4100RN

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1. MSHA VS Wellmont ?

   4100RN replied to Wrangler156's topic in Tennessee

   Both systems have their pros and cons, my husband works for Welmont (non clinical) and I work at MSHA. Pay for new grads (I think) once you pass your NCLEX is $17.55 for Wellmont and $18 for MSHA - or somewhere around there, so not much different. M...

2. What is going on in this OR?

   4100RN replied to fracturenurse's topic in Operating Room

   Wow! Lots of scary info in these post! @elle604, our hospital does the same, if the antibiotic cannot go in safely at a higher rate, we us a dial a flow, but otherwise just piggyback most of our abx in, we very rarely use pumps in the OR.

3. Hired as an OR nurse! a few questions for you...

   4100RN replied to trauma_lama's topic in Operating Room

   Great advice given here...another suggestion for learning instruments, spend some time down in SPD assembling instrument trays...you not only learn what each instrument is, but you learn what instruments are on each tray. I was a Surgical Tech befor...

4. OR to Labor and Delivery

   4100RN replied to sugarik13's topic in Operating Room

   OR to L&D are two completely different worlds. As you know, you don't really have to deal with patients (they are asleep) or their families in the OR and you will be having lots of interactions with both in L&D (which isn't necessarily a bad...