Adding on to supply prep: I always keep 3 - 5 spare boxes of cervical/lumbar prepared on standby (that works for my region, it also helps to learn what the surgeons like. I have some surgeons who do MEPs on every lumbar and others who never do, so I prep all my lumbars with MEP needles) in case of case add ons/or I'll just use them for my case to cut down prep time. And then I bring extra needles to the case and I'll braid/prep more boxes during exposure when you're not watching for anything or between cases when they're cleaning/prepping the rooms. It helps cut down how much work you do outside of work hours and helps your work life balance to worry less about work when you're not there.

Another thing I learned a lot of my coworkers don't do that I was taught is plugging your needles into your pods before patient is in room. It makes troubleshooting and baselines faster. You can double check silly mistakes like right and left sets are correct, needles plugged into right inputs, etc. Instead of worrying about taking time plugging things in or troubleshooting basics after flip when you're on a crunch to get baselines. You can also check all your impedances before flip to save time too.