sukisocks

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1. O.R. Orientation

   sukisocks replied to bestblondRN's topic in Operating Room

   Talk about hot heads! Training in the the Uk may not be the same BUT student nurses can aquire Theatre as part of their 'training'. They may undertake Recovery or Scrub as obserationalist but not practice under any circumtance. I am sorry to say that...

2. preceptor stories

   sukisocks replied to Simone Hill's topic in Operating Room

   Wow good or bad we have a lot to answer for don't we? As professionals within the OR we perform as we ourselves have been taught. It's an area for prima donnas and ass lickers (same thing) I was bullied and hurt by Sister's who just wanted to assert ...

3. Favorite Type of Case

   sukisocks replied to shodobe's topic in Operating Room

   No, cell savers are only used for cold orthopaedics and only used in knee replacement surgery. All whole blood products and ffp's come directly from transfusion, one heck of a cost considering we could use 60+ units and 10 of ffp's during one case.

4. Favorite Type of Case

   sukisocks replied to shodobe's topic in Operating Room

   Hot AAA's give me a buzz, total chaos getting the person in , asleep, and then its our turn to open up, suction and clamp and then calm. Brilliant. I had one particular case and I'd used 140+ of 18" x 18" packs, bloodloss 12 litres in suction and sti...

5. paeds and anaesthesia

   sukisocks replied to carcha's topic in Operating Room

   I am not sure what the directive are for ODP's but as scrub in charge of the case I will always start from zero and increase appropriately. The surgeon may have his own idea but always start one below at least, you can always increase. In opthalamic ...

6. A&E Transfers By OR

   sukisocks replied to sukisocks's topic in Operating Room

   Thank you carcha, PR exercise does not wash with me either. We do not get support from other departments when we are in crisis because of the nature of OR even from ICU. My obligations are to people needing us Now. I know my role, as does every nurse...

7. Surgical Instrument Information

   sukisocks replied to rnmomof1's topic in Operating Room

   learn to walk before you run. We have several new scrub staff who are in the same boat. Your mentor should start with the smaller sets, checking the instruments before during and after procedure does help as well as setting them out and what their ro...

8. A&E Transfers By OR

   sukisocks posted a topic in Operating Room

   I work rotational night in Theatre. After midnight the department is on call for trauma, C-Sections and vascular. We have now been told that fron 4 am to 7 am we must be available to transfer A&E patients to various wards and sites in the hospita...

9. Comparing Wages in the OR setting

   sukisocks replied to dmclung's topic in Operating Room

   I have been reading this thread with great interest. I am an OR RN in the United Kingdom with 5 years experience, I have converted your pay scales to sterling and am amazed. I work for the NHS and am payed the following in dollars $14.49 p/hr basic o...