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  1. For those working OR who have worked in LTC

    Thanks everybody! That was very helpful!! Yes. I just do not really feel right there. It was a choice between this place (which has been dinged by state for MANY errors and they threaten to write people up for everything), and another facility that h...
  2. Hello all! I wanted to post this in the general discussion to get input from those who have worked in the field at any point.... I am at LTC facility which as gotten several 'dings' from the state. It has a poor rating. I am new here and orienting. ...
  3. Hi all. I come from a Med/Surg, Neurosugery backgorund. I have about a year of solid nursing experience. I was just offered a job at a LTC facillity. The hiring manager said the environment here is going to be VERY DIFFERENT and CALM from where I ca...
  4. Good morning. I am scheduled to work roughly four nights a month on my nursing unit. I have worked ONE overnight shift in the past and did just fine UNTIL about 6 AM and then the bottom FELL OUT. I felt light headed and 'swimmy'. They let me leave ea...
  5. RN to Counselor??

    Thanks everyone! Yes! You answered my questions.... I was not sure if I could just counsel without a degree in counseling or if I had to be certified in that... was wondering if the RN degree alone would suffice. Thanks all!!
  6. RN to Counselor??

    Hello. I am considering going from a hospital RN to hanging my shingle and working in counseling. I have two degrees (one being my BSN degree). Do I still need to get a degree in Counseling?? Anyone know?? One can open their own counseling center rig...
  7. Small eye examination light- help!

    Thanks. I do not have to return to work for a few days and wanted to go ahead and order it before I returned.....
  8. Hello all!! I am new on a Neuro unit and see the nurses there wearing small little rectangle shaped eye exam lights clipped to their uniforms. I have tried typing a search for this and came up with nothing. What are these specifically called?? I do ...
  9. Just got a new grad job in neuro - what to expect?

    Great post all! Thanks!
  10. Wow. All wonderful comments! Thanks everyone! :) I was in the OR setting for 3 months. Scrubbing and circulating. I thought I was finally starting to get the hang of it and WHAM got word today... nope... you are gone. No issues were ever mentioned ex...
  11. Hi all. I have had a few nursing jobs (Med Surg, Urgent Care, OR Intern), and none of those jobs have worked out. They are letting me go at my OR Intern program and I was let go at my urgent care job. I am told 'you are not task oriented.' All the co...
  12. Ok. 1. No. I was not scrubbed in. I have never broken scrub when I was scrubbed. I have only gone to the bathroom when we were in-between cases. 2. The preceptor left, then I did shortly thereafter. We left around the same time. 3. The circulator ...
  13. I agree everyone. I believe that manager just does not like me. Proof... the manager was supposed to scrub with me (act as my preceptor), and she assigned someone else to do it. She did not want to scrub with me. Yeah. Funny though how things come ba...
  14. Ok. So I have been in my internship for a few months now. So far, not too bad. Well today I got fussed out by a service team manager... why??? Because I went to the bathroom yesterday before the start of a case and today I went before the start of a ...
  15. Attitudes in the OR

    Thanks Circnurs. Yes. I have to swallow really hard sometimes. See I am older then the folks they typically bring in as new Interns. Most of the people in my group are in their 20's. They are 'moldable' and when someone older talks rough to them, I ...