virtually anything onto today's gigantastic screens — a consent form
or an H&P, safe surgery checklists (so everyone is more engaged dur-
ing time outs), as well as serene nature scenes to help keep patients
calm when they're brought into the OR or cartoons to distract chil-
dren before they're anesthetized.
Displays can even help your OR team set up cases properly. During
room turnover at Sanford Medical Center Fargo (N.D.), they display
the surgeon's preference card on one big screen and either a video or
a picture of what the back table setup should look like on the other
big screen. Each OR is outfitted with 4 monitors: a pair of 26-inch
monitors that hang on booms around the OR table and 2 55-inch big
screens mounted on walls that face the patient's feet and side.
"Displaying surgeons' preference cards on a 55-inch monitor creates
a real wow factor when they walk into the room," says Stacy Lund,
BSN, RN, CNOR, MSSL, the director of surgical services. "It also pro-
vides stunning visual proof that the team is focused on that particular
case and is ready to meet the surgeons' equipment needs."
Stanford Medical's ORs are integrated with its electronic medical
records, says Ms. Lund, so they can make on-the-spot changes to the
digital preference cards and display the updates in real time on the big
screen.
2. Multi-image displays
Large screens that can display images and input from more than one
device simultaneously let surgeons observe and monitor a range of
information quickly. The monitors at Stanford Medical, for example,
can display images from up to 6 different inputs — including images
from the laparoscopic camera, ultrasound or C-arm scans, and the
patient's vital signs, says Ms. Lund.
Circulating nurses serve as the directors of a live televised surgidra-
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