OpTime is Epic's operating room management system.
Provider Courses
Anesthesia
Class Length: 3.5 hours
Prerequisites: None
Registration: Online Search for: Anesthesia
Roles: Anesthesia Faculty, Residents, Fellows, CRNAs, and SRNAs
Content: Anesthesia workflows for pre-op, intra-op, and post-op.
Surgical Workflows for Providers
Class Length: Online/On-Demand
Prerequisites: Epic LIP Basics (or Epic LIP Test-Out) and Epic LIP Inpatient or Epic LIP Ambulatory
Registration: Register in ERMA for session number 64620
Roles: Providers who perform OR cases.
Content: Pre- and post-operative Epic workflows.
OpTime Nursing Courses
Epic OpTime Pre/Post Op RNs
Class Length: 4 hours
Prerequisites: Status Board prerequisite link will be provided in the registration confirmation e-mail.
Registration: Online Search for: "pre/post"
Roles: Nurses working in pre/post op areas
Content: Pre-op documentation, administering medications, and placing verbal orders.
Epic OpTime Intra-op RN
Course Length: 4 hours
Prerequisite: The Status Board prerequisite link will be provided in the registration confirmation e-mail.
Registration: Online Search for: "intra-op"
Roles: Nurses working in Intra-op areas
Content: Intra-op documentation
Acute Lab 1 (Alaris Pump Integration)
Course Length: 2 hours
Prerequisites: OpTime Pre-Op (for Ambulatory Surgery & Children's Hospital Prep/Recovery nurses)
Roles: UIHC Nurses that are required to work with the Alaris infusion pumps.
Content: This lab is in partnership with NCEC. The Alaris Pump portion includes learning pump functions, a demonstration of integration (start/stop primary and secondary, Infusion Data Validate, intake volumes, associate/disassociate a running infusion, etc.), and non-integrated meds/blood.
OpTime Specialty Nursing Courses
Epic Procedural Area RN
Class Length: 3 hours
Prerequisites: None
Registration: Online Search for: "procedural"
Roles: Procedural Area Nurses (SFCH Pediatric LL2, IRL Procedure Suite, and MCU Digestive Health Center Procedure Area)
Content: Interpret the Status Board and work through the Pre Procedure, Intra Procedure and Post Procedure navigators.
Support Staff Courses
Epic OpTime NA, PCT, or Surg Tech (Online)
Class Length: 20 minutes
Prerequisite: None
Registration: Online Search for Session Number: "59289"
Roles: Nursing Assistants, Patient Care Techs, and Surgical Techs.
Content: General overview of the OR Status Board and its functionality.
OpTime Clerk & ADT
Class Length: 3-4 hours based on where the clerk is working.
Prerequisite: Yes, ICON course links provided upon registration.
Registration: E-mail epictrainingrequests@healthcare.uiowa.edu
Roles: Clerks working in Main OR, MCNL OR, Children's Hospital OR, or ASC OR pre op, intra op, and post op
Content: As appropriate based on where the clerk is working: find, interpret, and print the OR schedule, create and schedule OR surgeries, manipulate the OR schedule, enter patient timing events, and document pre-surgical phone calls. ADT topics can include admit to DOSA, transfer inpatients to Main OR, and discharge from SSRF.
OpTime Scheduler
Class Length: 2.5 hours
Prerequisite: None
Registration: E-mail epictrainingrequests@healthcare.uiowa.edu
Roles: Staff who perform surgical scheduling.
Content: Learn to schedule and update surgical cases using the OR Snapboard activity. Content also includes removing, bumping, and canceling cases.
Nursing Student Online Training
Epic OpTime for Pre, Intra, and Post Op Nursing Students (Online)
Class Length: 1 hour
Prerequisite: None
Registration: Online Search for Session Number: "63911"
Roles: Pre-op, Intra-op, and Post-op nursing students.
Content: Chart Review, Results Review, standard nursing student documentation, administering medications, overview of the Status Board, and Intraoperative documentation.
Epic Procedure Area Nursing Students (Online)
Class Length: 1 hour
Prerequisite: None
Registration: Online Search for Session Number: "63909"
Roles: Procedure Area Nursing Students (Lower Level SFCH2, Digestive Health Center, and IRL Procedure Area)
Content: Chart Review, Results Review, standard nursing student documentation, administering medications, overview of the Status Board, and Intraoperative documentation.
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