heather2084

heather2084 BSN

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  1. What would you do ?

    heather2084 replied to OR male nurse's topic in Operating Room

    As circulator I dont think I've been asked to do so. Our teams have 2 scrubs and a nurse, and if one of the scrubs isn't being used, then they will go and set up the next case. That's not to say...

  2. Turnover time between cases

    heather2084 replied to lc4043's topic in Operating Room

    The way we do eyes, we can do turnover in 3 minutes when everything runs smoothly. Thats the one thing I love about eyes....turning it into a competition to see how fast we can get said amount of...

  3. How many hours can you work ?

    heather2084 replied to OR male nurse's topic in Operating Room

    Being on call, I too have run in to the situation several times of working 20+ hours in one day. It's exhausting. The time we were still there when the next day's shift came in, the next day was...

  4. OR Nursing - what are your hours?

    heather2084 replied to k8dubcoran's topic in Operating Room

    At my hospital, work hours start at 0630 and go until whenever. We have a call team, a stuck team, and then the rest of the people are let out in order according to the number of hours worked the day...

  5. Surgeons "go ahead" problem ?

    heather2084 replied to OR male nurse's topic in Operating Room

    It all depends on the dr and/or specialty. Half of our ortho docs want to see the pt before we go back. One will cancel at the slightest hint of a pink spot so we dont even open until the area has...

  6. Difficulty cathing a male pt

    heather2084 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I work in the OR, and was trying to catheterize a male pt today. pulling back the covers and holding the member there was a LOT of excess foreskin hanging at the end. I began pulling it back only to...

  7. Difficulty cathing a male pt

    heather2084 replied to heather2084's topic in General Nursing

    thanks for all the responses. i know it had nothing to do with any prostate problems, as the catheter wasnt even able to enter the meatus, much less get near the prostate. I've just never seen an...

  8. Difficulty cathing a male pt

    heather2084 replied to heather2084's topic in General Nursing

    i havent seen many pedi caths, but i highly doubt anything was going to fit. it appeared as if there was no

  9. Prep

    heather2084 replied to tiredfeet2's topic in Operating Room

    I didnt realize some hospitals have standards for the prep for a particular type of surgery. Here it is all based on surgeon preference. Some of our Docs like betadine/betadine, some like an...

  10. Do You Circulate All Specialties At Your Facility?

    heather2084 replied to IsseyM's topic in Operating Room

    My facility is a 6 room OR with a cysto room and minor procedure room. all endo cases are done in their own endo rooms and endo is more a part of day surgery rather than surgery, and Endo has their...

  11. Moving Patients off O.R. table

    heather2084 replied to CAsunshineRN's topic in Operating Room

    im not moving any pt by myself, 100 lb or 50 lb. only exception is a pedi. i always find the plastic boards are such a hassle trying to get out from under the pt once we move them. how do you guys...

  12. Getting into OR nursing

    heather2084 replied to bridgfor428's topic in Operating Room

    I graduated in December 06, started in the or in Jan. When I applied for the job, they did mention the only reason they considered giving me an interview is because I had done some pt care tech work...

  13. Moving Patients off O.R. table

    heather2084 replied to CAsunshineRN's topic in Operating Room

    rollers, with generally 4 people (one on each side, anesthesia). sometimes just 3 if there's no one to be spared. we also have the plastic boards in the c-section rooms, but they suck so bad you...

  14. On my own?

    heather2084 replied to luckyduck7's topic in Operating Room

    i just graduated in december and started in OR in january. I'm on my own now, and I'll tell you about my first case alone. I had been working with another nurse that day, but they needed someone to...

  15. What's In Your Pocket?

    heather2084 replied to AmyD_RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    is it called vocera, or something of the like? we have those at my hosp. you can dial out to anywhere and people can call in directly to your vocera on your neck. pretty nice as long as you dont...

  16. OR interview questions

    heather2084 replied to DeLynn's topic in Operating Room

    those are good, but there are lots of these types of threads around. I'm sure if you do a little search you'll come up with even more great

  17. How do you prep

    heather2084 replied to umakemesmile's topic in Operating Room

    I watched some AORN videos as part of my training and it showed to go in small circles; however, when I started actually learning about preps, I was told to disregard that, and do it a different way....

  18. Those cool scrub caps...

    heather2084 replied to brewerpaul's topic in Operating Room

    Doesn't appear to be a policy where I work. We all wear what we want as long as your hair is

  19. Do you put on sterile gloves?

    heather2084 replied to IsseyM's topic in Operating Room

    i think sterile gloves are a great idea for cholraprep or anything of the like. that way in case you need to hold something, or move something out of the way while prepping, you can do

  20. Foley Catheters and Erections

    heather2084 replied to inspir8tion's topic in Operating Room

    We don't put foleys in until the pt is out...saves work on us and a LOT on the

  21. Circulators

    heather2084 replied to StudentSandra's topic in Operating Room

    I would agree with this. As someone who just started as a new circulator in surgery and as a new nurse as well, I look up to everyone who is there, tech, nurse, or whatever. Everyone has been in...

  22. Applying for OR Job

    heather2084 replied to Mandya22's topic in Operating Room

    I dont know what fundamentals book you used in your nursing classes, but my fundamentals book had a small section that outlined pretty much what the scrub nurse is responsible for and what the...

  23. Applying for OR Job

    heather2084 replied to Mandya22's topic in Operating Room

    do your research about the position. read up some on what circulators and scrub nurses are expected to do. I just started my job 3 weeks ago, straight out of school. I spent a fair amount of time in...

  24. Orientation question!!!!!

    heather2084 replied to luckyduck7's topic in Operating Room

    is the reason they're bouncing you back and forth because of what the cases are for each day? maybe they schedule different things on different days because of what doctors do surgery then. I think...

  25. Questions...

    heather2084 replied to PACU queen's topic in Operating Room

    on call pay is going to differ greatly based on each hospital. for where i'm at, it's time and a