ianurse0509

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1. Inguinal Hernia - General or Urology?

   ianurse0509 replied to Mommy TeleRN's topic in Operating Room

   All of our inguinal hernias are done by general surgeons. Also, most of our procedures are not done laproscopic and are still done outpatient.

2. Will circulators be RNs in the future?

   ianurse0509 replied to opus's topic in Operating Room

   I'm a Circulating RN in the OR and we start IV's quite frequently. Especially in pediatric cases where anethesia is masking the patient. We also may start them if two IV's are necessary, anethesia starting one on one side and us starting one on the...

3. Orientation Time

   ianurse0509 replied to ianurse0509's topic in Operating Room

   You're lucky you got one on one with a mentor. I've had several different nurses and even scrub techs mentoring me. Unfortunately you are told to do something one way by one person and then criticized for doing it that way by the next person you wo...

4. Orientation Time

   ianurse0509 replied to ianurse0509's topic in Operating Room

   Thanks to everyone for your advice. I did sit down with my manager and told her I was not happy with the way things were going. I told her that I know she feels comfortable with me being alone in a room, but I did not feel comfortable and that's w...

5. Orientation Time

   ianurse0509 posted a topic in Operating Room

   I'm a new nurse (just graduated 06/2005). When I was originally hired in the OR I was told I would have a 12 month orientation, then it was bumped to 9 months. Well, the other day they had a staff meeting without me (I was in ACLS) and they decided a...