sbnursing

sbnursing has 15 years experience and specializes in OR, PACU, ICU, ER.

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1. AORN Congress - anyone going?

   sbnursing replied to nursinadream's topic in Operating Room

   You bet Nursing! We will be going to the medline breakfast. If you know anyone that works for medline ask them for tickets to the breakfast, I forget which morning it is. But it starts at 5:30 to 7:30. It will be fun. Also scanlon is having their big...

2. Pain pumps

   sbnursing replied to nursinadream's topic in Operating Room

   We just recently had our pharmacist go to a seminar and he informed us that "anything over 100mls had to be filled by a pharmacist" So what we have to do is bring the written order with medication and amount and a pain pump to the pharmacist and then...

3. AORN Congress - anyone going?

   sbnursing replied to nursinadream's topic in Operating Room

   my employer is paying for it. I put it in my budget. I'm sure your employer would pay for it if they encourage AORN membership. I sure would at least ask. Me and another girl is going we are arriving on friday night and she is going to the laser cert...

4. AORN Congress - anyone going?

   sbnursing replied to nursinadream's topic in Operating Room

   I'm going. This will be my second year. I went last year in Anaheim, that was my first year. I absolutely loved it!! It is so informative!! Let me know when you find out and maybe we could meet up there.

5. OK who else is dealing with Universal Protocol?

   sbnursing replied to sbnursing's topic in Operating Room

   Hey Karnit: Here ya go, this is the website for the new standards on universal protocol: http://www.jointcommission.org/PatientSafety/UniversalProtocol/

6. OK who else is dealing with Universal Protocol?

   sbnursing replied to sbnursing's topic in Operating Room

   I am glad its not just me, I swear, I think I'm going crazy. Don't know how much more of this I can take. We had an MD mark ALL OVER a pt's face, he put a big arrow towards a mass he was going to remove, just being sarcastic. Things like that make me...

7. OK who else is dealing with Universal Protocol?

   sbnursing posted a topic in Operating Room

   :banghead:I am having a hard time dealing with the new Universal Protocol from The Joint Commission starting Jan 2009. Time out before anesthesia, time out before procedure, marking of patient by the MD only. I'm ready to get out of healthcare comple...