RN-J.

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1. How does OR nursing in the US differ from other countries?

   RN-J. replied to Sezza83's topic in Operating Room

   I work in a hospital in northern Ontario, Canada and we only ever have 2 nurses assigned to each OR room. It would be really nice to have a 3rd to be able to help with all the extra bits, however funding is constantly being cut to hospitals in Ontari...

2. Curve up or down?

   RN-J. replied to IamSusan's topic in Operating Room

   I was always taught to face instruments with the curve up for the same reasoning as described above. The sharp edges should never be facing down as they can very easily put holes in the drapes (even with a towel underneath them). It's really inconven...

3. How many of you both circulate AND scrub?

   RN-J. replied to Nolander's topic in Operating Room

   Canada is not utilizing scrub techs (as far as I understand) in the majority of our operating rooms. I am unsure as to any that do use them in Ontario specifically. In the hospital I work at the RN's are trained equally in both scrubbing and circulat...

4. OR Sleep Rooms

   RN-J. replied to shodobe's topic in Operating Room

   I work in Ontario, Canada. When we're on call we're expected to be ready to go within 20 minutes of the phone call (15 minutes for C-sections). We are not provided any on-call rooms to sleep in or any other type of area to sleep besides on the couch ...