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  1. Revisit: PA or RNFA

    Hi MeiLana, The reality is that most surgeons in private practice will want an assistant who can "pay for themselves", i.e. they want to be able to bill for the assistant's services and therefore cover the salary costs of the assistant. So your best ...
  2. Should I stay or should I go?

    First of all, I don't think this is a case of "beggars can't be choosers". Even though you are already on the OB floor as a tech(?) being a nurse will be different, with a whole different set of responsibilities and accountability. If you like the un...
  3. I currently work in staff development in a large academic medical center OR. Trying to develop a more structured/organized orientation process. If any of your hospitals offer an internship or fellowship for new hires with no operating room experienc...
  4. I am currently a student in a DNP program, so I am not unbiased. While I agree that the DNP does not have the academic rigor of a PhD I am not aware of any one-year DNP programs (but I certainly can't say they don't exist. The program I am attendin...
  5. Do you address the residents by title or first name?

    I work in an academic medical center and it is generally the custom that the nurses and residents are on a first-name basis (except when in front of patients where the nurse would address the resident as "Dr. ____". If it is acceptable for the resi...
  6. Surgical reprocessing

    I'm sorry to say that any place there are intruments there are problems with instruments! I agree with Sandra about the accountability factor, having the CSS techs sign the sheets. Another thing- does your facility using intrument tracking software? ...
  7. DNP in Nursing Education

    I do know that both the University of South Alabama http://www.southalabama.edu/nursing/dnp.html and Samford University http://www.samford.edu/nursing/academics/dnp.php in Birmingham Alabama have education tracks in their DNP programs.
  8. Specializing in Ortho

    Will you be expected to cover other specialties when you are on call? If so, you certainly need at least a brief rotation through those areas.
  9. Is it appropriate to visit past patients in the unit?

    Interesting question! "Back in the day" before same day surgery became so common it was not at all unusual or OR managers to expect their nurses to do pre- and post-op visits. I don't consider checking up on a patient post-op a HIPPA violation, but i...
  10. Management Structure

    Director of Surgical Services (currently vacant) Nurse managers for CVOR, General OR (everything accept CV) and PACU/Same Day Admissions (Endo is not under Periop services) Charge nurses run the board on each shift General OR has team leaders for the...
  11. Continuing education???

    Why hello! I am an OR nurse, origianlly a diploma graduate (hospital school of nursing). Went back to school a few years ago for a BSN & MSN so that I would have more career options (I was working as a staff nurse at the time). I now work as an e...
  12. Book help

    Exactly -- I agree that is is probably best not to worry about learning instruments right now. Honestly, the best way to learn instruments is to see how they are actually used. Alexanders is a great text, and it does have some info on instrumentation...
  13. License risk in the OR

    It is very important to be familiar with your state's boards practice guidelines, i.e. what is in your scope of practice and what is not. It's also important to be familiar with your faciltites policies, especially those involving patient safety. One...
  14. Good Book?

    I recommend Alexander's Care of the Patient in Surgery by Jane Rothrock. This is a very comprehensive text that covers the basics and well as the various specialties. It's a little pricey, but well worht it, especially for OR newbies. Alexander's on ...
  15. Need an Article

    you can read and print out Home Study articles here: http://www.aorn.org/journal/homestudy/default.htm even if your aren't a member. I hope you enjoy your OR clinical experience!