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With a degree in nursing, Gail Ivey, RN, CNOR, works as a surgical first assistant at an ambulatory surgery center in Bend, Oregon. After working as an operating room scrub nurse, she completed specialized training to assist surgeons with tissue retraction and wound closure during outpatient operations. Ivey focuses on procedural patient care in day-surgery suites.

What Is a Midline IV Used For?Procedures
What Is a Thoracoscopy and How Is It Performed?Procedures
What Do Thoracic Surgeons Do?Healthcare
What Is Foreign Body Removal and How Is It Done?Procedures
Why Can’t You Wear Deodorant in a Hyperbaric Chamber?Safety
Why Is Gas Used in Laparoscopic Surgery?Procedures
How to Give an Intramuscular Injection in the Hip Procedures
Does Necrotic Tissue Smell? What Causes the Odor?Skin & Hair
What Are Stitches Made Of? Absorbable vs. Non-Absorbable Procedures
What Does a Tracheostomy Look Like?Procedures
What Is a Vascular Access Port and How Does It Work?Procedures
What Is a Surgical Curette and How Is It Used?Procedures
Where Does Cadaver Skin Come From for Grafts?Procedures
What Happens If Dissolvable Stitches Don’t Dissolve?Procedures
What to Do If Your Stitches Don’t Dissolve Procedures
What Is a Blunt Tip Needle and How Does It Work?Procedures
What Is a Hybrid Operating Room and How Does It Work?Healthcare
What Is an Autograft and How Does It Work?Procedures
What Is Skull Base Surgery and When Is It Needed?Procedures
Why Won’t My Stitches Dissolve?Procedures
How Long After Surgery Can You Ride Roller Coasters?Procedures
What Thread Is Used for Stitches?Procedures
What Is an Interrupted Suture and How Does It Work?Procedures
How to Properly Hold and Use Suture Scissors Procedures
What Is a Swaged Needle and How Does It Work?Procedures
How Should Instruments Be Handled After Surgery?Procedures
What Is a Curet and When Is It Used?Procedures
What Is the Dorsal Recumbent Position Used For?Procedures
How to Use a Skin Stapler and Remove Staples Procedures
When Should You Get a Cyst Removed and Why?Procedures