nmred

nmred specializes in OR, PACU, Dialysis.

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1. ASPAN certification

   nmred replied to JennieO's topic in PACU

   Don't know where the PACU Forum is... but I'm both CPAN and CAPA and I used The Core Curriculum for Perianesthesia Nursing Practice by Litwack. The ASPAN/ABPANC site has a full list of references....

2. Sharp/Instrument Count Question

   nmred replied to BeanRN's topic in Operating Room

   I keep my wrappers as well. The scrub should be keeping all sleeves and sterile wrappers. I NEVER toss/remove the trash from the room until the case is completed. Just in case you have to go...

3. Scrub tech breaking scrub without permission

   nmred replied to nmred's topic in Operating Room

   The hospital is saying the individual does not work under my license, no matter how many pages from AORN, DOL, ASPAN, Federal Code are placed in front of them. I have already thought about having to...

4. Scrub tech breaking scrub without permission

   nmred replied to nmred's topic in Operating Room

   My supervisor objected to the incident report, and I'm being punished for it. S/He was angry about the write up, not about the situation. It was clear S/He was angry that the report was seen by...

5. Scrub tech breaking scrub without permission

   nmred replied to nmred's topic in Operating Room

   I'm glad some one gets it. I still can't return to work (my time off is on my dime), and this guy is still working. He's making money. What about my financial obligations? What about his abuse?...

6. Scrub tech breaking scrub without permission

   nmred replied to nmred's topic in Operating Room

   I'm not a "Newbie". S/He didn't have anyone in to relieve her/him. The hospital is only saying they had permission to leave to CYA. As a matter of fact the surgeon told s/he to stay and the...

7. Scrub tech breaking scrub without permission

   nmred replied to nmred's topic in Operating Room

   Met with HR, everyone/everything backs my statement except the individual getting permission to leave the room. HR and my supervisor are mandating I receive counciling for calling this disruptive...

8. Scrub tech breaking scrub without permission

   nmred replied to nmred's topic in Operating Room

   Not a union hospital. Apparently, everything/everyone has confirmed my statement. I'm being punished and s/he's been let off the hook. National Standards: S/He is directly responsible to the...

9. Scrub tech breaking scrub without permission

   nmred replied to nmred's topic in Operating Room

   S/He threw an object at me. I called him a perjorative. Questionable: the pt at risk. I am not accountable for her/his behavior. Abuse, verbal or physical, is never

10. Scrub tech breaking scrub without permission

    nmred posted a topic in Operating Room

    I recently had an altercation with a CST in which s/he provoked, and admitted provoking, a response from me (the circulator). The surgeon reprimanded her/him for the behavior. S/He broke scrub and...

11. working more that 16 hours straight

    nmred replied to elke61's topic in PACU

    Start with the DOL in your area. I live in NM and on our DOL webpage there is a statement of forcing personnel to work over 16 hours straight- not allowed. Which means the hospital must have some...

12. New Joint Commission Regulations for PACU Medications

    nmred posted a topic in PACU

    My hospital recently hired a JCAHO consultant to "walk" through the hospital and advise the department managers of "potential" problems with the units and how to "beef up" the areas for the next Joint...

13. Nursing in Norway

    nmred replied to nmred's topic in International Nursing

    I'm sloowwly learning Norwegian. The problem is I have no one to practice with. Have you worked there? If yes, what was it

14. Bullying in the workplace

    nmred replied to nmred's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Thanks for your responses. Just an update: We just had an incident where an ICU nurse was instructed to move a patient to another unit and receive a patient from PACU. The patient had been here 11...

15. Bullying in the workplace

    nmred posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I was on the internet the other day, just checking my professional websites, and stumbled onto an article on the ASPAN website about Bullying in the workplace. Anyone else seen this? It's an article...