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It’s probably safe to say that very few if any perioperative professionals have had a career like Johnny Kotcher’s. Johnny’s perioperative journey started when he joined the Army in 1981 and scored well in healthcare and medical on the aptitude test.
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The volume of outpatient procedures performed in ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) has risen drastically in recent years. Over the past three decades, the number of outpatient surgeries performed in ASCs has tripled to more than 54 million each year – nearly equaling the number of surgeries performed in traditional hospital settings.
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Based in the Kansas City metropolitan area, Surgical Solutions is a trusted leader in on-site surgical support services. Surgical Solutions is dedicated to making surgeries safer and more efficient. Since its foundation in 2007, the company has focused on delivering tailored services in procedural support, sterile processing leadership and staff, and endoscopy support.Â
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You might not have ever thought about the parallels between a perioperative team and a hockey team, but Michael Rempel sees similarities. Michael grew up playing hockey in Brooklyn, N.Y., and when he got his first exposure to the OR while in nursing school, he observed the similarities right away.
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It can be fun to look back at the history of various professions, especially perioperative nursing. A look back reveals how perioperative nursing emerged as the first recognized nursing specialization in the late 1800s and grew to become the highly specialized field that it is today.
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Some people know at a really young age what they want to be when they grow up. Jeff Keane says he knew he wanted to be a nurse when he was in preschool.
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