Sammy25

Sammy25 has 3 years experience.

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1. Flashing

   Sammy25 replied to Sammy25's topic in Operating Room

   yeah I think we have almost adopted a "no-tolerance" to flashing.... that it is not for convenience but for an emergency. There have been times where cases have been delayed hours because turnover issues or there is a hole in the wrapper, ect. I just...

2. Flashing

   Sammy25 posted a topic in Operating Room

   Just curious as to your OR flashing policy... We cannot flash any kind of instrument or tray unless something we need is dropped during the case or is somehow unsterile and the patient is already in the room. We cannot flash for turnovers or before ...

3. What is your OR Time OUT consist of??

   Sammy25 replied to mooneyes65's topic in Operating Room

   LMAO!!! Don't get me wrong.... I do like my manager however the whole place is going crazy nuts over this whole universal protocol thing and Joint Commission and it's getting most of us confused on what to do and what not to do... things are changin...

4. Flashing policy... confused

   Sammy25 replied to Sammy25's topic in Operating Room

   Nope this goes for any type of tray or instrument. In this case it was a reamer tray... no implants. we spoke with our manager and head surgeon and they both wouldn't allow a flash to be done.

5. Flashing policy... confused

   Sammy25 posted a topic in Operating Room

   Okay so I am a little confused about the whole "flashing" thing.... they tell us that is not recommended we flash instruments and that we do it only when we "need" to because of patient safety and preventing infection..... then why do we do it at all...

6. OK who else is dealing with Universal Protocol?

   Sammy25 replied to sbnursing's topic in Operating Room

   No freakin kidding I thought we were the only ones with this problem.... it is sooooooo confusing it's like every day we come to work with new sets of rules!!! I mean I have no clue what the "correct" way of doing things are anymore it seems like thi...

7. What is your OR Time OUT consist of??

   Sammy25 replied to mooneyes65's topic in Operating Room

   Where I work... time outs lately have been a HUGE issue it's been crazy nuts!!!!!!! First the patient comes in the room and we ask them to identify themselves and what they are going to have done After the patient is draped and ready we have to make...

8. Turnover time between cases

   Sammy25 replied to lc4043's topic in Operating Room

   I work at a same day surgery facility.... however I don't know if we can be called that because half of our patients are inpatient...oy... and we are mostly an ortho hospital so we do lots of totals.... well anyway... we generally have a great team a...

9. Some questions for the women

   Sammy25 replied to Satori77's topic in Operating Room

   Hee Hee that reminds me of a couple weeks ago when I was scrubbed in a revision total hip case where I started my period in the first half an hour of the case.... not fun... spent the whole time PRAYING and crossing my legs hee hee... plus I couldn't...

10. Stupid question....

    Sammy25 replied to RNOTODAY's topic in Operating Room

    Yes, it is very important to prevent ANY type of alcohol based prep from pooling on the skin, under the patient, or under the drapes. It is also important to make sure that the alcohol based prep (prevail, duraprep, ect) is completely DRY before drap...

11. Areas of OR nursing

    Sammy25 posted a topic in Operating Room

    Hey everybody! I am just curious to find out what you guys think is the most challenging and difficult area of OR nursing for you whether it is Neuro, Cardiac, Ortho, ect, ect, in regards to training, equipment, prep, instruments and whatnot. Thanx...

12. Working with new circulators

    Sammy25 posted a topic in Operating Room

    I've seen lots of posts on this site about new OR nurses trying to cope with orientation. It seems like people who have worked in the OR their whole lives sometimes don't see the whole picture and expect fresh new grads to think and work like they h...

13. Woooohoooo Guess Whaaaat???

    Sammy25 replied to nurse2be2007's topic in Pre-Nursing

    Nice to hear that you got in.... I was very happy when I got my acceptance letter..... but I hope that you have a much better time in nursing school than I did... and let me tell ya I am soo glad I am done... good luck with the ENDLESS hours of CARE ...

14. High School Student Thinking Of Volunteering In the ED, Couple Of Q's

    Sammy25 replied to Thejakeman's topic in Emergency

    It's exciting to hear about your interest and enthusiasm in the medical field. I would highly recommend also that you go through CNA training. Volunteering is also a great choice, but I hear your looking to gain some experience in working with pati...

15. More Important?

    Sammy25 replied to IcantThinkofaName's topic in NCLEX

    Yeah I definitly agree that there needs to be more information to the question..it looks like the STEM of a question, and not the whole...if that was the only information provided in the question. one would have to go through the general ABC's, and c...