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  1. If a patient tests positive for MRSA in the nares, do we treat them like we do all patients placed upon contact precautions? I was taught that terminal cleaning was required and that personnel should be (1.) notified, and (2.) given appropriate PPE....
  2. Working for surgeons outside of the OR?

    I tried this for a month and was miserable! I worked for a plastic surgeon who's office had its own surgery center. I was in charge of all things clinical; it almost sounds prestigious or impressive, but mostly it meant I had to babysit an inexperi...
  3. When your boss is awful and HR

    ...consists of one young woman, who is there to turn to? I work for a physician-owned surgical hospital affiliated with a larger organization. My manager is manipulative, pitting employees against one another, lying, eavesdropping, and other fun s...
  4. Bullying like I am back in middle school

    Yes. I was a super user at the last two facilities I worked at, as well as being one of the people to work on conversion to a new system, programming it etc.
  5. Bullying like I am back in middle school

    I certainly did not mean to come across as arrogant. I do not feel like an expert. In anything. That was simply what I was told as a reason for my hiring.
  6. ...and I hated middle school. I recently started working in the operating room at a large hospital. The operating room is broken up into pods, so that we end up working with pretty much the same small group of people everyday. This can either work ...
  7. book recommendations for the OR needed

    I can't say any books will be "exciting", but if you are up for the investment, Alexander's is great. Much more detail than the pocket guide on procedures and what circulatory do.
  8. OR nurse needs advice

    Wouldn't you have to reimburse the hospital for training you in Periop? Also, you would probably be burning that bridge by leaving the hospital after they invested so much money in you. However, if you have no intention of returning to that area, a...
  9. Asked to break the law

    Wow. I am more confused than ever. I am still waiting for the BON to call me back. It seems like the opinions of the board are: you are at risk of board sanctions, MYOB or get fired, everything is fine just fine. I guess only the BON has the fina...
  10. Disrespectful

    Adding to the list of disrespectful managers: my last manager -- "We don't HAVE to give you guys a break at all. Check the state law." After cutting the fictional two-15 minute breaks/one-30 minute break dream to 30 minutes, and threatening to cut...
  11. Asked to break the law

    Ok, so maybe that wasn't the most objective thread title, but it is certainly the most honest. I am already struggling with the "personality" of my new job working as the sole RN at a plastic surgery center, but we have reached a new low. I need to ...
  12. I am a new employee at an office-based surgery center that I thought was my dream job, but it is starting to feel like more of a nightmare. I had no breaking in period, but the surgeon is already upset because I didn't tell the anesthesiologist the c...
  13. Interviewing for an ambulatory surgery center

    Right, but having the number is not the same as having a replica of the license. maybe there aren't as many issues with imposters in other states.
  14. Interviewing for an ambulatory surgery center

    Right, but that is copied and placed in your file. Your resume/ portfolio gets passed around to everyone interviewing you, including but not limited to management, co-workers, Administrative staff, etc. I'm just telling you what we were repeatedly ...
  15. Interviewing for an ambulatory surgery center

    Also, if it appears that you are not super cautious with HIPAA-related info, a job in which you will be required to deal with large volumes of patient information may be wary of hiring you. Better to be safe.