In "OR Nursing Law," united reader ...

In "OR Nursing Law," united reader asks whether the surgeon still is responsible for retrieving thrown away sponges, needles, and instruments since her hospital instituted a enumerate policy. The reader is advised that although counting is a nursing function, retrieving missed items remains a medical function. * undivided nurse tells of her trek to Mt Everest as part of a team that performed high altitude medical and scientific research. * The benefits and question s associated with preoperative assessment and whether it influences circulating nurses' intraoperative care are the focus of the same article. * Sleep deprivation in surgical patients is discussed in undivided article. A patient is considered nap deprived after four nights of poor sleep

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