hondurena replied to BoonersmomRN's topic in Maryland
St Agnes is also known as St Agony-- but i will keep this professional. I worked there briefly in the AICU and hated it but on the flip side their benefits are very good, and they do promote education ie CNA-RN and RN-BSN. I got a student loan repa...
hondurena replied to mistyval's topic in Government
Just wanted to say very informative (your posts) Took my physical this past Tuesday this paperwork for commisioning is time consuming but i know it will be well worth it. GO ANC! re-up re-up your'e crazy prior service 91C USAR 1998-2002
hondurena replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in General Nursing
If open cases are too much for her perhaps she do lap chole's, lap gastric bypass, lap prostates, and maybe some "lumps & bumps". Don't know if this will be fair in terms of staffing--- what are your numbers like? If you guys have teams maybe t...
CST's like sunnyjohn and LPN's who scrub in the OR like Marie seem to be conscientious, confident and secure in their role and very knowledgeable. I'd be comfortable knowing that you guys were scrubbed in on a case in which I or family were having s...
Sunnyjohn, you could'nt have said it better "vigilance" is truly important-- the OR is definitely team oriented if i am scrubbed i depend on my circulator. I must trust that my team members have surgical conscious and the pts safety as a priority
Surgical technology training is very different from what the standard "tech" nursing assistant undergoes. Surg techs complete anatomy & physiology, microbiology and pharmocology at the college level among other courses and must complete clinical...
hondurena replied to RollingThunder's topic in Operating Room
I left out one important thing----- you may find it helpful to refer to your med-surg textbook. It is said that operating room nursing is totally different IMHO certain things are basic to nursing. Never forget that! Your med-surg text will give y...
hondurena replied to RollingThunder's topic in Operating Room
RollingThunder, congrats and welcome to the profession of (perioperative) nursing Thank goodness you have an educator, I am currently in OR orientation--- I do not have a "nurse educator" and I am precepted by different people everyday. -- No st...
GLN35 I think its awesome that you get to scrub as a student great experience. Too bad many schools don't bother most nsg instruction seems to be so much based on passing NCLEX and unfortunately perioperative nsg isn't covered in NCLEX. I worked as...
hondurena replied to hondurena's topic in Operating Room
Thank you all for the replies very informative, its interesting to know how things vary form facility to facility. For those of you who do not have commitments or money paybacks i am envious--- study hard and learn all that you can about perioperati...
hondurena replied to hondurena's topic in Operating Room
Marie i'm assuming that you scub as an LPN in that respect RNs, LPNs, and ORTs function the same (scrubbing)--- once you get your RN should you remain in the OR you will just be oriented to the role of circulator. I scrubbed for about 4.5yrs as an L...
This question is for those starting or orientation ladyt618 and nocrumping but anyone with input please respond. Are you required to pay back any money to the facility should you decide not to complete the orientation or stay for > 3 years?
hondurena replied to ortess1971's topic in Operating Room
I was an LPN/Scrub for 5 years, upon getting my RN I decided to do some med/surg and travel nsg for 1.5 yrs. I accepted a position for OR-RN back in Aug of 2005 my orientation is 9 months long scrub/circulate My boss who hired me informed me today t...