mmckinneyrn

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1. LPN's scrubbing?

   mmckinneyrn replied to lynniepooh's topic in Operating Room

   Hi, our OR in MI offers a program that trains LPN's to scrub and we have had great success with this. Here the pay is equitable so we had a great response to the posting when the program started. 2 of the best scrub nurses we have are LPN's. Have a g...

2. Verbal Abuse from surgeons in the OR

   mmckinneyrn replied to spineCNOR's topic in Operating Room

   I have worked with plenty of surgeons that become "verbally abusive" and our facility does have a policy that deals with it. We even have a form to fill out called "Disruptive Physician Behavior" form. I have found that if I give back what I got I ge...

3. Share your favorite smilies!

   mmckinneyrn replied to Sleepyeyes's topic in Humor

   Great dog, cheerfuldoer. I am a pug lover! Now I have to try and post something different. I can't believe the size of that big cat. It is beautiful!

4. Comparing Wages in the OR setting

   mmckinneyrn replied to dmclung's topic in Operating Room

   I want to go to CA and work with Mike!

5. Bizarre! Bizarre! Bizarre!

   mmckinneyrn replied to TravelerAdvisor's topic in Operating Room

   I can relate to these bizarre events! We had a patient that injected blown insulation into her bladder. It took 13 hours in the cysto room (on 3 different occasions) to remove the stuff piece by piece. Another patient came to surgery to have a foreig...

6. Comparing Wages in the OR setting

   mmckinneyrn replied to dmclung's topic in Operating Room

   Hi Everyone, I am a nurse educator in an OR in MI and we have not hired new grads in this area at this time. New grads in our hospital are earning in the early 19's. This really is good starting pay but unfortunately there is no compensation for degr...