I am 2 weeks off orientation in an SICU and I see tripling happening all of the time. We have a high turnover rate with nurses and the morale is horrible. I'm scared when the day comes that I'm assigned 3 patients. I don't think it's right. I've ...
Ilovethe80s replied to maricleveland's topic in MICU
Hey Bronze, I did exactly that; I worked in an OR mainly circulating, scrubbing once in a while, for 3 1/2 yrs, but then took that big step to transition to the ICU. It is a HUGE change. I just finished 8 weeks of orientation and this past week has...
What an awesome opportunity! I have a glass is half full outlook in this situation. I don't believe you would be "wasting" time if you went into the OR. You need to have a positive attitude that will be noticed. You might be able to eventually tr...
Ilovethe80s replied to Txm9256's topic in Operating Room
As a GN, I started out at $17.80/hr. This was a shock because that was what I made as an admin assistant in southeast VA in a much more lower stress job, but I wanted a job, so I took it! I worked for 3 yrs full time and usually got a 15 cent raise...
Ilovethe80s replied to Nurse2B2016's topic in Operating Room
It really depends where you work. I work in a city that only has two hospitals. One is a trauma center and the other is not. The trauma center has more shifts while the other one has most nurses on day shift and one nurse on the 2-10 pm shift. Ou...
Ilovethe80s replied to cwazycwissyRN's topic in Operating Room
We have a tissue room. It's basically a closet with specimen containers, lab slips, formalin, and a plastic bin to put specimens in. We don't keep any formalin in the suites or substeriles.