boriquarn

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1. "Circulating is so easy"

   boriquarn replied to ORSmurf's topic in Operating Room

   In the end, we cannot be concerned with what others think about our jobs. It is really not about us, it is more about their jealousy and pettiness. Regardless of how someone feels about what I love (Circulating) I will continue to hold my head up hig...

2. Preparing the room with MRSA patients

   boriquarn replied to Jane1988's topic in Operating Room

   Honesty, every patient/case should be treated like it was potential MRSA/HIV/Hepatitis etc.--- Check with your infection control nurse for your facility policies and standards. MRSA lives everywhere in the hospital and your standard precautions, app...

3. what does it take to be an OR nurse?

   boriquarn replied to lenjoy03's topic in Operating Room

   Being an OR nurse is the only real nursing I have ever wanted to do. I've taken "breaks" from the OR and always end up coming back. The doc's are not so bad, if they are moody you just ignore them but for the most part you become part of a team and m...

4. Oh God, A NURSE is my pt!!!!

   boriquarn replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

   I have had plenty of nurses and physicians as patients. For the most part, they are not bad! In my opinion and experience, my WORST patients have been physician's wives!

5. allowing parents in OR?

   boriquarn replied to penguin2's topic in Operating Room

   WAIT A MINUTE.. There is obviously a difference when your family member is under the knife. Just the other day I was assisting w/straight cath of a child and the patients father WHO was an EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN almost passed out cold. The the nursing r...

6. Help with the life of a surgical consent!

   boriquarn replied to lostpinesornurse's topic in Operating Room

   24 hrs in Florida 24 hrs. in SC

7. allowing parents in OR?

   boriquarn replied to penguin2's topic in Operating Room

   I cannot understand why anyone would want to watch their loved one-especially their child put under anesthesia! This is a big liability issue and if that family member passes out, you have two patients on your hands. I've been an OR nurse for 9 yrs, ...

8. Do I need a stronger backbone?

   boriquarn replied to GadgetRN71's topic in Operating Room

   I agree w/the last comment. Go to your boss and explain your view of the situation. Even if you don't care to hear it- ask your boss what he/she would do differently.. that way you can find out what your boss is thinking about the situation and try t...

9. Endo Center vs Hospital

   boriquarn replied to GIRN's topic in Gastroenterology

   CoreO I completely agree that the hospitals are operated as business venture! but My point was ... When you become a physician's employee, the dynamic changes and it can be an interesting transition for a nurse that has working in a hospital type set...

10. "Circulating is so easy"

    boriquarn replied to ORSmurf's topic in Operating Room

    After 9 yrs in the OR, (both outpt, and hospital settings) this seems to be an ongoing issue with surgical technicians. Jealousy over compensation is usually the culprit. When I hear negative statements regarding Circulators I say this... The ...

11. Endo Center vs Hospital

    boriquarn replied to GIRN's topic in Gastroenterology

    The major issue for me was working FOR the physicians... In the hospital, I didn't have to tolerate the bad attitudes or issues and basically told them so. But if you work for them, you have to deal with it and smile.... The physicians look at it lik...

12. Sedation nurse acting as tech too...

    boriquarn replied to GInurse2007's topic in Gastroenterology

    In Florida I worked in a large trauma hosp. and then an outpt. endo center. Both facilities had RN's and Tech's in the rooms. In South Carolina, the hospitals use RN's and Tech's but the outpt. centers use only RN's-obviously for cost reasons. The ph...

13. Job related Stress and Anxiety

    boriquarn replied to sharonorn's topic in Stress 101

    I am a charge nurse in OR and have also been a nurse for 9 years. You are not alone on this one. Sometimes what makes us great nurses also can be our downfall. We think critically,quickly-always thinking about the consequences and outcomes of our act...

14. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    boriquarn replied to Trixxy's topic in Humor

    Don't put anything in your rectum... Being an OR nurse I have been called in (always in the middle of the night) because a guy put a hairspray can up his rear end... A couple of years ago (also in the wee hours of the night) a young man had a nurf fo...