egien

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1. Nights in the OR

   egien posted a topic in Operating Room

   Hi I am not usually scheduled to do the night shift. This last schedule and into the next I have my fair share of nights and I am finding it brutal. Maybe I need to get used to not sleeping; but I am finding it inhumane. I would like to know how ...

2. How is your OR staffed

   egien replied to egien's topic in Operating Room

   Your set up sounds very interesting. Please elaborate. Is there a nurse in charge in these teams? a lot of the stress begins in the evening, when the some elective cases run over time and the evening staff has to contend with elective cases AND the ...

3. How is your OR staffed

   egien replied to egien's topic in Operating Room

   I lol at your first line! Thats what it feels like at time on the weekends (some evenings and nights) Morale has definitely been affected. People have started leaving (some for other dept and some for other hospitals). So we do hire NEW people but ...

4. How is your OR staffed

   egien posted a topic in Operating Room

   I work in the OR and we have recently moved our hospital to be part of a "mega-hospital". This new hospital houses an adult and pediatric hospital, a research centre etc etc… There have been A LOT of changes and we (all the nurses and staff) find t...