Not in the nicu. But Ccu and do 3-3. It's awesome!I work 3a-3p, it's nice to be with your pts early plan out your day, no one bothering you till 6 ish, rounds start at 9. Really get a good sense of what you want and how your pt is doing. Best of all ...
Amagoo replied to lawandaluxnurse's topic in Critical
I made the jump! It's been awesome! Learning so much and getting treated with respect from the doctors. Its a great feeling and to feel important and needed. I love the interaction with pts and family's.
I just made the switch from OR to ICU. I am still in orienataion but its been a great decision so far. I was a tech for ten years then graduated nursing school and was in the OR for two years. I think if you are wanting to try something new, then you...
We had a perfusion tech who would run the test for us, Then would bring in the diagram and then the anesthesiologist would then ask for blood, platelets, or ffp, or cryo. NORMAL TEG R = reaction time (s); time of latency from start of test to in...
Amagoo replied to SeattleNurse2b's topic in Government
Hello, I was in the Navy as a hospital corpsman and then became a surgical tech trained in the navy. I was in for 5 years! Had a great time learned a lot. I did get out and was a surgical tech doing open heart surgery for many years while I was going...
Sorry you didn't get the job. But thank you so much for starting this tread. I am thinking of leaving the Operating room and the PCU and ICU are the two places I am looking to transfer to. So it's nice to get information on the PCU.
Just wondering if follow nurses do a free hand pt positioning in the emr charting and at the end of the positioning note final position okay per dr ............
Hello all, So I was a surgical tech for many years, just became a nurse not to long a long under a year. I don't see my self staying in the OR for the rest of my career. I would like to know how do nurses who switch from OR to pacu do? Does it happe...
Subject: Introduction to Peri-operative Nursing, March 9 - May 11, 2013 A 10 week course based on the standards of the AORN’s Peri-operative Nursing 101 Program. The course includes 80 hours classroom lectures, simulation lab practice and 50 hours cl...