nrsbkr1995

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1. LTC's are a joke

   nrsbkr1995 replied to baygrl11's topic in Geriatric

   Our policy is a 2 hour window. If you are beyond that 1 hour after, the Quick MAR computer system requires you to enter a reason why you are late. If the state were to check my reason I entered they would wonder why everyone was in the shower durin...

2. turnover times

   nrsbkr1995 posted a topic in Operating Room

   I work in a 4 bed surgical eye dept. in a hospital. We do all surg procedures except Lasik. We use the wonderful parallel process for turning over. We're told at the end of case the circ and crna take pt to recov. On the way back the circ checks ...

3. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

   nrsbkr1995 replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

   One thing that really bugs me is calling the people we take care of "clients". We're nurses not attorneys, we take care of patients. We were taught "client" in school but political correctness can go too far.

4. Just been offered an OR position as a new grad

   nrsbkr1995 replied to ether78's topic in Operating Room

   Ether78, If you're looking for a few extra bucks to get yourself on your feet after school, try calling HR and ask if they have any tuition reimbursement plans. When my wife went to nursing school she signed a contract with the hosp. The hosp. paid...

5. Need help creating policy for counting needles in eye surgery

   nrsbkr1995 replied to sharon03031956's topic in Operating Room

   In our dept. we count needles, blades, hypos, scleral plugs, cannulas for 25G vits, and iris retractors for legal reasons and to be consistent with the rest of surgical services in the hospital. I know we'll never loose a keratome in the eye but we ...