I graduated from a diploma school in 1984. I still believe it was tbe best way to get a nursing education. Here are a few of my gems: -NG to low Gomco suction -3 bottle chest tube water seal -Working as a GN for months -Preop coctail:demerol/vistari...
DNRme replied to Axmann, RN, BSN, NREMT-B's topic in Operating Room
I have been in the OR for a looooong time. I would always prefer to scrub. Since I am hired as an RN and they are paying for an RN, I rarely get the opportunity. They can pay a CST half of what they pay me. Even if you are scrubbed, if you are an...
My facility does not, also a trauma center. After I said I could not do another case after doing an organ procurement on and 5 month old child abuse victim (with healed burns and fractures), I was asked what was wrong with me.
I only call out when febrile or unable to leave the bathroom. We have PTO time so if you stay home when you are just not feeling great, you are not able to take time off when you really want to.
I have worked in both areas. There is NO way the OR is less physical, in fact it may be more so. Think about wearing lead all day. I do a lot more heavy lifting of instruments and moving of equipment than I did in the ICU. I rarely had to go unde...
It must be accepted where you work. It would NEVER fly at my hospital. I work in a trauma center and we are all there for the patient (with rare exception). If I leave the room, they will give a suture and let me know. If they have their hands fu...
Our chief of surgery once told me "If his momma didn't teach him right, we are certainly not going to." Where I work, complaints from staff about physicians are taken seriously. If this is the worst you get from him you need to chalk it up to bad p...
They will treat you they way you allow them to treat you. You need to assert yourself, in a nice way. When they walk in the room there is nothing wrong with asking them to open their gloves or an extra gown if you need them to. We ARE a team in th...
I have been certified for 15 years. Each time I have found it more economical to retake the test as opposed to getting the CEUs. I most recently took the test last year. IT WAS HARD! The other times I have taken the test I felt it was very reflec...
DNRme replied to canesdukegirl's topic in Operating Room
If your caskets do not have filters, how does the steam penetrate? I have never seen any without filters. If there is moisture in a casket with filters, how do we know it did not happen after sterilization... spills or the like? I would always go ...