Three Types of Diabetic Foot Ulcer Education Plan to Determine Patient Recall of Education

Abstract

Purpose: As the need for new technology increases, the need for Operating Room (OR) capabilities also increases. The ability to use high-quality imaging during vascular cases combined with the familiarity of the OR has made a case for many hospitals to invest in a hybrid suite. With the help of a large multidisciplinary team, our hybrid suite opened in August 26, 2009. Description: Working with teams to achieve the best possible scenario for the safety and efficacy of the patient was amajor priority for the new hybrid team.We developed relationships with work groups we had never worked with before. Time was spent in our Cardiac Procedure Center, as the surgeons were familiar with the workflow and materials and preferred this arrangement. Doctorpreference cards and procedural packs were adjusted. Staff education played and continues to play a major role with opportunities including procedural outcomes and responsibilities, equipment usage and maintenance, and multiple ever-changing materials. Evaluation: As OR nurses, we are accustomed to larger incision procedures and have learned standards and recommended practices relating to these. We had to change our thought processes to meet the needs of the hybrid procedures. Though the adjustment was not easy, the patients, surgeons and staff have been more satisfied due to superior imaging, reduced set-up time, ease and availability of materials and medications and gained relationships among other units. Our hybrid room is used for training of local to national surgeons and sales representatives.