luv2scrub

luv2scrub specializes in Surgical Scrub.

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1. cloth scrub hats in the OR

   luv2scrub posted a topic in Operating Room

   Hi, new to the site. My hospital just started providing warm up jackets along with our scrubs. We can no longer wear our own jackets. They say the cloth scrub hats are next...we will need to wear hospital provided disposable hats. What do other h...

2. Can a surg. tech. "circulate" a case -give medications?

   luv2scrub replied to Linda J's topic in Operating Room

   this is an old thread but it caught my eye. our policy is that a nurse and a tech have to verify the medications together. when we have three people in a room (rare but nice), it is often two scrubs and a nurse. one scrub is expected to circulate ...

3. Circulators-do you ENJOY your position?

   luv2scrub replied to luvapug's topic in Operating Room

   this reply made me laugh out loud...thanks...i was on a wait list to enter nursing school when I went to "observe" in an OR for the first time. I know I wanted to work in the OR ONLY...had no desire for anything else. I was so excited to see what t...

4. Looking for my favorite scrub hat...know of any sellers?

   luv2scrub replied to Mr. & Mrs. RN's topic in Operating Room

   mine too...

5. Surgical Instruments in C-section

   luv2scrub replied to DavericaRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

   http://www.surgical-instrument-pictures.com/InstrumentBook-Sample.pdf you can purchase a pretty good pdf for $12 on this website - but sitting down with the tray is the best way to learn - good luck!

6. Inmates as Patients in Hospital

   luv2scrub replied to 4cas2's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks for sharing the article - it is an interesting concern. The hospital I work in also has a floor dedicated to inmates - they get the entire floor to ambulate on and their guards are there too. They are in leg irons until they are under anesthe...

7. A&P Mnemonics!

   luv2scrub replied to mpoppym's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Here's a website with more anatomy and biochem mnemonics - don't go to these sites if you are embarrassed or don't want to use some slang terms for certain anatomy or certain acts http://www.technion.ac.il/medicine/Students/Mnemonics.htm#ANATOMY htt...

8. Learning the Surgical Instruments

   luv2scrub replied to sandiegojames's topic in Operating Room

   Cool, thanks! It's pretty good. Not the detail of the serrations that I look for but very helpful. I also used the Konig catelog from Medline. They have really good detail! I"ll pass your suggested link along to my fellow students who are going c...

9. Learning the Surgical Instruments

   luv2scrub replied to sandiegojames's topic in Operating Room

   Hi, new to allnurses.com but found this an interesting thread so I joined. I can say as a surgical tech student, learning instruments is crucial and the core text books are quite poor! In addition to the Surgical Technology for the Surgical Technol...