jaquar

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1. expected arrival time when on call

   jaquar posted a topic in Operating Room

   what is the time that you are expected to make it back to the hospital when on call and called in for a case?

2. JCAHO coordinators- need a sounding board

   jaquar replied to DianeK4HVCH's topic in Management

   me too

3. OR nurse managers, let's talk!

   jaquar replied to druse's topic in Management

   i too would love to chat. maybe we could share information on alot of practices and ideas. i have recently started as director of surgical services for a 4 room OR. and 2 room endo unit. i'm having difficulty with what is accepted practice in an OR. ...

4. Do nurses get paid enough for what they do?

   jaquar replied to sweetpea839's topic in General Nursing

   There is something tragically wrong when athletes and actors are paid millions , and nurses, soldiers, firefighters, etc are paid so poorly. What volumes that speaks of how we are valued in society.

5. Bronch's

   jaquar posted a topic in Gastroenterology

   Is anyone doing bronch's in their endo units? if so would you be willing to talk to me about the whole process. presently they are done in our OR, but there is talk of moving them to the Endo suite. thanks

6. Do or nurses do pacu after hours?

   jaquar replied to emmijay's topic in PACU

   at our hospital OR nurses do recoveries also. A rural hospital with usually under 100 beds can't usually financially survive with OR, PACU, and ENDO nurses all on call. That is why there is cross training, and competencies. an orientation is not what...

7. penile implants

   jaquar posted a topic in Urology

   I need to know a standard of care issue regarding penile implants. Our Urologist is asking RN's to catheterize a patient post op penile implant for not voiding. They have had a catheter intraop, but it was pulled prior to arrival to outpatient area. ...

8. What would you do in my situation...?

   jaquar replied to Nurse Ratchet's topic in General Nursing

   I think you'd make a better MD than a nurse. Your post indicates you have the attitude of most MD's...............nurses are beneath them. please do me a favor and stay out of our wonderful, dedicated, intellegient profession, and become a doctor.......

9. When in uniform?!?!?!?!?

   jaquar replied to Still Riding's topic in General Nursing

   I too take issue with the fact being effecient, organized, etc. isn't enough make sure you smile. Nurses are not robots, were people. Some days after dealing with a pediatric code that didn't make it, an elderly abuse case you spent the morning clean...

10. Which is better-PENTAX or Olympus??

    jaquar replied to Jbahoffman's topic in Gastroenterology

    we too use pentax and have alot of repairs. for a switchover to olympus would be too expensive, but i'd love to know if your hospital does that. we also have problems with poor rep service. Do you have the Endopro computer system?

11. pediatric iv standards

    jaquar posted a topic in Ambulatory

    i was wondering what everyone is practicing in regards to iv therapy on kids. presently we use pediatric iv tubing on all kids under 16 years and all kids under 6 have iv pump also. do you go by weight or age for your iv therpy? and will you share g...

12. Nurses advancing endoscopes

    jaquar replied to lmbv55's topic in Gastroenterology

    In New York, the Education Department does allow RN's to advance scopes under direct supervision of MD, and with a competency. This is acceptable within our scope of practice.

13. Outpatient Surgery Nursing Care Plans

    jaquar replied to switcher's topic in Ambulatory

    We use standards of care instead of care plans.

14. charge nurse whose a wimp

    jaquar replied to eieiyo's topic in Ambulatory

    It sounds like the process does not work, not that the charge nurse is a wimp. It sounds like your charge nurse is advocating for her patients to be pre-medicated, and in doing this, longer preadmit times might be neccessary. My other thought would ...

15. Any Rad nurses out there??

    jaquar replied to RadRN2's topic in Radiology

    I work in 101 bed hospital where they have started to do procedures in x-ray and nuclear med where they want nurses. As an RN i was told establish whatever "paperWork" I wanted.HELLOOOOOOO, I don't even know what I'm suppose to be charting. I'm not ...