happylush

happylush specializes in medical, surgery/ob-gyn/urology.

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1. First week of orientation finished... feeling overwhelmed!

   happylush posted a topic in Operating Room

   Well my first week of orientation is done, and for the most part I have just been watching and helping with a few minor things... I am feeling so overwhelmed right now.. its a totally different world! It feels like I may as well have not even gone to...

2. Question about anesthesia experience in Oral Surgeon's office..

   happylush posted a topic in CRNA

   Ok Kind of a long story... for all you anesthetists out there.. what do you think happened to me? I had my wisdom teeth out about 2 years ago. I remember in the oral surgeon's office when I was out one of the nurses/assistants saying " her blood pre...

3. Very Scared!!!!!

   happylush replied to nurs4eva's topic in Operating Room

   Just be yourself! :) I was so nervous for mine... turned out they were super laid back and really nice! They were cracking jokes and I was giving it right back to them after awhile! :) They asked me certain questions as far as if I was good with powe...

4. I got my OR Job!!!! :)

   happylush replied to happylush's topic in Operating Room

   Yeah, I almost had a dilemma happen however... I had accepted a position the week before on the floor im currently on, but switching from day/night to day/evening... typically at our hospital once you accept a position your stuck for 3 months before ...

5. I got my OR Job!!!! :)

   happylush posted a topic in Operating Room

   Well after my interview a month ago, it came and went and I hadnt heard anything.. the position I put in for was filled by someone with more senority... well then another one was posted, which was probably the person that got the full time, posting t...

6. OR course

   happylush replied to avimom's topic in Operating Room

   Our hospital requires 1 year of recent acute care experience! I had an interview about a month ago and forgot about it because positions kept getting filled etc... they called me yesterday and told me the job was mine! :) I worked on a surgical floo...

7. Job interview for the OR next week! Nervous..

   happylush replied to happylush's topic in Operating Room

   Thanks everyone! :) The days seem to drag by when your waiting for impt news.. whether its good or bad, Im going to keep my chin up, knowing that someday I will get there, because thats my goal, and what I really want to do! I know that if they gave ...

8. Job interview for the OR next week! Nervous..

   happylush replied to happylush's topic in Operating Room

   Well my interview is over and done with! It was with like 7 people, lol not 5! They asked me some really good questions, and I feel I asked them a lot of questions which I think they really liked, and it showed I was very interested! I basically was ...

9. Job interview for the OR next week! Nervous..

   happylush posted a topic in Operating Room

   Hey everyone! I have a job interview for the OR next week. I am really nervous because its going to be with 5 people! :/ EEK! I have worked as a floor nurse .. medical for a year and now a surgical floor nurse for a year and a half... so I pretty muc...

10. online courses?

    happylush replied to happylush's topic in Operating Room

    Thanks for your advice... I guess I will be waiting around and hoping for an opening after getting more med/surg experience, however what I have seen around the city I live, is you cant get in without perioperative experience, and my boyfriend is not...

11. online courses?

    happylush posted a topic in Operating Room

    Just wondering.. are there any online courses you can take to get more perioperative nursing knowledge, experience? If most places will not hire you unless you have perioperative experience, how do you get it in the first place?

12. What is your least favorite kind of med-surg patient?

    happylush replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in Med-Surg

    Chronic alcoholics/druggies

13. Nights! Yikes! Scared to start em now!

    happylush replied to porterwoman's topic in New Nurse

    Well our average at night is 6 patients for me, and 7 for my lpn.... and thats usually the max for us.... especially gets hard when you get one of them nights when everyone is awake, which was the case last nite.... :/ But... overall its not as bad a...

14. Nights! Yikes! Scared to start em now!

    happylush replied to porterwoman's topic in New Nurse

    I just started working night shifts last week, I rotate day/night and am a new RN just coming off orientation on a busy medical floor.... to tell you the truth, if your body can handle it, nights are not all that bad... atleast where I work! It takes...

15. Medical floor

    happylush replied to happylush's topic in Med-Surg

    Hey everyone! Well it is the start of week #3 for me getting trained in, and all I can say is " what training?" our floor has been so busy, the RN's that are SUPPOSED to be my preceptors end up having to take 4 patients themselves, which leaves no ti...