#1rnstudent

#1rnstudent specializes in orthopaedics, perioperative.

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1. emergency cases - what's your record?

   #1rnstudent replied to goats'r'us's topic in Operating Room

   ORIF wrist 6.5 hours cervical decompression and fusion with instrumentation 10 hours (went beyond my shift!) nothing is ever short where I work LOL

2. New to OR - is misery, frustration, and anger typical?

   #1rnstudent replied to msancheeze's topic in Operating Room

   Sounds like you work at my hospital. The only thing that keeps me going is the thought to "Keep Calm & Carry On". I hope things improve for you. Sometimes docs are nasty like that to new people just because they can be.

3. X-rays and eyes

   #1rnstudent replied to #1rnstudent's topic in Operating Room

   Thanks Mike! :) I scrub and circulate. It depends on how many residents there are, sometimes I am close to the beam, sometimes I am not. I just worry that my eyes are like the windows to my brain. I need them. I cover myself from neck to knees, but I...

4. X-rays and eyes

   #1rnstudent posted a topic in Operating Room

   The other day I was talking with a resident and he mentioned eye protection that is radiation resistant (x-rays). I had never heard of this, nor thought about it, until then. But it made sense to me. I spend a lot of time in ortho where C-arms are us...

5. brand spankin' new......

   #1rnstudent replied to carluvscats's topic in Operating Room

   Learn everything you can from everyone you will meet in the OR. Everyone does things differently. Be patient with yourself. I've been working in the OR for 2 years now, and I still have not scrubbed or circulated for everything yet. Ask your clinical...

6. If you have rec' d the H1N1 vaccine - please report

   #1rnstudent replied to CrunchRN's topic in General Nursing

   Got it last week. Arm was sore and muscle felt tight for 4.5 days afterwards. Was not sore going in, but within a few hours it got sore! Could not lift arm above head for same - 4.5 days. Was worse than getting tetanus booster!!! Not looking forward ...

7. trying to chose specialty, what if I want to change?

   #1rnstudent replied to erwigg's topic in General Nursing

   Do what makes you happy. If you find you have changed and want to pursue another area after some time, then change. Be happy. Have fun. Lord knows it is hard some days. Good luck!

8. What's the easiest job in the operating room?

   #1rnstudent replied to linda2097's topic in Operating Room

   Depends on the patient, the comorbidities, the type of surgery and risks involved. Anyone of those jobs could be the hardest at any part of the case. Also depends on the people one is working with. Is the surgeon mean? Is the nurse mean? Are there an...

9. New to OR, help me on basic concepts

   #1rnstudent replied to Lorodz's topic in Operating Room

   When it comes to the instruments, try this book: http://www.amazon.com/Instrumentation-Operating-Room-Photographic-Manual/dp/0323043100/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1241967440&sr=8-9 Start with a gen surg major tray and build from ther...

10. Break room and refrigerators

    #1rnstudent replied to nursinadream's topic in Operating Room

    I prefer not to use the fridges at work. I never use the microwaves, as they are dirtier. I'm tired of cleaning up other peoples' messes in the rooms, and I'm not about to do it in the fridges/microwaves if I don't use them. It feels like the breakro...

11. Surgeons who don't know what they are doing

    #1rnstudent replied to linda2097's topic in Operating Room

    Does he really not know what he is doing or is he working with a new/different to him set of instruments to get the job done? Sometimes going to a new facility means relearning how to do things with different methods. :) Then again, maybe he really i...

12. Documenting Implants

    #1rnstudent replied to buck70's topic in Operating Room

    A lot of our screws come from a bin, and each screw has no identifier number on it so I don't know how we are supposed to track the screws. Plates at our facility have a number in the tray, but I think it is just a reorder number too. We write that o...

13. Allergic Dermatitis to surgical scrubs - any advice?

    #1rnstudent replied to french01's topic in Operating Room

    I don't like using the waterless stuff because it leaves my hands and arms itchy, dry and with red blotches all over. It gets worse with each application and the product rep told me to keep using it when I asked her about it. ***? It also gives me a ...

14. clamp question...

    #1rnstudent replied to jpeg's topic in Operating Room

    I have never seen the fancy openers. Kochers have been cumbersome and the bottle opener idea has been a godsend. Besides, if the rim sterility were being compromised then why don't all hospitals provide these fancy openers to all of us nurses?

15. Tying gowns after the spin card has dropped

    #1rnstudent replied to linda2097's topic in Operating Room

    If it drops down and I am unsterile, then I grab the bottom-most tip of the tie and grab it very tightly, then the sterile person grabs a good portion at their end, which is still considered sterile. They spin and then we pull HARD. Since they are di...