liveintheOR

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1. Wish me luck!

   liveintheOR replied to barefootlady's topic in West Virginia

   Hey girl! Where are you moving to? What part of the mtns do you live in now? I grew up in Tucker co., but work in Parkersburg now.

2. Need Advice On The Excelsior Program

   liveintheOR replied to closatssl1's topic in Online Learning

   I graduated from Regents ( now Excelsior) in 1999. There were only 6 nursing exams then and I also had to take micro. I had been an LPN for 7 years working TELE/ ICU stepdown and surgery. The CPNE exam was nerve wracking. I think it would have be...

3. CPNE in Columbus Nov 4-6...this really bites!

   liveintheOR replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Online Learning

   I took my CPNE in Columbus in Oct 1999. It was at Ohio State Univ. and also at Children's. The instructors were very professional. Remember to measure I/O's carefully and chart everything! Good Luck!

4. Do you feel valued in your current nursing position?

   liveintheOR replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   The answer is NOOOOOOOOOO---that's why I'm looking for a new job after 13 years. I work in surgery now, but don't even care if I find another OR job. Sad day for me because I love surgery, but can't take the ABUSE anymore!

5. video laparoscopy complication

   liveintheOR replied to akor's topic in Operating Room

   I have never seen the aorta punctured with a trocar. However, I have seen the iliac artery punctured while doing a laparoscopic appy on an eight yr. old. The surgeon was new to our facility and we had used his partners preference card to set up the...

6. A little pet peeve

   liveintheOR replied to stevierae's topic in Operating Room

   I work in the OR in West Virginia and I almost fell off my chair when I read about the WV forceps------sooooo funny!! One of my pet peeve words is--"bronical" pneumonia. My Mom even says it!! Also people who are having a colonoscopy who say they ar...

7. Verbal Abuse from surgeons in the OR

   liveintheOR replied to spineCNOR's topic in Operating Room

   When a doc starts demanding and blowing up I just say " Yes,sir" "No, sir" It usually freaks them out and they can't think of anything to say. I have one surgeon who wants everything under the sun opened for his cases. He then will complain how m...

8. l'm frightened to death of.....

   liveintheOR replied to l.rae's topic in Operating Room

   l.rae. It's normal to be nervous and scared. Discussing your fears with the anesthesia personnel pre-op is a great idea. As for students, there is a part of the operative permit where you agree or disagree to let students in your room. If you...

9. Regents College

   liveintheOR replied to NightOwl's topic in General Nursing

   I graduated from Regents in '99 with an ADN. Before that I worked as an LPN for 7 years--5 on step down from ICU, 2 in surgery. I purchased study guides from The College Network. I CLEPed 7 classes -- Micro and 6 Nursing classes. The total cost ...

10. What's up with RNs who refuse to scrub?

    liveintheOR replied to stevierae's topic in Operating Room

    I think All RN's who train in the OR should be required to scrub exclusively for at least 6 months to start off with, then learn to circulate. If I didn't know how to scrub, I would be less effective as a circ. I can listen to the conversation bet...

11. instrument count records

    liveintheOR replied to Sherri53's topic in Operating Room

    We do not do instrument counts at the very busy OR where I work. Several years ago they talked about it, but it never really got anywhere. In the six years I have worked there I have never seen a patient come back for a retained instrument. We di...

12. Bizarre! Bizarre! Bizarre!

    liveintheOR replied to TravelerAdvisor's topic in Operating Room

    Ok, I've got to share the way strange... A guy in his 60's comes to the OR for a cysto and he has a gold necklace stuck up in his penis and bladder. He says it's a birthday present for his wife and he was hiding it until her birthday!!!! Yea rig...

13. Prn?????

    liveintheOR replied to ashemson's topic in General Nursing

    I was taught PRN means--- Per Required Need.

14. Administrator's Salaries

    liveintheOR replied to -jt's topic in General Nursing

    What the whole thing comes down to in the end, is substandard care for our patients. We don't have enough staff, or have new or poorly trained staff, lack of basic equipment because our hospital "doesn't have enough money" for these things while pay...

15. WV losing docs

    liveintheOR posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm not sure if this is happening in other states, but in WV we are losing alot of our doctors to other states because they are either losing their malpractice insurance or have to pay astronomical amounts. We had a special session of our state legi...