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Perioperative Nursing

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ButtonNose specializes in Perioperative Nursing.


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  1. Overtime in Ontario

    My hospital agreement states we do not get compensated for up to 15 minutes after our shift ends for report. If it goes past that amount of time we are entitled to OT.
  2. Bovid smoke and plume

    Excellent article. Thanks for posting.
  3. Well said Fleur-di-les!!
  4. Danskos...wet insoles?

    I would recommend wearing cotton socks and possibly put baby powder, corn starch or dr. scholls medicated powder on your feet. The powder really does a great job in absorbing excess moisture.
  5. Shift work help.

    I am in the GTA as well. There are "short-stay surgical units" in some hospitals which are only open for daytime and evening hours. Maybe you could look into that. I also believe that most Perioperative Nurses work straight 8 hour day shifts- some wo...
  6. Bovid smoke and plume

    Yess!! In Canada ALL surgical plume is evacuated using a smoke evacuator- this is a basic requirement and part of out ORNAC standards as perioperative nurses. Surgical plume contains viruses/bacteria and cellular debris/blood in it. Numerous studies ...
  7. Interested in OR for the future

    Hey katygw! So Sorry for not responding... when you wrote your last posting I typed up a nice response, hit the enter button and then it never submitted! I was so angry I just left it for a while hehe. So right now you are most likely working at the ...
  8. Favorite Dr or Nurse Name

    A surgeon named Dr. Slaughter!!
  9. Interested in OR for the future

    hey katygw, I am a new grad nurse currently worked in an acute care hospital with the float pool. I find that the med-surg floors are extremely stressful too and I find myself relating to you 100% in that I am very detail oriented and like to focus o...
  10. New Grad Stress

    I understand where you are coming from when you say you are overwhelmed and are feeling unsupported as a new grad. I graduated early this year and have started working at a hospital through the Health Force Ontario new nursing grad guarantee. This is...
  11. Code Blue

    I'm a new graduate nurse as well. When you had your orientation, did they not go over all of the medications and supplies in the crash cart? They should have explained the general sequence of events that would occur when you hit the code blue button....
  12. Not sure of myself anymore...

    I am like you and some of the other members as well, I am very awkward and shy around new people or places and sometimes do really stupid things because I'm so anxious. I thrive is situations that are consistent and with people that I know. Having sa...
  13. Failed CRNE for the 2nd time, HELP!

    I'm so sorry about your story. I guess my suggestions would be to not only study from Mosby, but look into the actual CRNE study handbooks. They sell these on their website (they are not cheap) but the questions are more similar to the ones you see o...
  14. CRNE Oct. 5, 2011

    I'm sorry to hear that you can always go to the website- there is a service that can re-evaluate your exam result. There is a fee for this service though. Good luck.
  15. CRNE Oct. 5, 2011

    Hey guys! I got my letter today... I passed! I'm from Toronto.