Vol. XIII, No. 5Archive > May, 2012

Equip Your Facility for Spine Surgery

Secrets to saving when adding one of surgery's most expensive specialties.

Dan O'Connor, Editor-in-Chief

You need deep pockets and a strong fortitude to add spine, which ranks as one of the most expensive surgical service lines to equip and perform. "As a warning and as general advice, don't be shocked by the sticker price of getting started. It's going to be high," says Nathan Nitzky, BS, RN, CNOR, perioperative nursing care coordinator for neuro and spine surgery at Scottsdale (Ariz.) Healthcare's Osborn campus. "You have to be prepared to spend a lot of upfront money to get it going."

 
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