IsseyM

IsseyM

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  1. I logged into my acct after 3 years and read some of my posts. It's funny to read some of my old posts. I was such a nervous Nelly when I first started. Here is a post I thought I would share with the newbies. Good luck & wishing you all the best...
  2. Pre-OP Patient Interview

    Head to toe basically. I start out with any neurological stuff, previous head injuries, seizures, strokes, deficits. ENT problems. Thyroid issues. Heart problems, pacemaker, HTN, Cholesterol. Lung problems, asthma, COPD, smoker. Abdominal stuff, diab...
  3. Take the OR. You will have lots of training before you're on your own. I think I had 9 or 10 months training. The first year was tough. I've been in the OR for 5 years and I'm thinking about going to ED. LOL! I Only because I don't want to be stuck ...
  4. I love being an OR nurse because . . .

    You're focused on one patient at a time. Great team players. If its a rude obnoxious patient, they're knocked out. I don't have to call doctors in the middle of night for orders or questions and get yelled at. 95% I get a lunch break and potty break.
  5. OR Nurse thinking bout trying ED

    Thanks Maggie. I know i will have alot of studying to do. I almost feel like a new grad again. lol.
  6. OR Nurse thinking bout trying ED

    Right out of nursing school I went right into the 6 month perioperative program at my hospital. I've been in surgery for a little over 5 years but i'm starting to get bored and burnt out with it. I have lost alot of nursing skills. We don't start IVs...
  7. More funny statements by surgeons

    Ortho case. Resident was messing around with screw and i think he said something like, "Push it in more so I can get a better view of head."
  8. Burn Out?

    Curious to know if anyone experiences OR burn out and has even considered leaving the OR to try another area of nursing?
  9. peds or adults.. what is your preference?

    I like babies and kids but not in the OR. I prefer adults. We have a main OR that accomodates all services and we do alot of peds cases, big cases. For one, i can't stand those hot ol rooms. Our peds surgeons like the rooms to be 80 freakin degrees f...
  10. I dream of the OR...

    Yup, i've had the same thing happen to me too! That is too funny. Just last night i had a dream i was late for work. In the dream I could see the charge nurse and my crew getting ****** off and wondering where i was, i was thinking "OMG i have to get...
  11. I dream of the OR...

    It sure does! LOL!
  12. I dream of the OR...

    Haha, yes i do. Seems to be when i had a very stressful or bad week though and like you said its usually with me running around like a chicken with head cut off. I've also had dreams of not being able to talk in the OR when i wanted to, afraid of bei...
  13. too nice/quiet for the OR?

    Hi QHnurse, i could of written the same post myself. I have been a circulator in the OR for 2 and half years. I am also quiet and too nice. I am somewhat shy and lack self confidence. It took me over a year to get to know some of the surgeons and ane...
  14. Do you still do timeouts during emergency cases?

    Yep, we do the same also.
  15. 12 hour Shifts?

    Most of the OR staff work five 8hr shifts the 0645-1515 shift. But we do have 10hr and 12hr shifts. I was working the 8hr but now i work 12hr. 12hr days are hard but its nice having all the other days off.