STANDARD COMPETENCIES:

 

 I.      Appraise the communication process.

 II.     Differentiate a communication model to the surgical first assistant.

 III.    Compare barriers to communication.

 IV.     Illustrate strategies to facilitate effective communication.

 V.      Contrast methods of personal and professional development.

 VI.     Criticize the models of team building activities.

 VII.    Assess principles of teaching styles within andragogy and pedagogy.

 VIII.   Evaluate the therapeutic use of touch

 IX.     Examine the fundamentals of intrapersonal communication as it relates to professional development.

 X       Analyze methods of validating surgical assisting behaviors during the learning process.

 XI.     Identify credentialing mechanisms for the practicing SPA.

 XII.    Review issues relating to professional accountability for SFAs.

 XIII.   Discuss guidelines for determining scope of practice issues within the field of SPA.

 XIV.    Relate scope of surgical first assisting practices and theories of liability.

 XV.     Describe ways to redefine surgical first assisting roles and scope of practice.

 XVI.    Review considerations for advancing on the perioperative nursing practice continuum.

 XVII.   Discuss the anatomy involved in a Thoracotomy/Rt. Upper Lobectomy.

 XVIII.  Describe important interventions for positioning requirements involved in a Thoracotomy/Rt. Upper Lobectomy.

 XIX.    Discuss important interventions for skin preparation requirements involved in a Thoracotomy/Rt. Upper Lobectomy.

 XX      Identify important interventions for the incisional approach involved in a Thoracotomy/Rt. Upper Lobectomy.

 XXI.    Discuss the important interventions for draping the client involved in a Thoracotomy / Rt. Upper Lobectomy.

 XXII.   Explain the special suture requirements involved in a Thoracotomy / Rt. Upper Lobectomy.

 XXIII.  Identify the special instrument requirements involved in a Thoracotomy / Rt. Upper Lobectomy.

 XXIV.   Review the equipment needs involved in a Thoracotomy / Rt.

 XXV.    Identify unique first assisting requirements involved in a Thoracotomy / Rt. Upper Lobectomy.

 XXVI.   Plan for special postoperative needs of the client requiring a Thoracotomy / Rt. Upper Lobectomy.

 XXVII.  Determine methods of evaluating patient outcomes throughout the Thoracotomy / Rt. Upper Lobectomy.

 XXVIII. Discuss the anatomy involved in a Simple Nephrectomy.

 XXIX.   Describe important interventions for positioning requirements involved in a Simple Nephrectomy.

 TOPICAL OUTLINE:

 

 I.      Tobe determined by the instructor.