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  1. Should Surgical Technicians Circulate

    Oh my goodness...where I work. The CST's can be a 2nd circle with the RN. they mainly open and count and then they are "supposed" to stay and help the RN, by going and getting supplies and whatever is needed to do the case. CST's are not allowed to g...
  2. outpatient surgery and scrubs

    YEA we have the scrubavail in our hospital. you get 2 credits. you have to use your badge or punch in your ID number...right now it isn't working....I can get scrubs but can't return them!!! or the machine runs out of my size!!! then I have to go to ...
  3. Wages - we are underpaid

    No that is the Premium pay for occasional nurses..I get NO benefits at all. But I choose this way to work because I don't have to take call. I make $5/hour more than a full time nurse with benefits and 12 years of experience. I live is East TN.
  4. Wages - we are underpaid

    George..I work occasional in a 11 room OR. I work between 24-32 hours every week. I get no benefits or paid time. I choose to work this because I don't have to take call. Call pay is $2.50/hour and time and a half if you get called back. I make betwe...
  5. East Tennessee

    I live in Oak Ridge and work there at the hospital in the OR. they are only hiring RNs in surgery for the open heart team. I work POP. that means I am occasionial and I get premium pay. no benefits. I also work 4 weekends a year and 2 holidays. I am ...
  6. Can Circulating Nurse Sit?

    Once upon a time I disagreed with Stevierae on this very post!!!! I am so sorry Stevierae!!!! I totally agree with you!!! nurses who know their shi* can sit!!!! and should sit!!!! I don't bring books to the OR but I do look on the computer( they are ...
  7. I have been asking myself the same question. I have worked in the OR for 13 years and I have seen the standard go down!!!! what once would have been unacceptable is now standard. It is a scary place to be. I have read the posts here for a few years a...
  8. or tech

    we use certified or techs where I work. It is a 13 month course like the LPN course. In one hospital, I worked uses or techs who are not certified. but they took the course.
  9. call back pay

    We used to get $20/shift. But the hospital changed that to $2.50/hour so the call pay is the same but stops when you are called in. Yes we do get any shift diff including weekends. And of course we get time and a half as well.
  10. ACLS required by all RN's????

    Well Larry, that remains to be seen if the hospital will pay for me or not. I don't work full time. But yes the class was offsite. At the Corporate office. It wasn't off shift for me. But it was for some of the other nurses. I will find out when I ge...
  11. ACLS required by all RN's????

    Hello all Tennessee nurses. The hospital that I work at are now requiring all RN's to be ACLS certified. Has anyone else experienced this going on at your hospital? I work in the OR. I don't feel the need to be ACLS certified. If a patient codes, we...
  12. A tiny nurse

    I am short. 4'11". I work in the OR. I had a nursing instructor tell me that I was too short to work in the OR, to think about another area. Well!!!!! I have been in the OR for 12 years!!!!!! ever since I graduated. Don't let your size rule your deci...
  13. The OR is a cool place!!!

    Chartleypj....do you or anyone from this forum think, that an OR nurse, can go to other areas of the hospital and be able to function as well as in the OR???? I am an OR nurse who went straight into the OR out of school. I am getting so burned out th...
  14. Things that make you go "EEEWWW"

    once upon a time, a brand new nurse to surgery got to watch and smell her first turp. that was the worst smell in the world. but as time goes by, as it always does, the nurse got used to that smell. then came the peri-rectal abcess!!!! whew! in the ...
  15. first assistant, do u have them?

    we don't have SA's where I work. Some of the surgeons have their own RNFA's But in lower East Tn. they use them all the time. they are paid MORE than the Techs. they also have CSRFA and one heart surgeon has his own RNFA. I agree that a 16 week cour...