Rae83

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1. To former ICU nurses now in the OR

   Rae83 replied to 6xblessd's topic in Operating Room

   I have been a nurse for 4 1/2 years. I started on ICU for 2 years and transferred to open heart surgery. I love the OR. I am now the OR educator at my facility. I will tell you that it is a completely different type of nursing than what you have ...

2. Need help/advice from OR Nurses

   Rae83 replied to paulalreno's topic in General Nursing

   I have been an OR nurse for 2.5 years. I work in Open Heart surgery and it is DEFINITELY NOT BORING!!!:redbeathe As stated above you have to think and make decisions on a dime. Every area in nursing has its ups and downs. Some days are slower tha...

3. skin prep

   Rae83 replied to matakamoo's topic in Operating Room

   You mentioned SCIP, just curious what are the SCIP guidelines on prepping? We have several SCIP guidelines we follow, but I haven't heard anything about prepping. We use Betadine solution and scrub single use bottles), as well as duraprep. If a pt...

4. Turp, Turbt Measuring I&0

   Rae83 replied to sweetad's topic in Operating Room

   We do not do a fluid balance on TUR's The only case I have had a surgeon request a fluid balance on is endometrial ablasion.

5. trouble in OR land

   Rae83 replied to nursing twin's topic in Operating Room

   Stick with it and give yourself time to adjust :-) I have been in the OR for a little over 2 years now and it really does take a year to get into the swing of things and be confident in your abilities. One of these days things will just "click". Fo...

6. Call Pay for CVOR

   Rae83 replied to wapywack's topic in Operating Room

   At my facility we get $3/hr standby plus 1.5 if we get called in. I am on the heart team and each person is on call 14 days of the month (every other weekend). We get paid a one hour minimum when we clock in call back. I am in Indiana.

7. prepping solutions

   Rae83 replied to reremel's topic in Operating Room

   We have some chloroprep that is tented so that you can see where you have prepped as opposed to the clear prep, but other than that I have never seen any other discoloration.

8. Medical This or That

   Rae83 replied to HisTreasure's topic in General Nursing

   ooops there are 2 pages stage 4 ulcer trach or rectal tube

9. Medical This or That

   Rae83 replied to HisTreasure's topic in General Nursing

   ooops there are two pages ...... I think I would have to go with stage 4 pressure ulcer trach or rectal tube

10. Medical This or That

    Rae83 replied to HisTreasure's topic in General Nursing

    vomit definately trach or colostomy

11. Policies for masks in the OR

    Rae83 replied to maritimegirl's topic in Operating Room

    We only wear masks in the actual room after sterile supplies are opened except for clean cases. I have been told the same thing about the patient not wearing mask because it is their germs. I have also heard that after about 15 minutes of wearing t...

12. I Dislike Nursing:

    Rae83 replied to Barlan's topic in General Nursing

    One of the great things about nursing is that there are so many different specialty areas inside and outside of the hospital setting. If the hospital setting is not for you maybe you could consider home health care or being a school nurse, industria...

13. New grad RN with questions on IVP meds

    Rae83 replied to heaverboo's topic in General Nursing

    First off read you policy, second refer to your drug book and if you are still uncertain or don't have time to look it up call your pharmacist that is what they are there for. No question it stupid especially when it comes to caring for your patient...

14. Rapid Response Team?!?!

    Rae83 replied to Okami_CCRN's topic in General Nursing

    We have a RRT at our facility which includes an ICU nurse, Respiratory therapy, float nurse, and supervisor (if able). We have had it for about three years and I think that in the beginning the floors were unsure of when to utilize this team, but ov...

15. stomach contents in my eye and mouth!

    Rae83 replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

    Yep that sucks!! However all part of the job. When I was orienting to ICU I was helping clean up a C-Diff patient and when we rolled her to her side and I started to clean she coughed and splattered me all across the chest with C- Diff poo. I'm su...