RacheloneRN

RacheloneRN

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About RacheloneRN

RacheloneRN specializes in Operating Room.


Originally from CA, I moved to TX to attend Baylor University's School of Nursing.

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  1. Prep

    Hearing yall mention a 10 minute prep is shocking. I could only imagine the crap I would get from my surgeons if I prepped for 10 minutes, I feel rushed while using chloraprep sometimes, and these docs have low infection rates. For total joints, with...
  2. Asked to stay late with call team w/out call team pay

    In our OR if someone is asked to stay late or come in on their day off and they are not on call, they are paid a Critical Shift Diff... which I believe is time and a half.
  3. Night Nurse III: Slip-Slidin' Awaaaaaaay

    When I was in High School, a teacher/mentor/musical theatre director would constantly reassure me by saying at least you have "inner grace." I've always said my 1st daughter would be named Grace, that way there would be some in my life. BTW, I never ...
  4. Skirts in the OR

    We have a few nurses in our facility in TX that wear scrub skirts. They are provided and laundered by the hospital, as are the rest of our scrubs, and the ladies wear thick pantyhose under their skirts.
  5. Surgery hats are KILLING my hair!

    I wear hats from SparklingEarth.com, they have a terrycloth band around the hairline and I've never had any breakage, they're comfortable too! Good luck, I hope you find a good solution.
  6. How does your hospital handle this?

    Our facility also charges us PTO for "holidays." I think it sucks, but I guess you just have to factor holidays into your PTO when considering using it. I'm glad to hear we aren't the only ones.
  7. First Code (Sorry it's long)

    Hey Yall, This is kind of a vent, but also any tips would be appreciated. I'm a new RN, 6 mos working OR and this week I had my first code. I am still being precepted, and have not experienced a code in any area of nursing. This week I was spendin...
  8. Pay for carring the beeper

    region - north texas level 1 trauma, not-for profit, private # of or's - 47 $$ for being on call only - 2 specialty get extra?? - not sure good luck, i hope you are successful.
  9. Scrub pants vs thighs

    We had to wear Landau for school - I found them uncomfortable in the thigh area - I was so happy to never have to wear Landau anymore!!
  10. New Grad, So confused

    Have you considered school nursing? The OR (at least at my facility) offers 8 hour shifts - but not a normal 9-5... We start at 0630-1500. Good luck in the job hunt. Congrats on passing your boards.
  11. Belly Button Gunk

    Haha I couldn't agree more! I'm a new OR nurse and one of my first abdominal preps I was so grossed out by what I dug out of this clean looking patient's belly button. It is also interesting to find unexpected tattoos on patients (not that I can say ...
  12. 501 ways to know you've been on allnurses.com too long!

    187. You were so excited when you passed your boards because you could go change your username to usernameRN.
  13. Foley Balloon Test

    I'm also a new OR nurse, and in our facility we do not test the balloons on our foleys. The rationale at our facility though is because the manufacturer instructed us that it is not necesary as the foleys are pretested prior to shipment. You may want...
  14. Shoes...what do you wear?

    So I decided to try out danskos, hopefully my feet will thank me more than my bank account did... Thanks for the tip about the pants, but I'm only 5'0" - I don't think any pair of pants has ever looked liked high-waters on me...lol... I'll let y'all ...
  15. failing in the OR

    I'm a new OR intern too, I am also the type of person who is too hard on myself. The OR is a totally different type of place. I see nurses come who have been in the OR for 10 years come in with the wrong things all the time too. I think one of the bi...