lilla_fjaril

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1. Finding a preceptor

   lilla_fjaril replied to JazzyRN's topic in Post Graduate

   How does everybody feel about offering to do some non-clinical work for a practice that it willing to give you some hours. I have to do placements in a variety of places so I can't insinuate I might be able to work for all of them down the line and s...

2. What if an ANP wants to add FNP or MHNP certification?

   lilla_fjaril replied to lilla_fjaril's topic in NP

   Thanks everyone. I will take this information to heart. It may still be more cost-effective for me to get my ANP (basically free through tuition reimbursement) and then pay to complete a post-masters in FNP than it would be to switch to a more expe...

3. What if an ANP wants to add FNP or MHNP certification?

   lilla_fjaril posted a topic in NP

   Where I live, ANPs and PNPs are more common than FNPs because most offices/EDs specialize in kids or adults. I'm in an ANP program that'll I'll finish in 2011. There aren't any FNP programs in town. What if I want to add FNP or mental health certi...

4. Waiting for NP job, working as RN

   lilla_fjaril replied to ChapterTwo's topic in NP

   I work in the OR and one of my coworkers is an NP that chooses to work as an OR staff nurse. She said she did the continuing ed because she likes to learn and the hospital paid for it, but at the end of the day she's happy being an OR nurse and do t...

5. Why do you put up with the abuse?

   lilla_fjaril replied to lilla_fjaril's topic in Operating Room

   Thanks guys, for your honest opinions. I've been in the OR at a big teaching hospital for a little over a year. I've calmed down some. I may go talk to HR or an EAP counselor about the best way to deal with being screamed at, so that I don't eventu...

6. Why do you put up with the abuse?

   lilla_fjaril posted a topic in Operating Room

   *rant following* Surgeons who swear, throw instruments on the floor, scream at you for giving them what they asked for instead of giving them what they wanted? Backstabbing sabotaging coworkers who systematically run off new orientees so they can kee...

7. OR Pet peeves

   lilla_fjaril replied to MsLeylaBar's topic in Operating Room

   Ohh my god, so nitpicky but I work in CT and the thoracic surgeons are forever pulling tonsil sponges off on my sponge sticks to use them as ring forceps. They don't even tell me. They just drop the sponge on my mayo for me to discover when I turn ba...

8. Career change advice

   lilla_fjaril replied to anthony02's topic in General Nursing

   On working in school: Sure, it's better not to work if you can afford it, but I actually worked part-time in a hospital that provided tuition reimbursement while completing one of the accelerated 1 year BSN programs. I went to school 35 hours a wee...

9. Upward Mobility in the OR

   lilla_fjaril replied to BNE103's topic in Operating Room

   You know, I'm a new nurse in the OR and I got that song and dance about how I would be stuck there because I'd lose my clinical skills, but I really think it's just a matter of how you sell yourself. I want to be an NP down the line so I'll eventual...

10. C&C Clogs (Scandanavian Company)

    lilla_fjaril replied to dixiemama's topic in Operating Room

    Try Birkenstock--Superbirki. Cheaper than those 'specialty nursing shoes' and sooooo comfortable :) If you've got high arches you may need to pop an arch support over the cork insole. My feet don't get hot during the day, my toes don't rub, and my ...

11. relatively new and stressed

    lilla_fjaril replied to Ames24's topic in Operating Room

    One more suggestion: massages! :) You think you can't afford them but really at this mst stressful time in your career you can't afford to skimp on taking care of yourself! And if all else fails, consider temporary meds just to get you through the i...

12. Shoes?

    lilla_fjaril replied to Aneroo's topic in Operating Room

    Danskos are expensive...and most are so tall! (i have klutz tendencies) I wear Birkinstocks. I think the style is Pro-birkie or something. Costs about 70 bucks. Very wide toe box, non-slip bottoms. I also have high arches so I put a pair of orth...

13. Timeout univercal protocol

    lilla_fjaril replied to lavendar's topic in Operating Room

    I suggest you google it. A single search brings up a lot of info.

14. relatively new and stressed

    lilla_fjaril replied to Ames24's topic in Operating Room

    Hi Ames! I'm at 5.5 months in the OR at a top ten hospital and I'm right there with you. I did an externship in the ICU where I was treated well and enjoyed the teamwork, but the lure of the OR overcame me and I signed on for a 9 month internship th...

15. Opening bypass cannulas

    lilla_fjaril posted a topic in Operating Room

    Some of the bypass cannulas are two feet long and unpredictably floppy. Ever since I contaminated one trying to drop it and realized those suckers cost 35.00 each, my new plan has been to wait until the scrub nurse has everything else set up and the...