Please write a paragraph responding to the discussion bellow. Add citations and references in alphabetical order.

For an Operating Room Nurse patientsafety is first and foremost. Our patients are asleep and vulnerable.They are laying inpositions for hours sometimes and cannot adjust themselves to prevent cramps,nerve damage and pressure wounds. The first area that evidence based practicehas improved patient outcomes is positioning equipment , proper training and ongoing teaching . Research proves that the patient’s anatomic andphysiological alterations need to be identified, associated with the type ofanesthesia, procedure type and surgical time he/she will be submitted to, sothat the positioning is adequate and does not cause postoperativecomplications. Positioning equipment assists in keepingthe patient in a neutral position much like theywould be if awake , padded a t all bony prominences or areas of constant pressure a ndprevent damage to their nerves, joints, back and skin (AORN, 2017) .

The second area that evidence basedpractice has improved outcomes for operating room patients is with prepsolution and Operating Room fires. We use a produced called Chlora -prep that has an alcohol base.The company for Chlora -prep states and we receive constantin-servicing that the product needs 3 full minutes dry timeto reduce the flammability of the product . Inaddition to the dry timeof 3 minutes, there should be no pooling of the prep solution on theskin which is a common factor in previous OR fires. When the cautery pencil(ignition source) , which is used to control bleeding makes contact with skin bearingthe prep solution (fuel) , most specificallywhen it is wet there is an extremely high riskof fire. ( Jones, et.al., 2017).

References

5 Practice Updates for Safer Positioning(2017). Association of Operating Room Nurses. Retrieved fromwww.aorn.org