JanetO

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1. Switching Jobs

   JanetO replied to JanetO's topic in Gastroenterology

   Well...after thinking about it for awhile, I decided not to apply for the job. I've worked in the OR for so long and have grown accustomed to doing a wide variety of cases. I thought that just doing endoscopy would not be stimulating enough for me ...

2. Switching Jobs

   JanetO replied to JanetO's topic in Gastroenterology

   Thank-you to everyone that replied to my posting. Your encouragement is greatly appreciated!

3. Nurses advancing endoscopes

   JanetO replied to lmbv55's topic in Gastroenterology

   I've worked in an OR where we do scopes for over 20 years and the staff there has always passed the scopes for most of the doctors. I can't say we ever had a perforation when the nurse was passing the scope--just the doc. Our doctors are very carefu...

4. Switching Jobs

   JanetO posted a topic in Gastroenterology

   Hello GI nurses. I'm an OR nurse with over 20 years of experience--including endoscopy. Our hospital is just in the process of opening up a GI lab--we presently do our scopes in the OR with anesthesia giving the sedation. I have applied for one of t...