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.
Nursing Courses - Main OR, Ambulatory Surgery, Children's Hospital
OPTIME PRE OP
Class Length: 4 hours
Prerequisites: None
Registration: Online Search for: OpTime Pre
Roles: Nurses in Main OR DOSA, Main OR Intra op, Ambulatory Surgery Prep/Recovery, Ambulatory Surgery Intra op, Children's Hospital Prep/Recovery, and Children's Hospital Intra op.
Content: Interpret Status Board and Master Daily Schedule reports. Work through the Pre-Op Navigator sections including placing orders.
Training Login Sheets: OpTime Pre/Intra/Post
OPTIME INTRA OP
Course Length: 6 hours
Prerequisite: OpTime Pre Op
Registration: Online Search for: OpTime Intra Op
Roles: Perioperative registered nurses working within the operating rooms.
Content: Work through the Intra Op Navigator sections including placing orders.
Training Login Sheets: OpTime Pre/Intra/Post
OPTIME POST OP
Course Length: 4 hours
Prerequisite: OpTime Pre Op (for Ambulatory Surgery and Children's Hospital Prep/Recovery nurses ONLY)
Registration: Online Search for: OpTime PACU
Roles: Perioperative registered nurses working in the Post-Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU), Ambulatory Surgery and Children's Hospital Prep/Recovery areas.
Content: Work through the PACU / SSRF Navigator sections and Blood Administration.
Training Login Sheets: OpTime Pre/Intra/Post
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.
Nursing Courses - Specialty Areas
OPTIME DDC
Class Length: 4 hours
Prerequisites: Clinic Nursing Series
Registration: E-mail epictrainingrequests@healthcare.uiowa.edu
Roles: Registered nurses and medical assistants working in Digestive Diseases Center
Content: Interpret the Status Board and work through the Pre-Procedure, Intra-Procedure and Recovery navigators.
OPTIME IVF
Class Length: 1.5 hours
Prerequisite: Clinic Nursing Series
Registration: E-mail epictrainingrequests@healthcare.uiowa.edu
Roles: Nurses and MAs working in the IVF procedure area.
Content: Interpret the Status Board and work through the Procedural Sedation and Intra-Op navigators.
OPTIME THIN LOG
Class Length: 3 hours
Prerequisite: None
Registration: E-mail epictrainingrequests@healthcare.uiowa.edu
Roles: Nurses, MAs, and NAs working in the Iowa River Landing (IRL) Procedure Area or Children's Hospital LL2 Procedure Area.
Content: Interpret the Status Board and work through the Procedural Sedation and Thin Log navigators.
Support Staff Courses
OPTIME CLERK & ADT
Class Length: 1-5 hours based on where the clerk is working.
Prerequisite: None
Registration: E-mail epictrainingrequests@healthcare.uiowa.edu
Roles: Clerks working in Main 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.
Training Login Sheets: OpTime Clerk
OPTIME NA/SURG TECH
Class Length: 2.5 hours
Prerequisite: None
Registration: Online Search for: OpTime NA/Surg Tech
Roles: Surgical Technicians or Nursing Assistants in the Main OR, Children's Hospital OR, or ASC OR pre-op, intra-op, and post-op.
Content: As appropriate based on where the Nursing Assistant is working: find, interpret, and print the OR schedule, enter patient timing events, and document pre-op vitals, height and weight. Update the supplies, equipment, instruments pulled into a Case from the preference card.
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 ORs At A Glance and Snapboard. Content also includes removing, bumping, and canceling cases.
Training Login Sheets: OpTime Scheduler
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