bifurcated

bifurcated specializes in Vascular,Heart team, Urology,Gen...

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1. Do you know of anyone who caught a incurable disease in the O.R.?

   bifurcated replied to mikethern's topic in Operating Room

   Always double glove....it's your life not anyone else's! When doing any laser vaporization cases always use the thick laser masks. I have heard of Hep C cases and there is always the scare of HIV..... treat every patient as if you could get something...

2. Help!!! need OR indicators defined

   bifurcated replied to OPCC's topic in Operating Room

   Not sure if I have what you want... In time: patient enters operating room. Surgery start time:knife to skin, Surgery end time: dressing on patient out time: when pt leaves operating room and enters PACU (this is the same time, if you have a long di...

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

   bifurcated replied to lenjoy03's topic in Operating Room

   It takes strength and endurance of both character and soul and a love of adrenalin:devil: It takes a lot of common sense and being able to prioritize your work. Yes, standing can make you ache, doing nothing can cause delays in care and death. It is ...

4. my aching back!!!

   bifurcated replied to pamc217's topic in Operating Room

   Lots of good suggestions I didn't see stretching in there anywhere. It helps so very much! I know a few people who have tried the MBT shoes.... expensive but they swear by them. Good luck

5. Turnovers

   bifurcated replied to sem179's topic in Operating Room

   I am not clear on what exactly your asking about. Do you have housekeeping? Aids that help turn rooms? You need everyone to do their jobs like dropping off patient and paper work and specimens. Scrubs clean up back table and take instruments to dirty...

6. Another question

   bifurcated replied to Proverbs 16:3's topic in Operating Room

   If your patient is not oxygenating well then they are not in a lot of pain or cannot tell you. You always check vitals first. A good PACU nurse will be assessing their patient while hooking up monitors etc. Use your common sense if nothing else. ABC ...

7. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Morgue

   bifurcated replied to BloodNGuts's topic in Operating Room

   Again........... no reason to do the bowel resection..... your obviously still bothered by this (as are a few of us;)) have you talked to anyone else about this? If not, you need to.

8. personal scrubs in OR

   bifurcated replied to scrubnurse's topic in Operating Room

   You bring up a very good point......do they define "grossly?" I think it is a very sad state of affairs when our patients (possibly) suffer because money is driving the issue. I just remember a tech I worked with who carried in so many dog hairs from...

9. lighting

   bifurcated replied to akor's topic in Operating Room

   Still sounds like a big macho trip to me....... what is wrong with their hands...?? the stool may be great now and almost every OR light I have ever seen has the "bar" on it........ don't you have to get really close to the surgeon when doing this? e...

10. Stupid question....

    bifurcated replied to RNOTODAY's topic in Operating Room

    As some of the replys have noted, don't use such a "wet" sponge it needs to be wet enough to work from the site of the incision "out" and if it does run, you should be using some sort of towel (impervious or not) at the patients sides or neck or wher...

11. Looking for Comfy Shoes

    bifurcated replied to sg6307's topic in Operating Room

    most of the people I work with including myself wear Dansko either the clog or the type with a back. I have tried crocs..... didn't work for me but some people love them. Good luck ;-)

12. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Morgue

    bifurcated replied to BloodNGuts's topic in Operating Room

    I have unfortunatly been in on many OR deaths..... I have NEVER seen a surgeon continue on with any operation when the patient has expired! I do not know the legalities of the action, but I think that perhaps the director of your department and the c...

13. Passing meds in the OR

    bifurcated replied to RockieSis's topic in Operating Room

    to MickymomRN...... tech's are not taught pharmacology true. However the RN is! Our policy has always been that the RN delivering the drug to the scrub (rn or tech) shows the drug states what it is shows the expiration and then the scrub states it ba...

14. Requesting input re:L&D OR

    bifurcated replied to rnoflabor2000's topic in Operating Room

    this is a battle that seems to be fought over and over in the world of OR nurses and OB nurses. First, the OB nurse has got to understand that the OR nurse KNOWS how to operate..... the OR nurse needs to remember that the OB nurse knows about regular...

15. personal scrubs in OR

    bifurcated replied to scrubnurse's topic in Operating Room

    Hospitals do loose a lot of money on scrubs I do understand this. However....... OSHA would have a lot to say to your hospital if they actually implement this. AORN's standards of practice site that the water temperature has to be hot enough to kill ...