RT Book, Section A1 Worthen, Jon A2 Cochran, Amalia A2 Braga, Ruth SR Print(0) ID 1132432940 T1 Patient Safety in the OR T2 Introduction to the Operating Room YR 2016 FD 2016 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9781259587283 LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1132432940 RD 2024/03/29 AB “Welcome to the OR!” is not the initial greeting you are likely to hear on your first day in the OR. “Whoa there!” is typically the first salutation you’ll receive if you get too close to the sterile field. More than likely you’ll think you are at a rodeo, not because we use stirrups but because things happen fast. Controlled chaos is among the terms used by those observing in the OR for the first time. One of the things as educator and circulator I emphasize while orienting new RNs, medical students, and OR first-timers is that our first concern is always patient safety.