Rezidentura

Rezidentura

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  1. Bossy scrub person

    Rezidentura replied to mikethern's topic in Operating Room

    Okay I may get flammed for this but here goes. You as a nurse make easily twice what they do. Take solice in knowing this, also remember no matter what they think, they could never do your job as...

  2. Any good advice for learning to scrub?

    Rezidentura replied to hotdog19d's topic in Operating Room

    Scrubbing is in my opinion a total OTJ experience. The more you do it the more you learn etc... Let me tell you what not to do: Don't try and tell your experienced Scrub tech how to do their job...

  3. I posted this in general discussion as well.

    Rezidentura replied to sandlewood_nurse's topic in Operating Room

    I don't think managers should suspend nurse pay for anything but patient neglict or endangerment. You want my advice? Set up a special meeting on a good non working day say Saturday afternoon....

  4. Best Route to Surgical Career

    Rezidentura replied to phillipus_rex's topic in Operating Room

    So why did you flame me? MY post said nothing about money or salary. It was directly ON topic. Perhaps rather than just commenting on my opinion it would have been more helpful to the OP for you to...

  5. Best Route to Surgical Career

    Rezidentura replied to phillipus_rex's topic in Operating Room

    Read my post! Money is in quotations. I'm using that word's idiom . As I stated at the end of my post CRNA's seem to be HAPPY and PAs not so

  6. RN's rarely scrub??

    Rezidentura replied to beachbum3's topic in Operating Room

    My institution is a teaching hospital the RN's are required to Scrub and circulate all services. I scrubbed during nursing school (learned to scrub OTJ). I don't see how having a Nurse circulate only...

  7. Best Route to Surgical Career

    Rezidentura replied to phillipus_rex's topic in Operating Room

    Don't waste your money on Surgical technology if your going to PA school anyways. Get a BA in Nursing or something. I learned all my scrub experience OTJ. Get an internship in OR nursing from a...

  8. I posted this in general discussion as well.

    Rezidentura replied to sandlewood_nurse's topic in Operating Room

    You have to know how to play their game. I can't explain it but every person I've ever worked with had their own game. You have to know how to fit in with this game. I've been an O.R. nurse 10...

  9. daVinci robotic surgery

    Rezidentura replied to mikethern's topic in Operating Room

    Robotic Surgery is definetly the future. I got trained at the John Hopkins DaVinci lab and the Doc who was training us had a lot of incite on this. As The bandwith necessary to facilitate long...

  10. Slanted work duties

    Rezidentura replied to umakemesmile's topic in Operating Room

    Ever wonder why some nurses/techs get away with not doing as much work as others. It's not because their lazy it's because their smarter than the rest of us. Seriously though, I work in a surgical...

  11. Specialties

    Rezidentura replied to Guest20074's topic in Operating Room

    I'm all about Ortho, specifically Sports medicine. However, if I had a second choice it'd be Plastic surgery, I've had the most pleasant experiences in these

  12. career growth in the OR

    Rezidentura replied to kalayaan's topic in Operating Room

    I would say it's as fullfiling as you want to make it. Personally I love the OR but I take the time to learn every detail I can about all the equipment, read all the time about my specialty and take...

  13. Surgery question

    Rezidentura replied to MT RN's topic in Orthopedic

    Okay first and foremost, tell me you went to an Orthopedic surgeon and not a podiatrist. Obviously your MD will know your specific case, I can only postulate and comment on things you've said. It's...

  14. career growth in the OR

    Rezidentura replied to kalayaan's topic in Operating Room

    There are several opportunities in my hospital. The obvious step, or clincal ladder. Team Leader or Clinical Coordinator Nurse Educator Operative Manager. None of these positions would compare to...

  15. Hospital OR to ASC

    Rezidentura replied to ORSmurf's topic in Operating Room

    I just left a job as a clinical coordinator of ortho for a startup ASC. Although I lost some pay, it's the best decision I've ever made. The ups: No call weekend or holiday; Close knit group,...

  16. Female Foleys... I STINK AT THEM>>> HELP!!!

    Rezidentura replied to RNOTODAY's topic in Operating Room

    Third orifice from the

  17. First week of orientation finished... feeling overwhelmed!

    Rezidentura replied to happylush's topic in Operating Room

    OR nursing is very different (obviously) hate to be cliche` but you either love it or hate it. The trick is figuring this out early on. I was a student scrub in Nursing school for two years and went...