Celia214

Celia214 specializes in PerioOperative Nursing & Psych.

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1. Trouble in the O.R.

   Celia214 replied to Windyhill's topic in Operating Room

   Two mistakes and you are going to quit!!! Dont do that, you are going to make several more, just take it as a learning experience and I promise you, you'll probably never make those same mistakes again. In the OR we all make mistakes, the importan...

2. How do other ORs allocate call

   Celia214 replied to Celia214's topic in Operating Room

   Thank you so much for your response. I have a question, how does everyone sign up for that 8 hour block? is a sheet put out and everyone selects their time spot? What about people who are not at work when the sheet comes out? or left for the day ? I...

3. How do other ORs allocate call

   Celia214 posted a topic in Operating Room

   How does your OR assign call for coverage ? Is it done equitably? Any suggestions or feedback is welcomed. If you think the way they do yours, please tell me how.... I'm looking for suggestions please

4. What does it takes to be OR nurse

   Celia214 replied to CanCan's topic in Operating Room

   Boy, I can relate, it does take a special type of nurse to wok in the OR. The ability to not take things personally when te surgeon 'goes off'. I believe the hardest part of an OR is the beginning, when interacting with the different preceptors, be...

5. O.R. nurses...

   Celia214 replied to Dtermnd2Bgreat's topic in Operating Room

   Same as above, voluntary home early list. Or stock room cabinets, check on case carts for next day, or if you are in a smaller hospital and you don't get to scrub, ask to scrub in on an ongoing case to learn.

6. Any Neuro OR Nurses out there? Need Advice.

   Celia214 replied to BerkshireGal's topic in Operating Room

   Yes, we count them, especially on open cases.

7. does it really get better?

   Celia214 replied to cebuana_nurse's topic in New Nurse

   It really does get better... I promise. We all make mistakes, even nurses who have been practicing for a long time. What matters is that you learn from your mistakes, and try not to repeat them. In my first year I worked as a Psych nurse along with a...

8. Lost, Afraid and feeling like a failure...now what?

   Celia214 replied to JVRB4's topic in New Nurse

   WOw.... that experience was horrendous... and right now I am almost in the same position , except I got lucky and got a PRN job in Psych, which is helping to keep our lives afloat for now... but all I can tell you is pray... pray pray... Becuase that...

9. What's up with this? Interview denied....

   Celia214 replied to DeLana_RN's topic in General Nursing

   Wow, based on the advise you are getting it sounds like nursing is not as viable as they say it is. I graduated recently and having a hard time finding a niche... my advise: keep the faith and know that praying wll help.

10. Best NCLEX (RN) review book?

    Celia214 replied to jewelsg627's topic in NCLEX

    I understand the way you feel. I am in my last semester of school and I am shopping for NCLEX REVIEW books,and I have a SAUNDERS (which came highly recommended), a lippincotts,and an NCLEX CRAM; also for my school we use the HESI book. Hopefully we ...