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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 Are Split Sponges Used For and Why Are They Split?Aquatic
What Do Surgeons Use to Scrub In for Surgery?Healthcare
What Are the Stages of Skin Graft Healing?Procedures
How Can Fish Skin Be Used to Heal Wounds?Aquatic
Is Incision and Drainage Considered Surgery?Procedures
Can Limbs Be Transplanted? What to Know About the Procedure Procedures
What Are Tissue Expanders and How Do They Work?Procedures
How Are Staples Removed After Surgery?Procedures
What Is Blunt Dissection? A Surgical Technique Explained Procedures
Can a Cyst Be Drained? What to Expect From the Procedure Procedures
Does Bone Shaving Hurt? A Look at Pain and Recovery Procedures
What Does a Bone Graft Look Like? Types and Forms Procedures
Is Mohs Surgery a Serious Medical Procedure?Procedures
What Is a Homograft? Definition, Types, and Medical Uses Procedures
Is Draining a Cyst Painful? What to Expect Procedures
What Is Enucleation of a Cyst? Procedure and Recovery Procedures
What Is Serosanguineous Drainage? Causes and Meanings Procedures
What to Know About Silk Sutures in Surgery Procedures
Bone Scraping: Procedure, Purpose, and Recovery Procedures
Can You Donate Part of Your Liver and How Does It Work?Procedures
What Is the Advantage of Using a Hemostatic Agent?Safety
What Is a Percutaneous Needle and Its Uses?Procedures
What Is a Suture and How Is It Used in Medicine?Procedures
Can Necrosis Be Reversed? Causes and Treatment Biology
When Was the First Face Transplant and How Does It Work?Procedures
What Is 2-Octyl Cyanoacrylate and How Is It Used?Drugs
How to Take Care of Your Dissolvable Stitches Procedures
What Is a Tissue Graft? A Medical Explainer Procedures
Why Does My Jaw Hurt After Surgery?Dental
How to Start a Subcuticular Suture Procedures