
- •Make sure patient has been contacted by anesthesia for pre-anesthesia appointment. Typically tells the patient not to eat after midnight, then drink a small amount of clears in the morning.
- •They do not have Clear Fast drinks like we do in 1J.
- •Anesthesia typically gives them the sponges to clean off the abdomen before surgery.
Post-ops:
- •Normal post-op things.
- •If it’s a 2-week post-op hyst visit, don’t need to do a cuff check unless they’re having concerns. Save it for the 6-week visit.