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1. Problems with PPE

   sugarik13 replied to melc0305's topic in Operating Room

   Just try the many different ones around the OR. Once you find the style and material you like you will get used to the feeling of wearing it. Don't tie it too tightly around your head and neck either...after I tie mine I slip my fingers in the mask a...

2. OR Etiquette

   sugarik13 posted a topic in Operating Room

   I started in the OR 14 months ago and have been off orientation since July. Since I am not a permanent member of any surgical specialty (I give breaks, then take over a room from someone at the end of the 7-3 shift) I am still trying to find my voice...

3. Jehovah's Witness and Blood Refusal in OR

   sugarik13 replied to sugarik13's topic in Operating Room

   Thanks everyone. I did confirm with my nurse educator and she told me blood should NOT have been ordered. Just want to clear up any confusion...there was not any confusion about the consent or an issue in pre-surg. All the right consents were signed ...

4. Jehovah's Witness and Blood Refusal in OR

   sugarik13 posted a topic in Operating Room

   Hey! Last week I circulated with another nurse (I am still on orientation). We had a patient who was a Jehovah's Witness, so along with a signed surgical consent there was a signed refusal for blood. I was told to have 2 units of PRBCs on hand in the...

5. Intra-Op Handoff Communication

   sugarik13 posted a topic in Operating Room

   I am 6 months into my first job as a new grad OR nurse. My CNS has me doing research on how to improve handoffs during surgery...scrub to scrub, rn to rn at breaks and end of shift, NOT OR to PACU. I have many articles from aorn and TJC's recommendat...

6. Single moms, daycare and day shift

   sugarik13 replied to HelenaHandbasket's topic in General Nursing

   I agree with other posts. Do you have an older neighbor with grown kids who could come over for 1-2 hrs in the morning, feed kids and help get them ready and put them on a bus or drive them? A local college student...maybe a senior in HS near you who...

7. OR to L&D?

   sugarik13 replied to sugarik13's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Thanks for your reply. I actually am in a teaching hospital. Level 1 trauma university hospital with attached nursing and medical schools. Good or bad?

8. OR to Labor and Delivery

   sugarik13 replied to sugarik13's topic in Operating Room

   Thanks for your reply. While I like the OR, I have always felt a certain amount of apprehension in accepting the position (the only one offered to me as a new grad). I always thought it would be difficult to go to another unit with having had the tra...

9. OR to L&D?

   sugarik13 posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   I started OR nursing as a new grad in December '12. I was torn between the OR and L&D, but was only given the opportunity to interview for OR, even though both units were hiring (it was because I did some periop rotations during school). I am gra...

10. OR to Labor and Delivery

    sugarik13 posted a topic in Operating Room

    I started OR nursing as a new grad in December '12. I was torn between the OR and L&D, but was only given the opportunity to interview for OR, even though both units were hiring (it was because I did some periop rotations during school). I am gra...

11. 8 vs 12 hours shifts

    sugarik13 posted a topic in Operating Room

    Can anyone tell me why most hospitals have trended away from 12 hour OR shifts in favor of 8 hour shifts? All of the hospitals in my area hire for 8's (usually M-F with a wknd rotation about every 4-6 weeks). Most hire either 3-11p or 11a-7p (in my h...

12. To become an OR Nurse...

    sugarik13 replied to Ednach's topic in Operating Room

    I am a new grad with a BSN and landed my first job in the OR. My advice is this...consider the very real possibility of NOT into a BSN program right away. They are VERY competitive. Have a back-up plan. Apply to all the BSN, ADN and surgical tech pro...

13. OR newbie needs advice

    sugarik13 replied to sugarik13's topic in Operating Room

    Thanks for the comments. I am not sure how to go about advocating for myself and asking for a regular preceptor, which I think would be good for me. I don't know how it would be received because I have asked for things before from my educator who de...

14. OR newbie needs advice

    sugarik13 replied to sugarik13's topic in Operating Room

    Not trying to be mean, but please don't to tell me what I learned in nursing school, since you were not there with me. I did learn sterile technique in nursing school. And I learned how to use sterile technique to put in a foley, suction a patient, a...

15. Prepping and other questions

    sugarik13 replied to fracturenurse's topic in Operating Room

    I am new to the OR but I can spot bad practice a mile away. I was told yesterday by the circulator I was working with that I should tuck my scrub shirt into my pants because of "skin sloughing" only to watch her prep a patient 10 minutes later with n...