none the wiser

none the wiser has 5 years experience and specializes in Ortho, OR.

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1. Procedures without Consent

   none the wiser posted a topic in Operating Room

   Have you ever had a surgeon want to/try to do a procedure not on the consent, or actually perform a procedure not on the consent? What other odd consent-related occurrences should I be on the look out for? I'm still on orientation and already observ...

2. Med surg to OR?

   none the wiser replied to isthatso?'s topic in Operating Room

   Learning surgeon preferences and knowing where things are/what the heck they're asking me for has been hard. And I surely miss knowing what I'm doing. You're starting from square 1. Basic things that seem like "common sense," and coworkers think you ...

3. Just started Periop program and not sure it's for me

   none the wiser replied to Lovenursing89's topic in Operating Room

   I don't regret getting experience on the floor, but it sure would have saved me a lot of grief and misery to just go straight to OR. I don't know that I would worry too much about getting a job on the floor after doing the OR. Floor jobs are a dime a...

4. nurse to patient ratio orthopaedic floor?

   none the wiser replied to nurseortho's topic in Orthopaedic

   1:5-6 for nurses, although we often have 7-9 patients in a day due to admissions and discharges. 1-3 techs for 28 beds 1 charge nurse, 1 secretary. We max out at 6, so after that the charge nurse will take patients.

5. I know im not going to be able to make it to the interview What should I do?

   none the wiser replied to Ms.RN's topic in General Nursing

   Definitely definitely call. And apologize profusely. ETA: I don't think you've blown it...it's still worth calling about regardless.

6. Appropriate to ask for schedule switch?

   none the wiser replied to none the wiser's topic in General Nursing

   I edited my post, but the shifts are all 12s except for the first one. If it was 8s I wouldn't even think about trying to change...I could do many more 8s in a row than I could 12s. I've about decided to just do it. I do worry about my quality of car...

7. Appropriate to ask for schedule switch?

   none the wiser replied to none the wiser's topic in General Nursing

   For what it's worth, that's exactly what I'm worried about. Is that common, to work 4 shifts with 2 days off before you're back on again? ETA: The first one is an 8, the other 3 are 12 hour shifts.

8. Appropriate to ask for schedule switch?

   none the wiser posted a topic in General Nursing

   I have just received my schedule for the next 6 weeks. I am on orientation. One week, I am working 4 days in a row, then I have 2 days off, then I'm working 2 again. Is it appropriate to ask for them to switch one of those 4 days to any other day? (a...

9. Paramedic->RN->Post Op Med Surg-

   none the wiser replied to Tarmstrong's topic in New Nurse

   What do you find stressful?

10. How to quit my internship

    none the wiser replied to 10524246's topic in New Nurse

    I would talk to your manager...personally I would schedule a meeting on your day off. I wouldn't wanna be weepy and have to go back to work...this meeting may be stressful. I interviewed in an ICU, and the NM told me that if, during my preceptorship...

11. What do you have to wear???

    none the wiser replied to Sl1011's topic in General Nursing

    White and royal blue...we can wear either or both. I got my fill of white in school, so I'm tending to the blues.

12. Last semester... moving on with life

    none the wiser replied to WillowNMe's topic in New Nurse

    Woo! Congrats. I agree, apply early. However, I would call the hospitals that you're interested in and ask when they take new grad applications and how to apply. Each hospital does it differently. We were told to wait till about 3 months out from gr...

13. Good places to work in Columbia or Lex???

    none the wiser replied to mermaidunderwater's topic in South Carolina

    I disagree, nobody was being rude. She's right, many hospitals around here hire very few LPNs. I'm sorry if that fact upsets you. And the previous post spoke truth as well. You may find some doctor's offices hiring LPNs. It's hard to get into Lexingt...

14. Columbia SC Hospitals??

    none the wiser replied to TangoLima's topic in South Carolina

    Cost of living is significantly less in the south usually :)

15. PICU or Ortho to start?

    none the wiser replied to none the wiser's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you so much for all the responses! I read them all and appreciate them very much. The Ortho interview was the recruiter's idea...while waiting for my PICU interview, she asked me what other specialties I liked. I said ortho, and she called up t...