ghorjus_hunk

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1. rotating shift schedule in the OR

   ghorjus_hunk replied to e-cat's topic in Operating Room

   you know what, i dunno if this could work at your unit... it may be possible that you can do sort of a "self-scheduling" system "among" your staff members. its like asking each other what schedule one would prefer, then probably you could come up wit...

2. rotating shift schedule in the OR

   ghorjus_hunk replied to e-cat's topic in Operating Room

   personally, i doubt that you can find one.. if there is, it'll cost you. the manager is suppose to be equipped with the knowledge and skills in scheduling and staffing. there are a lot of variable involved that a computer program is very much limite...

3. Family Visitation in the PACU

   ghorjus_hunk replied to smidgen21's topic in PACU

   right on! this is something that is happening elsewhere - in my institution alone it happens. we dont allow friends/families inside our PACU for various reasons (some mentioned in this thread). but sometimes, for fear of being reported to the upper ...

4. Scrub nurses

   ghorjus_hunk replied to Sardonic Nurse's topic in Operating Room

   Basically, the scrub nurse is part of the sterile surgical team. he assists the surgeons by handing over instruments, sutures etc that are needed intra-op. the scrub nurse is responsible in maintaining sterility within the sterile field and assuring ...

5. Do you know of any RN's who worked in both O.R. and PACU?

   ghorjus_hunk replied to linda2097's topic in Operating Room

   I do. i scrub, circulate and do PACU. sometimes after circulating i do the post-op of the patient if i dont have anything else to do ...

6. Poll: Does your O.R. have RN's working 11pm-7am?

   ghorjus_hunk replied to linda2097's topic in Operating Room

   just got off from that shift for a month! we are a OR-DR-PACU complex, 3 RNs are at work at these three areas.

7. Bad idea to go to OR as new grad?

   ghorjus_hunk replied to DMCRN's topic in Operating Room

   i went straight to OR after graduating. so far i have no problems with skills. with regards to ICU training, you may have to crosstrain to smoothen a transition.. btw, have you not considered PACU nursing? in my area with are crosstraining as OR-DR-P...

8. Say NO to LPN Progams in Philippines

   ghorjus_hunk replied to gemini_star's topic in Philippines

   you must be referring to the old curriculum, the one that you're under.. the new curriculum looks good. the implementation will remain questionable, or rather we still have to wait how it will affect the current nursing students

9. Patient Rights?

   ghorjus_hunk replied to HCINEPT's topic in Emergency

   have experienced this myself.. i have been complained simply i explained to the patient..and another relative the hospital's policy.. and as far as i can remember, that is one of the patient's bill of rights... but with regards to the condition of th...

10. training to become an perioperative nurse

    ghorjus_hunk replied to bullseye's topic in Operating Room

    exactly! 4am christmas day (today)...we got a call from the ER of a single stab wound that have his intestines eviscerated...that was when we were about to take a nap for we have just finished doing "E" C-section... in less than 5 minutes the patien...

11. training to become an perioperative nurse

    ghorjus_hunk replied to bullseye's topic in Operating Room

    or any "Out-patient" surgical clinics maybe... i heard one of my co-worker's friend works at this type of OR clinics. the advantage: just working from morning till afternoon, no weekend duties.. but i still think there is no substitute for the real ...

12. Say NO to LPN Progams in Philippines

    ghorjus_hunk replied to gemini_star's topic in Philippines

    thanks, redlabel... its sad, i dont think anyone else can do anything about it as of now...it'll fall into deaf ears.. however, the PNA and PRC has so much power to do something about this, and i believe they are addressing the problem now. i have kn...

13. HI new OR RN

    ghorjus_hunk replied to frez's topic in Operating Room

    enjoy!

14. workout for OR

    ghorjus_hunk replied to NurseLumpia's topic in Operating Room

    good luck!

15. removing gowns

    ghorjus_hunk replied to stephmj's topic in Operating Room

    add to that... nail polish and dentures! the patient was not told of the importance of removing these things, so the client was able to conceal that she had dentures... no excuse for the nail polish!