tracern77

tracern77 has 8 years experience and specializes in Surgical, Orthopaedics.

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1. ortho/neuro GN

   tracern77 replied to tx2007's topic in Orthopaedic

   Good Luck!

2. Anyone going to the NAON conference in St. Louis?

   tracern77 posted a topic in Orthopaedic

   Just wondering if anyone is planning on attending...that's all! :)

3. ortho/neuro GN

   tracern77 replied to tx2007's topic in Orthopaedic

   You actually have to be in practice as an RN for at least 2 years before you can even take the orthopaedic certification exam (ONC). You also have to have at least 1000 hours work on an ortho unit. So I'm surprised that they are telling you they ca...

4. Bellin College of Nursing Students

   tracern77 replied to Murseintraining78's topic in Wisconsin

   I graduated from BCON in May of 1999. Great program. They did everything they could to help the students out. It was great to get some one the gen ed classes at BCON when UW-Green Bay was not able to offer them. In talking to my collegues...BCON ...

5. Discontinuing Femoral Nerve blocks

   tracern77 posted a topic in Orthopaedic

   Our hospital started using FNB's in our Total knee replacement population about 1 1/2 years ago. They seem to be working great! Alot less side effects than the epidural, and great pain relief when they work right. We usually D/C our FNB's on POD#2....