zerby1470

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1. Patients say the funniest things...

   zerby1470 replied to brewerpaul's topic in Operating Room

   Exactly.

2. Patients say the funniest things...

   zerby1470 replied to brewerpaul's topic in Operating Room

   Had a pt's spouse who was making fun of the pt's parts during our pre-op interview, pre op TKA. She and SO talked about how if the girls wearing the pretty hats started laughing, that meant the blankets were off. When we said that he would be getting...

3. Know it all scrub techs

   zerby1470 replied to rbs105's topic in Operating Room

   I am sorry that you work in such a teamwork unfriendly environment. At my facility, nurses and techs are assigned to assist the surgeon during the procedure and scrub in with the doc. The assistant, regardless of title will help with all of the above...

4. Pay for carring the beeper

   zerby1470 replied to SandraCVRN's topic in Operating Room

   Western Iowa - non profit 6 OR's, Level 2 trauma $1.50 per hour weekdays, $2.00 weekend. Four hour guaranteed call back at time and a half. No specialty pay.

5. Manual prostatectomy?

   zerby1470 replied to brewerpaul's topic in Operating Room

   "My" doc is back on thursday and I will ask if it is a specific technique, or just how he learned it in school.

6. Manual prostatectomy?

   zerby1470 replied to brewerpaul's topic in Operating Room

   We have two Uro's that will do this. Incision, exposure, finger, voila. As a matter of fact, one will warn the assistant not to get anywhere near the urethra because they might "take the fun part away" from him. Both are rather old school in techniqu...

7. Favorite specialty and why?

   zerby1470 replied to IsseyM's topic in Operating Room

   My two faves are very dissimilar on the surface, like Ed's. Spines and urology. Spines for me are very technically challenging for me, lots of stuff, and both delicate and brutal at the same time...going from saws and drills to gently moving a nerve ...

8. ?CRNA vs a teacher?

   zerby1470 replied to yessy28's topic in SRNA

   If you are doing anything solely because you are paid well, you will likely be unhappy. Find what you love, and find a way to be comfortable with it. Will you live for money, or use money to live? Also, in my experience, the CRNA's ARE nurses at the...

9. Child Restraint During Induction ?

   zerby1470 replied to OR male nurse's topic in Operating Room

   At my facility we do not allow parents into the OR. We do pre op Versed, and start IV's in the older kids. The little ones get their IV's after induction. We seldom have issues with needing to restrain the little ones, but in the case that we do, we...

10. Hiatal Hernia Repair.

    zerby1470 replied to lpnstudentin2010's topic in Operating Room

    I second what ewattsjt said. I am glad that you got some answers from your EGD ( I spend time on the GI forum) but there are too many variables here to give an answer. Best of luck to you!

11. What Is An OR Tech?!

    zerby1470 replied to Batman24's topic in Operating Room

    Thank you. It is not comparing apples to apples. Both have skills that are brought for the operating room, some can to both, some cannot. But a good, well working and well trained team is in the best interest of the patient, regardless of the name th...

12. Saddest I've ever been at work

    zerby1470 replied to joeb1's topic in Ob/Gyn

    That is disgusting. At my facility the OR scrubs C-sections. I work in the OR, FWIW. I was called in for a full term IUFD placental abruption, 3 prior sections, mom contracting. Doctor handled baby same as all of our other sections, baby was cleaned ...

13. Foley Balloon Test

    zerby1470 replied to OR male nurse's topic in Operating Room

    If the patient is going to wind up with a hamburger looking urethra, the ribs on the foley aren't the issue. I work with a reasonable group of Uro's, and while they agree that there is an issue of ribs on the silicone, it is less essential than the p...

14. Cascade of interventions-what have you seen?

    zerby1470 replied to clhRN2b2010's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I have seen the flip side as well. I wanted a non medicated, limited interventional birth. And no C-section. Period. My doc was aware of my intentions, and supported me. I was induced after 8 weeks of bedrest at 37 weeks for pre-eclampsia. My time on...

15. Anyone have picture of the shoulder head positioner?

    zerby1470 replied to hotdog19d's topic in Operating Room

    The Schlein is similar to the beach chair positioner that you were describing, WitchyRN. We have not used the McConnell positioner, but love their arm holder!