dcwang

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   Northridge Hospital RN residency fall 2016

   dcwang replied to dcwang's topic in California

   Acute rehab and med surg
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   Northridge Hospital RN residency fall 2016

   dcwang replied to dcwang's topic in California

   I just received an email saying My application has been forwarded to hiring manager today
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   Transition to Peds OR

   dcwang replied to Toast&Butters's topic in Operating Room

   We call them Something similar to PSA. I will not post my facility's name in public for the position
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   Transition to Peds OR

   dcwang replied to Toast&Butters's topic in Operating Room

   We can't pull meds, still techs can't practicd within RN scope of practice, or do anything that requires nursing judgement. We do not go to preop to get the pt or make sure the informed consent is signed. I love the OR and hope to get in as a new gra...
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   Northridge Hospital RN residency fall 2016

   dcwang replied to dcwang's topic in California

   I submitted on the second day it opened and edited my document uploads a few times
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   Northridge Hospital RN residency fall 2016

   dcwang replied to dcwang's topic in California

   Nope nothing yet
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   Transition to Peds OR

   dcwang replied to Toast&Butters's topic in Operating Room

   As an OR tech i do turnovers, pick up and drop off specimens, pick up meds from OR control desk to nurses, help position pts, get supplies and materials that circulators ask for during surgery, and i pull supplies on intraoperative pick list
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   Transition to Peds OR

   dcwang replied to Toast&Butters's topic in Operating Room

   I'm an OR tech, not surgical tech, at a major teaching peds hospital. The RNs start IVs sometimes, and IVs are started after general anesthesia is induced
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   New Grad hired to OR but I hate it! Help!!

   dcwang replied to herna372's topic in Career Support

   Lucky you, with a job in the OR. My facility where I'm a tech isnt hiring internally unfortunately. I hated med surg and floor nursing in general during my clinical Whether the docs are mean depends on the work environment. Where I work at, the envi...
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    Out of nursing over a year...this stay at home mom thing just isn't for me!

    dcwang replied to MaiBee's topic in General Nursing

    I would feel like it's a luxury to be a SAHM or work as much as I want. I prefer that than being married and having to make ends meet or be the primary breadwinner.
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    What's so great about OR?

    dcwang replied to lelms's topic in Operating Room

    @lelms, I'm in my last semester of nursing school and before I started nursing school, I volunteered at an outpatient surgery center so I saw what preop, PACU, and OR nurses did, and I just fell in love with OR nursing. No, I don't like patients who ...
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    Cedars-Sinai New Grad Residency - March 2015

    dcwang replied to bananafana's topic in Career Support

    questions I want to get everything ready before the job is posted: resume format, were there specific things such as clinical hours? how many LORs? Cover letter, were there any questions that had to be answered
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    Cedars- Sinai New Grad RN Feb 2016

    dcwang replied to newgradjess's topic in California

    questions I want to get everything ready before the job is posted: resume format, were there specific things such as clinical hours? how many LORs? Cover letter, were there any questions that had to be answered
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    Northridge Hospital RN residency fall 2016

    dcwang posted a topic in California

    I wanted to started this thread for those who have already submitted the application for NHMC new grad program. Let's keep each other updated here.
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    Central line

    dcwang posted a topic in Student Assist

    Are nurses in CA allowed to insert central lines? At my facility, I see that the MDs do it, but I've never seen nurses do it.