acerbia

acerbia specializes in OR.

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1. Med/Surg floor patient ratios-patient safety

   acerbia replied to smrk's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   Med surg tele, very heavy pts. We get 6 at night. Recently they've been cutting staff so now we sometimes take 7. This is very unsafe imo but they are more concerned about the budget than

2. Patient Handoff between ED and Inpatient units

   acerbia replied to ejmRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   ER never calls to give report. Half the time transport doesn't call to let us know the pt is coming. I have never spoken to anyone from ER. I'm shocked this actually happens! I'm on med surg

3. Very religious floor

   acerbia replied to Mrs_Ga_RN_2015's topic in Nursing Professionalism

   Why can't they keep their beliefs to

4. Interest in switching from M/S to ICU - advice

   acerbia posted a topic in MICU, SICU

   I'm currently a med surg tele nurse with almost a year of experience on this floor. I have 6 pts per shift, all of whom have varying levels of acuity. Sometimes I'll get heavy surgical patients, basic...

5. CRNA school in 4 years: Realistic goal?

   acerbia replied to acerbia's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

   Thank you all for your advice! This week I am going to shadow a CRNA friend of mine and get some tips from her, so I'm definitely excited for that. I would like to get a job in ICU as soon as...

6. CRNA school in 4 years: Realistic goal?

   acerbia posted a topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

   After spending a year and a half in the OR as a circulating nurse (right out of nursing school), I became very interested in anesthesia. I left the OR to eventually pursue CRNA school as my "end...

7. Who checks your patient in?

   acerbia replied to SandraFenway's topic in Operating Room

   We have preop RNs that check in the patient. When the pt arrives, the preop RN is the one that receives them. They start IVs, get a height/weight, toilet, give preop meds, abx, make sure an NP/PA or...

8. What's so great about OR?

   acerbia replied to lelms's topic in Operating Room

   OR definitely has pros and cons. I won't repeat a lot of the great posts here so far, but some things that haven't been mentioned already are your nursing skills - You won't use any of these in the...

9. New OR nurse who wants to quit in less than 6mos

   acerbia replied to CaliNurseLouisiana's topic in First Year After Licensure

   Wow. Just... Wow. I feel for you, trust me. I am in a very similar situation. First, do you get a morning break? At my facility, we get an AM break, lunch at 11, done by 3. We do 35-40 surgeries/day,...

10. Switch from the floor to the OR?

    acerbia replied to FutureResearchRN's topic in Operating Room

    In my OR, the circulating nurse or whoever is assisting with the surgeon (resident or medical student with supervision/permission) will place the Foley. We have Surgical Technologists ("scrub techs")...

11. New Grad in OR struggling

    acerbia replied to StringOR's topic in Operating Room

    How are the people you work with? Are they team players? Do the cliques help non-clique co-workers? Do they cause drama or throw people under the bus? If you don't feel comfortable with your...

12. On-call in the OR

    acerbia replied to lozstar's topic in Operating Room

    We only have 1 team on Saturdays and Sundays, all shifts. If the "weekend team" needs a break because doctors have been doing lap chole after lap chole, the call team will be called in to give them a...

13. Thinking of being a circulator?...Think twice.

    acerbia replied to OR Dude's topic in Operating Room

    I agree completely with this post, OP. I was one of the disillusioned new nurses that thought going to the OR would be a valuable experience, but it is nothing like I thought it would be. We are not...

14. I harmed my first patient today.

    acerbia replied to starwarrior's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I've inserted a foley on a male patient, without resistance and no blood in the urine return, etc. When I removed it later, there was blood on the end. The balloon was fully deflated, and I don't...

15. trauma call

    acerbia replied to ledzep's topic in Operating Room

    Interesting to see what they do at other ORs... Mine is going for the level 2 trauma cert, and we were told that "anyone" can do trauma and you don't need any special skills or experience. They said...