sweet31eve

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1. help! Are surgical techs and RNs the same??

   sweet31eve replied to BernadetteRNBSN's topic in Operating Room

   I agree with Corvette guy. I mean, I went to my supervisor and nothing has been done. It may not be my job to point out what his job description is, but I rather have him feel a little bent out of shape at me rather than compromise the safety of my...

2. Padding devices to prevent skin breakdown

   sweet31eve replied to Tucwebb's topic in Operating Room

   We are researching this as well. After looking further into it, we have opted to give ConMed AirSoft positioning devices a try. I attended the inservice that Conmed hosted at AORN Congress in New Orleans and contacted our local rep who brought in pad...

3. OR shifts

   sweet31eve replied to hondurena's topic in Operating Room

   Well, I work for a rural hospital (six bed OR) I am required to take call for all specialties d/t our size. We have 8 circulators that take call so that leaves us with about 4 days of call per month. During the week we start call at 1500 and go ti...

4. "What do you need Christmas off for? You don't have kids!" (rant)

   sweet31eve replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in General Nursing

   I have to give props to my coworkers...I posted in here earlier about getting stuck with call for the four day weekend of Christmas and I have an update...a newbie to our department is taking Christmas Eve (she insisted) and a veteran nurse came up t...

5. Intra-Op Record & Delay Documentation?

   sweet31eve replied to druse's topic in Operating Room

   Exactly. We are constantly getting complaints from patients because of delays in procedures. Not only are thesurgeons late-they over book. They will be assigned to do a case, but also be assigned to assist on a total with their partner...so there ...

6. Intra-Op Record & Delay Documentation?

   sweet31eve replied to druse's topic in Operating Room

   We have that too. When we first went to computerized charting we TRIED to use it...but then an ortho surgeon saw one of my co-workers pick that the cause of the delay was that the surgeon was late. They have morning office and are to have their fir...

7. help! Are surgical techs and RNs the same??

   sweet31eve replied to BernadetteRNBSN's topic in Operating Room

   I do believe this is a big reason of why he does act this way, but it doesn't make my job any easier. The sad thing is- he is an excellent scrub tech. He has proved him self on that. But the real problem lies in him practicing above and beyond his...

8. "What do you need Christmas off for? You don't have kids!" (rant)

   sweet31eve replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in General Nursing

   I am a nurse in surgery and have to take call over Christmas. Actually I am on call Friday the 23rd-Monday the 26th. Am I upset about it? Yes! Would I like at least one day to be home with my husband and kids? Yes! Do I expect a nurse without ...

9. Stressed

   sweet31eve replied to sweet31eve's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you all so much for your replies!

10. help! Are surgical techs and RNs the same??

    sweet31eve replied to BernadetteRNBSN's topic in Operating Room

    We are having the same problem with a tech at our facility as well. He is a good tech. He does his job well and I respect him for it, but he steps outside of his scope of practice. It drives all the RNs crazy and puts us in an extremely ackward s...

11. can you wear a white crew neck tee shirt under your scrubs? AORN is not clear.

    sweet31eve replied to BernadetteRNBSN's topic in Operating Room

    In our hospital we are not allowed to wear a shirt that is exposed from under our scrub tops. We are also not allowed to wear our scrubs home, or launder them at home, etc. However, a lot of us wear our own scrub hats that we make or buy and we take ...

12. Stressed

    sweet31eve posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi everyone! I am back in school to get my BSN and I need all (okay-at least ten :) ) of your help. I am the queen of procrasination so the sooner your replies the better! LOL. I need to conduct an interview/poll on the stress level of nurses based o...

13. Staffing in Total Joint Cases

    sweet31eve replied to magsk's topic in Operating Room

    I work in a community hospital and typically we have 2 ortho surgeons, a scrub tech, an extra scrub to "hold the leg", a circulator, an anesthetist, and a sales rep. And in our facility techs are not allowed to break scrub at all during the case. W...

14. Sacred cows that need to be laid to rest

    sweet31eve replied to stevierae's topic in Operating Room

    We always were told to check the balloon before insertion, but only until recently we have stopped. We recently switched over to all non-latex items and the sales rep that supplies our latex free catheter kits told us NOT to check the balloon. It i...

15. Perioperative nursing in Hysteroscopies

    sweet31eve replied to DRSRN1948's topic in Operating Room

    In our facility it is the Circulators role to keep an accurate count of I & O during hysteroscopies. We do have flow sheets in our Gyn Cart in the OR. I know that many RNs do not do use these, but do keep track on a scratch paper. If we have a di...