HSO Role Based Education Guide

Which courses best support your surgical team? Refer to the guide below.

HSO Foundations: Basic knowledge and skills for all surgical teams

Credit Hours

Accreditations

Scrub Nurse

Circulating Nurse

Surgical Tech

First Assistant

Pre-Op Nurse

Post-Op Nurse

Airway Management, Patency and Maintenance

0.5

ANCC; AST

Aseptic Technique

0.75

ANCC; AST

Assessment, Postanesthesia Care

0.25

ANCC

Blood Transfusions, Safety and Complications

0.25

ANCC

Communication, Interprofessional

0.5

ANCC; AST

Complications of Regional and General Anesthesia

0.5

ANCC; AST

Environmental Safety, Overview

0.75

ANCC; AST

Informed Consent

0.5

ANCC; AST

Local Anesthesia, Care Considerations

0.5

ANCC; AST

Malignant Hyperthermia

0.5

ANCC; AST

Moderate Sedation

0.25

ANCC

Operating Room Emergencies

0.25

ANCC

Operating Room Terminology

1

ANCC; AST

Orthopedic Trauma, Implants and Fixation Devices

1

ANCC; AST

Pain Management, Nonpharmacologic Techniques

0.5

ANCC; AST

Pain Management, Patient-Controlled Analgesia( PCA)

0.5

ANCC; AST

Patient Positioning

0.75

ANCC; AST

Perioperative Team Roles and Responsibilities

0.5

ANCC; AST

Pharmacology, Naloxone

0.25

ANCC

Pharmacology, Reversal Agents

0.5

ANCC; AST

Phases of Anesthesia Recovery

0.25

ANCC

Preoperative Management

0.5

ANCC; AST

Preoperative Patient Preparation

0.25

ANCC

Pressure Injury( PI) Strategies

0.25

ANCC

Protective Surgical Attire

0.5

ANCC; AST

Safety in the Operating Room

0.5

ANCC; AST

Skin Prep and Surgical Draping

0.5

ANCC; AST

Surgery, Cryosurgery and High-Frequency Ultrasound

1

ANCC; AST

Surgery, Types

1

ANCC; AST

Surgical Counts and Documentation

0.5

ANCC; AST

Surgical Equipment Safety

0.5

ANCC; AST