BlueEyedNursey

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1. Getting on to a transplant team

   BlueEyedNursey replied to hs2005's topic in Operating Room

   I am an OR nurse at a hospital that does kidney, liver, and pancreas transplants. Our general surg team usually does most of the kidney transplants but we have a specific group of people who are on the Liver Transplant team and are the only ones per...

2. Foley Balloon Test

   BlueEyedNursey replied to OR male nurse's topic in Operating Room

   At the hospital I work at we are told to pre-inflate the foleys...however if it is a coude we are not supposed to...for the same reason as your urologists gave. It doesn't make much sense to me either...I don't know why we test some but not others.....

3. Correct way of prepping a Leg??

   BlueEyedNursey replied to AussieRNinHI's topic in Operating Room

   this is not directly related but somewhat....if you are prepping for say the amputation of a necrotic toe or foot do you still start your prep at the incision site? i don't do ortho a whole lot but in my opinion the necrotic area is probably dirties...

4. Basic question about counting

   BlueEyedNursey replied to RNOTODAY's topic in Operating Room

   I don't know about in your OR but in ours towel clips aren't the only instruments that could possibly be off the field. We are not encouraged to flash many instruments so there may be any type of instrument that has fallen, or a pair of scissors and...