lenawa

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1. experience needed?

   lenawa replied to oldfaithful's topic in Triage

   I agree, the wider the experience, the better. I started doing tele-triage nursing 4 months ago and, wow, what a learning curve. I had 2 years of med-surg, then 3 years in the O.R. before taking this job and I was totally overwhelmed. I had never wor...

2. Heart Call Pay

   lenawa replied to Galatea's topic in Operating Room

   I am on the cardiac service for our OR. our staff is not technically cross trained, but we are frequently floated to other services to replace sick calls. every evening there are 2 staff that work from 11-7 PLUS 1 on call for General/ Plastics/ Vasc...

3. Weekend/Night OR crews...

   lenawa replied to ShirleyM's topic in Operating Room

   I work in a trauma centre. M-F we have 9 RN's/ ORT's (usually only 1 or 2 ORT's) working from 3-11 then 2 RN' s or 1 RN and 1 tech on from 11-7 PLUS 1 on call for Gen/plastics/vasc, 1 on call for ortho, 2 on call for neuro and 3 on call for cardiac....

4. Surgical Instrument Information

   lenawa replied to rnmomof1's topic in Operating Room

   I recently took an O.R course and any textbooks or websites that i saw with names of instrumentation didn't help me that much. i found it much better just to practice with a partner asking for things and giving it to them, or by taking a few minutes ...

5. What does "First Scrub" mean to you?

   lenawa replied to ceecel.dee's topic in Operating Room

   Sarah, When i was in Ontario there were a few different titles for the surgical tech's such as; ORT's (operating room technicians), scrub techs and surgical techs. MOST were RPN's who had taken a course to allow them to work in the OR. there were a f...

6. Any Suggestions?!?

   lenawa replied to lenawa's topic in Operating Room

   I have been doing the glove - gown - glove thing for about a month now and have had no furthur problems with my hands, Thanks again! LEna

7. New one added to the board

   lenawa replied to luv4csi's topic in General Nursing

   i found while i was in nursing school, i got sick every 7 weeks like clockwork (our rotations were 7 weeks long). However, since i have started working and have stayed working in the same place, i might have had one cold/flu in a year and a half. you...

8. Graduation gift?

   lenawa replied to alicec1's topic in General Nursing

   I was given a pin-on nurse's watch with my name & RN engraved. i loved it and used it all the time - well, that was until some confused old lady ripped it off my shirt & broke the clasp...i love medicine:idea:oh, wait...no i don't! Lena

9. Any Suggestions?!?

   lenawa replied to lenawa's topic in Operating Room

   That is a really good idea! it sounds so much better than liners, (i absolutely HATE them) I will certainly try that on monday. Thanks for the suggestions everyone.

10. Any Suggestions?!?

    lenawa replied to lenawa's topic in Operating Room

    yes, they are blue paper-like with the cotton cuffs. but do you notice a smell when you open them up? i think there must be like a preservative or maybe they sterilize them chemically...i don't know. i'm leaving for work now and my hands look like th...

11. Any Suggestions?!?

    lenawa posted a topic in Operating Room

    Hello Everyone I just finished my Perioperative program, and have started my career in the O.R. Unfortunately, it is not off to a great start. I seem to be allergic to the cuffs of the disposable sterile gowns that my hospital uses. Every day after ...

12. How did you know?

    lenawa replied to xantha31669's topic in General Nursing

    Just speaking from personal experience (i've been out for almost 2 years) i really think one of the best places to start is just a basic med or surg unit. I know that everyone looks to the specialty areas as being the "dream jobs", but you get such a...

13. Hi from Nova Scotia,Canada(intro)

    lenawa replied to NS_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Hello! i am also from halifax, new to the board, and work on a 34 bed medicine unit...curiouser and curiouser

14. Shortage?! HAH! Some RNs don't act like there is a shortage!!

    lenawa replied to ANEWBYRN's topic in Relations

    i know it can be hard to be mistreated or even worse, ignored by the nurse you are paired with, but sometimes a look from the other side is all it takes to put things in perspective. i only graduated 2 years ago and i love having students assigned to...

15. Team Nursing Approach?

    lenawa replied to jfpruitt's topic in General Nursing

    care delivery models can be a very touchy subject. the very busy med. unit i just came from worked using a team approach, one RN and one LPN for 6-8 pt's. everything SEEMED to be working fine, however, when you look at the big picture it really isn't...