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1. Needing Information about Doniphan, Mo

   OPCC posted a topic in Missouri

   Can anyone tell me any thing about Ripley County Hospital in Doniphan??? How old is the hospital building, how many docs, are they a moving forward hospital, what are working conditions like, how are they staffed, what are they paying experienced RNs...

2. Patient History & Physicals

   OPCC replied to Chilly_hands's topic in Operating Room

   Our H&Ps and any pre-op labs are completed within the week prior to scheduled procedure by the patients local physician and then placed on the chart ready for our outreach surgeon who comes 1-2 times a month for scheduled procedures. Then I stil...

3. tar removal

   OPCC replied to jimminy's topic in Emergency

   Peanut oil works Great!

4. Surgeons "go ahead" problem ?

   OPCC replied to OR male nurse's topic in Operating Room

   It is REALLY nice to know that there are others out there with the same problems. I have been beating myself up for many things that happen in our OR dept and they really do not seem as bad as some of the things you all have talked about. We do only...

5. Any Anticoagulation Nurses out there????

   OPCC posted a topic in Ambulatory

   I work in an outpatient area and I handle the coumadin clinic for our providers. I would love to find other nurses doing the same thing and bounce questions off them.

6. Help!!! need OR indicators defined

   OPCC replied to OPCC's topic in Operating Room

   :typing Thanks to all of you who have replied. I will add to my scenerio: I go out and pick up the patient after Doc and the CRNA have finished their interviews. The CRNA is always present on our arrival in the OR., patient is positioned and monitors...

7. Help!!! need OR indicators defined

   OPCC replied to OPCC's topic in Operating Room

   Are OR forms have the the same set of times that you mentioned. I am looking at ways to study our turnarounds and on paper identify the problem areas of the process so it is in black and white for all involved. Thanks you are great help and seem to...

8. Help!!! need OR indicators defined

   OPCC replied to OPCC's topic in Operating Room

   Yes - we page the surgeon ahead of time. Many times we page him several times. When you are the only surgeon- as we are a rural hospital and the surgeon is an outreach surgeon - he seems to take advantage of the situation.

9. Help!!! need OR indicators defined

   OPCC replied to OPCC's topic in Operating Room

   Thank you for your reply. What I am looking at is our turnaround time and how to make it faster. Three distinct processes exsist within overall turnaround time. 1) Surgeon out to patient out. 2) Patient out to patient in. 3) Patient out to surgeon in...

10. Do you feel "on call" even when you're not?

    OPCC replied to ceecel.dee's topic in Rural

    I work at a small rural 22 bed hospital with a nurse shortage. No we are not on call but YES - we go in and are happy to do it because when the ambulance pulls up it usually is transporting someone in the community we know and care about. Rural nur...

11. Help!!! need OR indicators defined

    OPCC posted a topic in Operating Room

    Please correct if I am wrong in my difinitions: Patient Out - Pt. leaving the OR Patient In - Pt. being brought into the OR Surgeon Out - Surgeon has completed closing and leaves room Surgeon In - ??? Actual procedure start time by surgeon OR does it...

12. HELP!!! Just had my eval from admin.

    OPCC posted a topic in Management

    I was told in my eval that I have a perfectionist personality and that it may iritate others. YES - I do have an (anal) personality but it has served my patients well. Either it is done right and in the best interest of my patient or I will stand t...

13. Surgery Turnover Events Defined

    OPCC replied to Linda G's topic in Operating Room

    I work in a very small 1950s built hospital. In the OR we only have a scrub and circulator-period. We have to work as a team at all times to get everything done. At the end of our case, I page for the recovery nurse and she comes to the OR and the...

14. Struggling with staffing & patient scheduling

    OPCC posted a topic in Gastroenterology

    I work in a small rural hospital. We have a surgeon that flys in once a month to do minor surgeries and scopes. We have one OR that we use for both surgeries and scopes. We do between 5-10 cases per surgeon visit. Most of the cases are scopes. We...

15. Staffing....What are guidlelines / formulas for it

    OPCC replied to WaynesvilleRN's topic in Gastroenterology

    Am I ever glad I found this site. I work in a small rural hospital. We have a surgeon that flys in once a month for surgery cases and scopes. We too are staffed with 2 RNs and CNA in the OR for scopes and surgical cases. The two RNs turnover the room...