lozstar BSN, MSN, RN

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   How did you learn to scrub/gown and glove?

   lozstar posted a topic in Operating Room

   I am responsible for teaching a new nurse to scrub, gown and glove. Last week I gave the new nurse the hospital policy on scrubbing, gowning and gloving and also asked her to read the section on this in a perioperative textbook which we have at work....
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   How to orientate new employees

   lozstar posted a topic in Educators

   Hi everyone I would love to hear about how you orientate new nurses to your departments. For instance, is there a certain structure that you follow? Do you have a checklist that you use? I have orientated a couple of nurses before but I have never ha...
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   What do OR nurses do anyway?

   lozstar replied to greyL's topic in Operating Room

   As mentioned before by other people before there are distinct roles in the operating room - the scout nurse, scrub nurse and anaesthetic nurse. Depending on where you work some of these roles may overlap. For instance, as the scout nurse sometimes I ...
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   On-call in the OR

   lozstar replied to lozstar's topic in Operating Room

   That is interesting CIRQL8 what you have said about calling in a second on-call team. So does that mean you have two on-call teams on all the time? How many staff do you have working in your OR? Our OR is not overly big as we only service one special...
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   Defining Moments in Your Nursing Career Journey

   lozstar replied to lozstar's topic in Rock

   Aureliarye there is certainly a need for paediatric nurses. My trip mainly dealt with paediatrics and only a few adults. The organisation I went through is called Operation Open Heart. There are plenty of mission trips through different organisations...
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   Defining Moments in Your Nursing Career Journey

   lozstar posted a topic in Rock

   I have been an operating theatre nurse for seven years. For the past three years, I have volunteered for a healthcare outreach program in Papua, New Guinea. This healthcare mission trip brings together a group of specialized nurses, doctors, health p...
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   On-call in the OR

   lozstar posted a topic in Operating Room

   Hi everyone I have been an operating room nurse for nearly eight years. I really enjoy what I do but I have had dreadful call ins over the last month. Over one weekend I worked an extra 20 hours on top of my normal 40 hours. Last night I worked all n...