Friday Feature: Rachel, Certified Surgical Technologist

 

 My name is Rachel and I'm a Certified Surgical Technologist. I work at a small community hospital in my hometown. We have 5 OR rooms, 2 endoscopy suites, and an additional OR used just for C-sections. A typical day for me starts at 6:45 am and goes until 3:15 pm. Any additional cases added after that is done by the crew on-call for the day. I scrub a variety of specialties that include ENT, Plastics, GYN, General, Ortho, C-sections, and endoscopies. At 6:45 am, I find out what cases I'm scrubbing for the day and who my staff is. I head to my OR, do a quick damp dusting of the room, and grab my case cart for the first case of the day. After opening all sterile supplies I scrub, gown and glove, and begin setting up for my case. Depending on what specialty I'm scrubbing for the day, determines how many cases I do that day. I'm also responsible for getting my instruments to CS, cleaning and turning over my OR, outdating and putting supplies away, and pulling cases and supplies for the next day. I also sterilize endoscopes. I love my job! I love that every day is different and brings it's own rewards and challenges, and I love my surgeons and co-workers. We're all a close knit group and work well together. 

Friday Feature: Heather, Surgical Tech

I love coming to work and helping others. I work in a small town hospital where I work in the OR and in Central Supply, I pick instruments from the rest of the hospital and the OR, clean and wrap them, set up for my cases for the day which are surgical and scopes, then after all the cases are finished we get the OR ready for the next day. My OR team is the best I couldn't ask for a better team, we're like a big family.

Thanks Heather!
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Friday Feature: Jeanette, OR Nurse

 

My name is Jeanette and I've been an Operating Room Nurse since 2007.  I gotta admit, I truly love my job and I wouldn't change all of the experiences and heartaches for anything in the world!! 

My duties include to scrub or circulate the cases assigned to me and work with different Doctors, Nurses, ScrubTechs,Anesthesiologists...so at times it's really hard to keep up with everyone's personalities!!!! Ive been blessed to learn how to run cases in pediatrics, Eyes, Robotics,Gynecology, Urology, Orthopedic and Neurology!!!! We set them up, break them down, make sure everyone's happy...then start all over again!!!!  

We all have those happy moments..and sad moments at times, but somehow something in us manages to push it all aside and keep us smiling!!!! This is my Life... what God always meant it to be!!!  Thanks for letting me share. 

BTW...awesome kaps,Im in Loveeee! 

Jeanettte 

Thanks Jeanette!

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Friday Feature: Jenny, RN

 Hi, my name is Jenny and I'm an RN in surgery. 

A typical day for me starts at 7am until 1530 with call throughout the week. I mainly work general surgery cases, OB-gyn cases, urology and vascular. 

It takes great critical thinking skills, teamwork and communication skills! 

My favorite part of my job is my great co-workers and the array of different and interesting cases we do here at the hospital;)

Thanks so much, Jenny!

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Friday Feature: Dana, RCIS

 

 Dana, RCIS (Registered Cardiovascular Invasive Specialist)

A typical shift is 10-12 hours in the Cath Lab and Peripheral Lab.

My skills are putting stents in the heart, carotids, kidneys and other vessels, extracting blood clots ,and drilling calcified lesion within the heart.

What I love most about my job is saving lives. It is very rewarding work to stop a heart attack and restore blood flow by opening blocked arteries. It is also wonderful restoring blood flow in a patient's leg to prevent amputation. 

I love my KimKaps. I wear them all the time and get compliments on them daily. 

Thanks so much, Dana!

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Friday Feature: Jessica, Certified Surgical Technologist

 I work day shift Mon-Friday at a Plastic Surgeon surgery center. Skills required are education from a program to become a Surgical Technologist. Certification isn't required but very preferred! Basic instrument skills and sterile technique on how to properly scrub.
I love plastics! The idea to recreate someone's look is amazing! I also love helping breast cancer patients! It is a very rewarding job!

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Friday Feature: Jessica, RN

  Jessica,  RN at The Skin Surgery Center

 I work 10 hour day shifts removing skin cancer. We process the tissue on site and repair the defect all in the same day. 

The nurses are taught how to inject the local anesthesia and sew at this facility. We follow the patients throughout their day and ultimately send them home cancer free. Everyone compliments our cute hats and they put a smile on our patients faces! 

Thanks Jessica!
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Friday Feature: Kate, Nurse Anesthesia Student

My name is Kate and I'm a nurse anesthesia student. This picture is of some of my classmates and I this morning-from top left going clockwise: Wendy, Aubrey, me and Alex.

A day as an SRNA usually starts at 0530; we get in early to set up our rooms, check the anesthesia machine, draw up meds and go see the first patient in pre-op. The day ends whenever our room is finished or whenever our preceptor says we can leave; it all depends what cases are going on. Right now I'm on my neuro rotation, and today I had 3 craniotomies. It was awesome!

What I love about this "job"...well we aren't getting paid so I'll call it a role :)   I love that there are so many ways to give anesthesia and also many variations in what techniques and medications you pick based on your patients issues. It keeps things from getting boring, AND we have KimKaps to accessorize our scrubs!

Thanks Kate!
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Friday Feature: Kayla and Shana-Surgical Techs

Our typical day in a small hospital is come in and do our daily rounds in getting instruments from other departments that need to be cleaned and sterilized. Then we set up for our first case of the day, by bringing all the supplies and instruments in the case and open all of it. We usually have colonoscopies and EGDs to do after surgeries are all done. After that we have to clean up our area and get everything ready for the next day. For a small town hospital as a surgical tech we are also housekeepers, central supply, and instrument washers, we do lots!!! Our favorite part is we love our team! We love the people we work with!!! We are way more than just coworkers, we are family! Our favorite part also is being in surgeries, of course we are surgical techs!

Thanks Ladies!
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Friday Feature: Kellie RN, CNOR, STAFF RN

 Meet one of our fabulous KimKappers, Kellie!

She is a day shift RN and works 10 hour shifts, primarily in neurosurgery. Her day consists of a lot of back and neck fusions and brain tumors.

Kellie has been an OR RN for 16 years and would never go back to the floor. In 16 years she has seen many changes in the technology used in her field, of which Kellie says, "Change is hard, but good. I love change!" Being a part of something that will help people is what she loves the most about her job.

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