Kingbandit

Kingbandit has 6 years experience and specializes in ER/Trauma, research, OR.

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1. same surgeon, second room

   Kingbandit replied to miriamornurse's topic in Operating Room

   What is the AORN & JAHCO's position on multiple rooms? Our management has allowed a surgeon to have 3 rooms, cause he's fast and had a lot of cases. I requested a different assignment, I didn't want my lisence to be at risk.

2. Saw my first death in the OR today

   Kingbandit replied to Libitina's topic in Operating Room

   You may have seen hundreds of people die before, but when its a patient under your care you feel like screaming. You have so many emotions, I for one kept replaying the code over and over trying to find my mistakes. I didn't nor did anyone else, you ...

3. scrub RN vs. Surgical technologist

   Kingbandit replied to casey22's topic in Operating Room

   I have a unique perspective, twas a scrub tech for 10yrs, then a RN for 6yrs. The education for surgical tech was 1 1/2 years at a community college. I graduated with an associates degree. The core curriculum was all about instruments and how they in...

4. Level 1 trauma?

   Kingbandit replied to Leaninstreet's topic in Operating Room

   The OR nurse must be able to recognize the possible/real injuries, and have all instruments ready. You will learn assessment skills, as well as circulating skills. The trauma nurse should get their ACLS certification if they want to transport trauma ...

5. OR orientation questions

   Kingbandit replied to Kingbandit's topic in Operating Room

   Thanks, I have been there 10 wks and I feel comfortable enough to move to off shift training. Each one of my service preceptor's have signed off, but the manager is making me stay in orientation for 6months. I just want to move on and be productive. ...

6. OR orientation questions

   Kingbandit posted a topic in Operating Room

   Which services are new nurses oriented to in your facility? How long is the typical orientation? Does your facility orient to other shifts (evening, nights, weekends)? Are services/teams chosen or do new nurses get to pick. Are your teams picky about...

7. Best Thing About The OR?

   Kingbandit replied to redraider1977's topic in Operating Room

   I'm sure by now you have heard the old "go do med-surg first" I love the OR because: 1) Drs love teaching for the most part 2) You get to see some pretty cool things 3) Awesome stories 4) usually you get to work with a certain service/team 5) You can...

8. What made you interested in OR nursing?

   Kingbandit replied to MaddieSN's topic in Operating Room

   I started my healthcare career as a nurses assistant. I then graduated as a surgical tech. I held this role for 10 years. I spent 6 years in the ER and was looking for a change. I knew the pace, cases,doctors,staff, & management. If I had gone an...

9. Orientation Med Test

   Kingbandit replied to BraeRN's topic in General Nursing

   When I first started, I was quizzes not only about dosage calcs, but also drugs themselves. Like mechanism of action for beta-blockers, nitro. Reversals of opiates-arcane, denzos-flumazicon. Side effects of certain meds like calcium channel blockers-...

10. timeout ???

    Kingbandit replied to Kingbandit's topic in Operating Room

    Thanks, I wish staff had more support in protecting our pts right/health, but drs say I'll take my cases elsewhere and management backs down. It happens anytime we have staff vs Dr, we lose.

11. timeout ???

    Kingbandit posted a topic in Operating Room

    Our hospital uses the universal protocol time outs. We still have several drs who treat it as staffs delaying cases, others get upset to just turn down the music or anesthesiologist who won't hang up the phone to verify the information from the wrist...

12. Do you address the residents by title or first name?

    Kingbandit replied to BridgetJones's topic in Operating Room

    I agree with caliotter I start with Dr then, if they say call me "Pete" I will drop the Dr. I find it difficult when they become staff, to go back to Dr though. But I'm working on it.

13. Expanded roles of advanced degree nurses

    Kingbandit posted a topic in General Nursing

    usatoday.com/news/health/2010-04-16-nurse-doctors_N.htm Cut and paste the link above. YES Today published a piece about the healthcare reform bill might lead to an expansion of advanced degree nurses role in caring for the millions of soon to be insu...

14. chloaprep & open fractures??

    Kingbandit posted a topic in Operating Room

    Recently our OR started pushing our Dr's to use Chloraprep. Last week one of our ortho Dr's demanded the nurse prep an open femur fracture. His reasoning was that he had reformed a pre-scrub with a chlohexidine scrub brush. The nurse refused and he p...

15. ACLS for the OR nurse?

    Kingbandit replied to nursinadream's topic in Operating Room

    Our management is making it a requirement to transport its to/from ICU or ER. My take is I'll go to any class that they will pay for.