halcion

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1. Working in the OR with IBS

   halcion replied to gymnut's topic in Operating Room

   The other thing to consider is that if you only flare up a couple times a year, the chances of them being during a long case is pretty slim. If it starts before the case does you can just go off sick, or switch to circulating. I work in a small hosp...

2. Health Information Mgt or informatics

   halcion replied to guest27716's topic in Informatics

   Thanks for the links guys! I am happy with the choice of Informatics, but without any courses available here I am unsure of the best approach - post graduate study in IS or HIM? Just try and get a job in the field based on work experience doing ...

3. Health Information Mgt or informatics

   halcion replied to guest27716's topic in Informatics

   Hi guys, looking for some of your expert advice! Previously I worked as a Systems Support Analyst for a large home health organisation. Basically this involved Level 2 support and low level analysis for mobile and telehealth apps and also the databa...

4. Does experience on a surgical floor give you a leg up for a job in the OR?

   halcion replied to ChristineAdrianaRN's topic in Operating Room

   I guess it's all relative. In someone with no OR experience surgical nursing would probably look a lot more attractive than medical or non-hospital experience. I mean, you're familiar with names of procedures, types of drains, types of dressings, whi...

5. Question from left field

   halcion replied to Java_Wench's topic in Operating Room

   What everyone else said, if we leave the hospital e.g. go outside for a smoke break then we need to change out of scrubs completely back into street clothes/regular nurse uniform.

6. Statements taken completely out of context...and are FUNNY!

   halcion replied to canesdukegirl's topic in Operating Room

   During a gynae case I handed up some suppositories, and wanted to go get some KY but the surgeon looked poised to insert, so I asked, "Is there time for me to get some lube?" *dead silence* in the OR Surgeon says, "There's always time for lube!"

7. SpO2 - how low for how long?

   halcion replied to halcion's topic in Operating Room

   More than a few minutes? Far out. As I said I haven't been a nurse for long, but I did my first year at the state's number one trauma centre and saw a little and worked in PACU. In that year under NO circumstances did I see sats that low without bell...

8. SpO2 - how low for how long?

   halcion posted a topic in Operating Room

   I have been doing anaesthetic nursing for a few months and this is only my second year nursing, so pretty green on all fronts and don't know when I'm overreacting. I remember freaking out at sats of 94% not that long ago So tonight I had a patient w...