MelissaRN

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1. Have you ever gone in to find a patient dead? What happened?

   MelissaRN replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

   I had a weird case. This lady had suffered an intracranial bleed and had held on and held on in a coma on a morphine drip for almost a week. The family had been at her side non-stop and had been...

2. Are 12 hr shifts long and drawn out?

   MelissaRN replied to FirstYear2005's topic in General Nursing

   When I was a new orientee I found that I was bored because I was doing things as I learned them and not doing everything at once. Once you get your own assignment and you don't have a preceptor doing...

3. Blow out at the desk, who was at fault? both share blame I think?

   MelissaRN replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

   I'm thinking that perhaps this new nurse isn't ready for a full assignment yet? Yes she didn't do her job correctly and yes she copped an attitude, but why is she made to feel defensive?? I'm sure...

4. Will circulators be RNs in the future?

   MelissaRN replied to opus's topic in Operating Room

   As a nurse we know from schooling what could happen as the result of a clamped off carotid artery (which is what they do during an endarterectomy) so it's essential to know BEFORE leaving the room...

5. Has A Surgeon Ever Thrown An Instrument At You?

   MelissaRN replied to TravelerAdvisor's topic in Operating Room

   I've never seen a doc throw instruments, they will slam them down on the table sometimes, but never throw. I think that it's really dangerous to throw instrumets or knives or needles, we take such...

6. Will circulators be RNs in the future?

   MelissaRN replied to opus's topic in Operating Room

   We do neuro checks after the carotid surgery is finished. We have one particular doctor that likes to keep the back table and scrub sterile until the patient is awake and he sees that the patient is...

7. Why do you love the OR?

   MelissaRN replied to KES's topic in Operating Room

   I've been doing this a little over a year and I really enjoy my work hours which are three 12 hour shifts, only one weekend every 5 weeks and not as much holiday work. I worked the floor for over a...

8. Night & Weekends

   MelissaRN replied to KES's topic in Operating Room

   I work in a hospital that's the "trauma center" for a wide area in our state. Nights can be dull or they can get slammed. They get alot of emergency appy's, emergency splenectomies from car crashes,...

9. Will circulators be RNs in the future?

   MelissaRN replied to opus's topic in Operating Room

   I for the most part enjoy my job as an OR nurse. The only piece missing is that I can't scrub and haven't come up with a way that I could consistently learn. We have a scrub tech program so they...

10. OR interview scheduled this week..advice?

    MelissaRN replied to squareface's topic in Operating Room

    I worked for a year as an acute care RN on a ortho/neuro floor. The stress and constantly trying to coordinate care for several patients at once was tricky especially when you had new admits and post...

11. What do OR nurses do all day?

    MelissaRN replied to DeanG's topic in Operating Room

    I've been working as an OR circulating nurse for about 9 months. My orientation was long (about 6 months) and I still feel like a rookie. I think that being able to function in any kind of capacity...

12. Have you ever given the 'Nurse Dose'???

    MelissaRN replied to Dinith88's topic in General Nursing

    The BON might have something to say about "the nurse

13. what other degrees do you have outside of RN

    MelissaRN replied to Carotid's topic in General Nursing

    Associates Degree in Medical

14. New Nurse Needs Shoes

    MelissaRN replied to jen42's topic in General Nursing

    I really love my New Balance slip ons. The are like sneakers but slide on. The part that goes over the top of the foot stretches so they don't dig into your feet. Everyone is always asking where I...

15. The Nightshift is getting to me!!!

    MelissaRN replied to HannasMom's topic in General Nursing

    I worked nights for a year and I never felt right. I'm on day shift now and am a happy camper. Feels good to sleep at night and wake up to the birdies in the