On again with bovie smoke, I noticed that I posted on this thread over a year ago. Bovie smoke is a known carcinogenic. If you have concerns about this in your O.R. you could try raising this as an "occupational health and safety" issue in your wor...
Good Morning and Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays to all of you at All Nurses. We had an interesting conversation at work the other night concerning the seemingly hight incidence of illness amongst O.R. Nurses in our Surgical Suite. We have a staff o...
Hi There, Just going to offer my 2 cents here. We moved from 30 year old O.R's to state of the art O.R.'s about 16 monthes ago. Our rooms are bigger now, better for all that equipment. The company that built our new building has built several O.R....
Hi Shirley, Why not make your own? You can buy a pattern at the local fabric store, and pick out your own fabric. Or, if you already have a hat that you like, take it apart and trace a pattern out on cereal box-board. Your can make hats for very f...
porsch65 replied to porsch65's topic in Management
thank you for that most thoughtful response. You obviously have had experience in dealing with this issue. I particularly like the suggestion of having the bully go to EAP to understand their own behaviour. We have had incidences of targetting in ...
Hi There! "Sterile Cockpit" is a term that is used in the airline industry. It is kind of a code of conduct that is adhered to during crucial periods of flight, namely take-off and landing. It came about because it was found that the majority of "...
HI Everyone, Just a couple of quick questions. Would really appreciate the point of view of nurse managers. Do any one you run units that have or had low staff morale (for whatever reasons), and what did you do to facillitate a positive change on ...
HI Shirley, Thanks very muchfor the web-site, very helpful. I'm from the "Great White North". I guess we have been doing all these things all along, just didn't have a title for it. I was wondering if it was more than what we already did. Thanks a...
HI this is the first time I have posted a new thread of my own. Usually I have just read yours to learn new info and find out what others are doing in their own O.R. I'm interested in knowing if anyone of you practice "Sterile Cockpit" or "Timeout...
Wow, the more I read threads on this forum, the more I realize how good I have it and that I should quit whining about the the little things that go on in our O.R. All after-hours must be booked through the anaesthetist. He is the gate-keeper of the...
Hello Sharann, at our facility, the patient marks the site with the surgeon's intials. once in the theatre we then have the patient verbally tell everyone in the room which side we are doing, i.e. right knee, right breast etc. the consent is also t...
porsch65 replied to oreducator's topic in Operating Room
In our facility, locals are not done after hours or on weekends when we are on-call. The rational behind this is that we are "on-call" during those times for emergencies only. Anaesthesia is our gate-keeper so to speak during these times, as he/she...
HI, we don't use the vending machines, there was talk of it before we moved into our new building but we opted not to use them. In our new building the surgical suite is a locked unit. Only open from 8 to 4. The office is right at the entrance of...
porsch65 replied to rnbackagain's topic in Operating Room
HI there, I say go for it. If you are really interested in OR Nursing keep applying until you get in. Ask if you can be an observer for a day or two, to really firm it up if this is really for you. Don't let anyone discriminate against you b/c th...