ChrisNZ

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  1. cloth hats

    I work in a small hospital with 5 operating rooms. We are able to wear cloth hats, the hospital washes them for us daily along with our scrubs.
  2. Patient transfer devices?

    We use the hovermats and our anaesthetics use another product called the hover wedge to reduce manual handling. They are great products.
  3. Ethical dilemma: Informed consent

    Thank you for your excellent case study! I work in a facility where I don't often come across such ethical dilemmas as this. It was very interesting to think about and reflect upon how I would have handled this and then compare to the actual outcome.
  4. Is spine a good specialty to focus on?

    I still do general as a part of my week to week, but am looking to re-assure that my focus on spine is not wasted. Thanks for your' response!
  5. Males considering nursing?

    I worked as the equivalent of CNA (different names for the same role in my country) for three years while I studied. Whilst I was good and generally enjoyed the wards at the work I found it very tiring and at times frustrating, particular in regards ...
  6. Hello all! I am a new graduate nurse working in the OR for seven months now. I work in a private hospital (I'm in a country with 'universal' healthcare) with seven OR's, we cover most specialties except maxfax and cosmetic surgery (we do breast cance...
  7. Career path advice

    I have to say it sounds awfully hard to break into scrubbing as a new RN in the US. In New Zealand I work in a private hospital and we have an all RN work force in our theatres. Depending on the list we have 2-4 RN's assigned to a theatre. We all tak...
  8. Today in a case which I was running we had a 'near miss incident'. I was working in an ENT OR for a tonsillectomy. The incident started when a more senior nurse whom was working alongside me turned up the settings on the Bovie from 8 to 30 coag (I'm ...
  9. New grad interested in operating room nursing

    I would say the one year of med-surg is not essential. I was offered a position in the OR about six months before I graduated. Nothing is impossible!
  10. Actual discussion between scrub and surgeon

    MD: The diathermy (bovie) is not working (*not pressing the button properly*, on purpose as always) Me: Press the button properly. MD: Oh right. Seems every week there is some issue with the diathermy. Seems like every week the solution is to press t...
  11. ICU RNs floated to floors?

    My old employer did this with ICU nurses. Generally they did admission assessments and task nursing, no patient load incase they were needed back in ICU.
  12. Do you have full time hours?...

    At my facility people usually do online education, help in other OR's, stock room work or they sit in the tea room until their shift is over.
  13. Semester long OR clinical

    I'm not sure what the laws are like in the US but as a student doing my final clinicals in the OR in my country I was able to act as scrub as well as assist for procedures which required an assistant (holding retractors ect ect). My favourite was as...
  14. New CNA still in Highschool! HELP!

    It'll take time, but you will get there eventually. One day you'll look back and think 'I can't believe I used to stress over _____' I started in community, then moved to a facility similar to yours finishing in the hospital setting. I now have a new...
  15. No employer of mine ever cared for anything such as union/student association involvement. I would ever go as far to say that it could potentially hinder employment. I had one charge nurse tell me that she preferred those without such involvement as ...