ShirleyM

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1. Holiday call...

   ShirleyM posted a topic in Operating Room

   I don't know if this topic has been brought up on this board... How do you handle holiday call where you work? Do you sign up for holidays or does it go by seniority? We're trying to figure out how to assign holiday call for 2007. In past years we ga...

2. UT Southwestern (St.Paul)

   ShirleyM replied to PediRN2B2006's topic in Texas

   I worked at Zale Lipshy for 3 yrs, including the first 8 months that St.Paul and Zale went under the UTSW umbrella. I did Zale's O.R internship program and worked 2 yrs afterwards. Which internship are you looking at?

3. Bono praises nurses

   ShirleyM replied to AllyRN82's topic in General Nursing

   I was also at the Dallas show (section 116) and I was delighted to hear him give kudos to nurses. If you haven't been to a U2 show, I encourage you to go, it's an experience you will never forget (this was my 3rd). Since Day One, U2 has always been i...

4. Night & Weekends

   ShirleyM replied to KES's topic in Operating Room

   Usually trauma centers have ORs that run 24/7, including holidays,nights and weekends...you can scroll down the topics for a thread on night/evening crew for more info(I started that one). Where I work we have 1 room open two Saturdays each month ju...

5. Student observers in the O.R...

   ShirleyM posted a topic in Operating Room

   Just curious... What's your policy regarding students observing in the OR? By students I mean high school students who are interested in pursuing health care professions. Our patients must give written consent for any kind of student to observe surg...

6. Will circulators be RNs in the future?

   ShirleyM replied to opus's topic in Operating Room

   For the record, AORN is and has been adamant that the circulator be a RN. They feel so strongly about this that they have been instrumental in a couple of states (Texas is one of them) passing bills that the circulator in every OR room be a RN.

7. Difficulty/Competitiveness for Admission to RN/BSN programs in the GTA area.

   ShirleyM replied to texancanadian's topic in International

   I'm impressed, it sounds like you've really done your homework! Let me just say this...Toronto is a great city to live in. Make good use of the time your're there, there are lots to do and see. One of the great things about Toronto is its transit sys...

8. Policy for ICU patients going to surgery, are they put in holding area?

   ShirleyM replied to thlnc's topic in Operating Room

   Where I used to work, the only ICU patients that would be in pre-op holding were patients not on ventilators or on drips like Propofol. The place where I'm at now have all their ICU patients go from ICU straight to the OR. The surgical team goes to I...

9. Relocating to Raleigh-Durham area.....

   ShirleyM replied to EricG's topic in Operating Room

   I don't know how far Chapel is from Raleigh-Durham is, but Duke and University of North Carolina are in Chapel Hill. Good luck...

10. scrub hats

    ShirleyM replied to scrubnurse's topic in Operating Room

    Have you checked out patterns by Mc Call? I had a pattern for scrub hats but I recently gave it to a former co-worker. I can't remember if the pattern I bought was for elastic all-round or the ones with the band on the forehead but you can check out ...

11. Full time RN-->BSN Programs in the Toronto area

    ShirleyM replied to texancanadian's topic in International

    They definitely have RN-BSN programs in Ontario, it just depends on where in Ontario you plan to live in. FYI, before this year, the College of Nurses of Ontario(the licensing body for nurses in Ontario) recognized nursing diplomas and nursing degree...

12. Last day at work...and I feel great!!!

    ShirleyM replied to ShirleyM's topic in Operating Room

    Thank you to all who posted encouragement and well wishes on my new job. I started orientation last week and will be on O.R orientation for at least the next couple of weeks. Right now it's tough because the one thing they do the most here is probabl...

13. physician abuse in PACU

    ShirleyM replied to lulu220's topic in PACU

    I can't help but feel disgusted,surprised and relieved at the same time. Disgusted because it took involvement with a 'higher-up' for consequences. And, what does that say about how nurses are viewed and valued? It's okay to behave badly to nurses bu...

14. Incident/Occurrence reports & Documentation...

    ShirleyM replied to ShirleyM's topic in Legal

    Thank you Jolie, I've never heard it explained it that way before, that makes total sense to me now

15. Toronto vs. Ottawa

    ShirleyM replied to nurseNB's topic in International

    Toronto has some good hospitals but since you're asking about hospitals with the greatest respect and opportunities for RNs...I'm hard pressed to give you names. I left Toronto in late 2001 but when I left, sign on bonuses, referral bonuses and tuiti...