Nursingal

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1. Have you worked outside the OR?

   Nursingal replied to findingmywayRN's topic in Operating Room

   I got my ORT in the Army, then when I got my RN, I stayed in the OR. Had to learn PACU.....but, I know I'm definatly not a floor nurse...I'm where I need to be.

2. I need advice...

   Nursingal posted a topic in Operating Room

   I need some advice on how you do things in your hospital... 1-do you wipe the room down prior to the first case/day? 2-how do you count lap choles? do u do a pre-inst. count? 3-do you count on arthroscopy's 4-how intensive is your clean up between e...

3. A Bad day in the OR...how would you have handled it?

   Nursingal replied to Nursingal's topic in Operating Room

   Well, I suppose the good thing is that we don't have a really high infection rate. It's pretty amazing what the body can go through. However, I do try and really watch the techs to see what is going on. I hate to make it an RN vs. Tech issue but, ...

4. scheduling call help

   Nursingal replied to livingintheor's topic in Operating Room

   At our hospital, we finally hired 2 more RNs but for the last 2 years, there has only been 3 of us covering 24 hour call. How it works is....We work 7 - 3:30 Monday thru friday...40 hours/week. Then, we start call after 3:30. If a room is running ...

5. A Bad day in the OR...how would you have handled it?

   Nursingal posted a topic in Operating Room

   Maybe I need to vent or maybe I made to much out of the situation but if someone could give me honest insight as to what I could/should have done, I'd appreciate it. We use surg. tech's at our hospital. Some are very very good at their jobs and some...