drmrnfla

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1. longest surgery?

   drmrnfla replied to love2shop's topic in Operating Room

   Scrubbed for an Aortic Dissection, for 14 hours. Pt. would not come off bypass, so surgeon harvested mammary for LAD bypass,, then harvested saphenous vein for RCA bypass, didn't work, pt. eventually expired on table. Took pee break during rewarming ...

2. NCLEX .... Failed x 6

   drmrnfla posted a topic in NCLEX

   Here's the results ... NCLEX 6 me ZERO !!!! I am losing the battle. I have written this exam 6 times, had 75, 121, 160, 265, 90, and 75 questions on the previous exams. Just wrote this past Monday, found out via Pearson site on Thursday, I once again...

3. Paging OR team

   drmrnfla replied to OR nurse nut's topic in Operating Room

   Does anyone page the Circulating and Scrub Nurse in the morning and get them out of bed to be to work on time ?? Didn't think so. I make that point at work all the time when a surgeon or anesthesia is late for their first case. We are at work on time...

4. Re-sterilizing Off-pump CABG supplies

   drmrnfla replied to poopsiebear's topic in Operating Room

   Our facility performs roughly 75% of our CABG cases as off-pump (800/year) and we do not re-sterilize our Octopus retractors. We seldom use the Starfish and do not re-sterilize that either. We, the nursing staff strongly agree that every patient shou...

5. Is it uncommon for nurses to scrub?

   drmrnfla replied to studentnurse74's topic in Operating Room

   If you are interested in the O.R. working as an RN, you will probably have to work at a facility that incorporates the RN in both scrubbing and circulating. I too work in an O.R. that only has RN's. When I first started working in the O.R. some nine ...

6. Criteria for Hospital employed RNFAs?

   drmrnfla replied to spineCNOR's topic in Operating Room

   Our RNFA's are paid hourly and are in the rooms assisting with positioning, inserting foley catheter, and prior to that they will do preoperative assessment, check pt. for consent ..... all that check in stuff! A BSN is not required. Hospital expects...

7. CNOR Exam??

   drmrnfla replied to drmrnfla's topic in Operating Room

   Angelo3.... The exam went very well. I benefitted from the suggestions that were posted and studied the Standards/Practises. Relied on my experience and felt good going into the exam. About 2/3 of the way throught the exam I was not that sure I was p...

8. CNOR Exam??

   drmrnfla replied to drmrnfla's topic in Operating Room

   Thanks for the advice angel03 !! I write next weekend Aug. 21..... David:)

9. Have you worked outside the OR?

   drmrnfla replied to findingmywayRN's topic in Operating Room

   I started in the O.R. directly out of nursing school. Had been a Landscape Architect for six years before going to nursing school. Have been in the O.R. for six years now.....

10. Aussie Nurse seeking NCLEX study material

    drmrnfla replied to rebek4's topic in NCLEX

    I can probably send you some info .... just PM your e-mail address to me.Thanks David.

11. Need suggestions on good schools to recieve OR training

    drmrnfla replied to Diving Nurse's topic in Operating Room

    Alright here we go.... You are living in Canada, where? It's a large country!!! This is what I did, I too live in Canada (Toronto, Ontario) area. When I graduated Nursing school, I applied for and accepted a job in the States. I had researched hospit...

12. Need suggestions on good schools to recieve OR training

    drmrnfla replied to Diving Nurse's topic in Operating Room

    Alright here we go.... You are living in Canada, where? It's a large country!!! This is what I did, I too live in Canada (Toronto, Ontario) area. When I graduated Nursing school, I applied for and accepted a job in the States. I had researched hospit...

13. hello!!

    drmrnfla replied to scudmissile's topic in Operating Room

    I have been in the O.R. for 10 years now and enjoy my work very much. Specilaizing in Open Heart..... I am the only male in the O.R. at the hospital I work at (Ontario, Canada). But having worked in the States for five years, I noticed that males wer...

14. hello!!

    drmrnfla replied to scudmissile's topic in Operating Room

    I have been in the O.R. for 10 years now and enjoy my work very much. Specilaizing in Open Heart..... I am the only male in the O.R. at the hospital I work at (Ontario, Canada). But having worked in the States for five years, I noticed that males wer...

15. CNOR Exam??

    drmrnfla replied to drmrnfla's topic in Operating Room

    Thanks for the info lwlrn..... I am writing in two months (August)