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Registered Nurse (RN)
Operating Room (OR)

Operating room nurses

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DE, AT
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Overview

Operating room nurses care for patients before, during and after surgery. They prepare instruments and devices, ensure disinfection and sterilisation and check patient identity on arrival. They position patients for the procedure, assist surgeons, pass surgical instruments and operate devices. After surgery they dress wounds, apply bandages and hand patients over to the recovery room or ward. The usual route into this area is an additional qualification in perioperative nursing.

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Profession by country

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Germany
 
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Austria
 
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Switzerland
 

Fields of use and typical tasks

OP

Evidence from: DE, AT

  • Act as scrub nurse at the operating table
  • Work as circulating nurse in the operating room
  • Prepare and clean up operating rooms
  • Document the operation
  • Comply with hygiene and sterility requirements
  • Prepare, monitor and follow up patients

Specializations

Devices and systems they use

Who they work with

  • Surgeons
  • Anaesthesiologists
  • Anaesthesia nurses
  • Perfusionists
  • Radiographers
  • Operating room assistants
  • Recovery room nursing staff

Frequently asked questions

Who operates the devices in the OR?

OR nurses prepare instruments and devices and operate them during surgery; in the non-sterile circulating role this includes preparing materials.

Which roles exist in the OR nursing team?

One hospital describes rotation between the non-sterile circulating role with positioning, safety checklist and documentation and the scrub role with counting control and handling of implants.

What happens right after the procedure?

OR nurses dress the wound, apply bandages and hand patients over to the recovery room or ward.

Do OR nurses work outside core hours?

The job description mentions readiness for evening and weekend shifts.

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