insa

insa specializes in OR.

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1. Dashing a patient's hope or just being honest?

   insa replied to xanderfan's topic in General Nursing

   I wonder if perhaps the patient asked the question in front of his family members because he wanted those family members to hear a nurse answer it. Sometimes it's not the patient who's in denial. Is it possible he was enlisting the OP to gently chip ...

2. Buying a new car for a new nurse ??

   insa replied to gabriela1993's topic in General Nursing

   Bear with me. There are several types of tires. Most cars come with all-season tires. Most people replace their tires with more all-season tires when the mechanic warns them their old tires are dangerous (or, let's face it, when the mechanic warns t...

3. United Kingdom NMC new registration process for overseas RNs

   insa posted a topic in Registration

   Hi everyone, This month (October 2014) the UK Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) revised its process for registering for nurses trained outside the European Union (EU). The short version is: this is streamlining the process. Instead of making appl...

4. New OR Nurse and feeling overwhelmed...

   insa replied to astrn's topic in Operating Room

   canesdukegirl, this is such a good perspective. I wish I could have gotten this advice when was orienting in the OR! There are definitely those who will intimidate, bully, or try to establish pecking order by finding fault with what you do. And just ...

5. States/Cities looking for New Grads?

   insa replied to Squarestate's topic in Job Hunt

   I graduated from UT El Paso, then moved to Virginia. It took me months to find work; all my classmates seemed to find jobs in town immediately. More than half of the population of El Paso speaks Spanish at home, so if you are bilingual that will help...

6. Passive aggression, bullying, or just trying to help?

   insa replied to insa's topic in Men

   Well, I'm off for Memorial Day but with all this good advice and perspective, I'm already looking forward to going back to work! Thanks so much to all who posted - I am very grateful.

7. Passive aggression, bullying, or just trying to help?

   insa posted a topic in Men

   I'm struggling to relate to a colleague in my unit. I'm six months off orientation in the OR - because it's OR, we have to partner closely with another nurse or OR tech in the room each day. I have a nurse colleague who seems to be universally liked...

8. New OR nurse needs some advice

   insa replied to smiggers's topic in Operating Room

   I'm 6 months out from my OR orientation. The truly terrible days are coming much less frequently now. It really does get better. My orientation was supposed to be nine months, but it stretched out to almost eleven, even though my unit is perenially s...

9. gowning and gloving technique

   insa replied to isabing's topic in Operating Room

   Gloves on top of gown, slide towel and gown out. The rule that was stressed when I was learning was that you can't put your gloves or gown on the sterile field with other supplies. They must be on their own surface, and the gown wrapper then becomes ...

10. Seeking OR Nurse advice

    insa replied to iamNurse23's topic in Operating Room

    I'm just coming up on one year in the OR. It's my first nursing job. Definitely harder than school for me. I recommend "Pocket Guide to the Operating Room" by Maxine Goldman. I bought the Kindle edition so I can read up on cases on my smartphone (th...

11. has anyone left the OR for the floor? or after 1 year?

    insa replied to dontcallmeamurse's topic in Operating Room

    Hi dontcallmeamurse, How's it going since you posted in July? I'm about to start working independently in my OR after 10 months of orientation, and I'm still not sure if it's the right place for me. But I have several compelling reasons to stay put f...

12. What to do with your rings when you scrub?

    insa replied to AmyCardsNP's topic in Operating Room

    I use a small carabiner that I bought at Walgreen's. It's versatile: usually I clip it, with my wedding ring, to my car keys and leave everything in my locker. If you didn't want to leave it in a locker, you could use the carabiner to secure it to a ...

13. New grad in the OR

    insa replied to new grad or's topic in Operating Room

    I am in the same position. Even with the benefit of a formal training program, it's tough being a new nurse in the OR, and I rather sense that I am already seen as "the slow one" in comparison to the other new nurse hired with me. To some extent, sh...

14. What to do? Not so great encounter with HR....

    insa replied to DeLana_RN's topic in Relations

    It sounds like you may be over-thinking this. I agree with everything you say - it may be difficult if you're offered a job you don't want; it may be too late for the job you do want; you may never get a job at this place. All of these things could b...

15. UK mental health nurse looking to move to texas

    insa replied to babyb78's topic in International

    babyb78, You mentioned waiting for the immigration process, and I want to make sure you realize that you should be working on that before you leave for the States. Certainly, don't show up without a visa and say to the immigration people at the airp...