heather2084 BSN

Im curious if anyone here has finished the program there, sat for and passed there exam? They really dont give any kind of information about how many students actually pass.

Any updates from anyone who enrolled? I'm looking into this as well

We are having a problem with doing tubal fulgurations using the kleppinger and wondering what other facilities use? Currently using kleppinger bipolar handpiece with valley lab generator and seem to keep having issues. The bipolar cords seem lose whe...

The website says the cord is compatible with valley lab triforce and a couple others but it's the valley lab the facility has. They haven't had a wolf generator in many years now

It could but that's much more costly opening the handpiece. And using clips are not desired

I'm currently an RN, BSN working for an OB-GYN. I work in the office checking in patients, and assisting her in surgery for the last 6 years. Surgery has always been my love and I was a circulator in a 7 room OR for 4 years before a spot cane open t...

Anybody?

So I was a surgery nurse for 3 years and have recently went to work for a surgeon in their office, OB-Gyn. When I worked at the hospital we only used a type of cidex to sterilize a few certain scopes. now that Im at the dr's office and doing in offi...

Does anyone know of any devices specifically made for positioning for robots or any case where you want to keep the pt from slipping off the head of the bed? We currently put eggcrates aroudn the shoulders and one across the chest, then criss cross ...

I had a situation arise at work where I had been on call Sunday and worked 11 hours. This is a day of call I signed up extra for, as we have lots of holes in our call schedule. I was already scheduled to be on call on Monday to which I worked from 0...

Next year I'll be ready to join a program. Through the research, I think that NIFA will be the best route for me, as there are no schools close to Texas. I have read in their testimonials that people say it is more expensive than most programs. Any...

Region - East Texas non profit # of OR's - 6, cysto and minor procedure $$ for being on call only - 2 specialty get extra?? - no

Sorry to hear that but it is really sad. I've only been in the OR for a year and a half now, and we use chloraprep and alcohol very frequently, but we haven't had any fires related to that. The only fires we've had were from a new circulator turni...

I graduated Dec 06 and had already accepted a position in the OR as a new grad and I took my boards before starting work. In about 4-6 months, I was already taking call on my own basically (there was a strong circulator as the assist on our team so ...

Thanks!

Thanks for the information again. I guess you'll have to point it out to me clearly where it says that in Tx you need to be a CRNFA to practice. I see where it says you are requred to be CNOR certified, which is not the same as CRNFA.

Maybe I missed it, but I didnt see where it said you had to be CRNFA. Maybe I'm taking this the wrong way, but I feel like I'm being talked out of trying to become one, rather than being encouraged to.

Thanks for the input. I want to do it for me. If the hospital I'm at won't use me as a RNFA after I become one, then that's fine. I'll find somewhere that will use me. I plan on becoming an RNFA no matter what, so I really would just like an esti...

thanks, though i am a bsn, you are not required to have a bsn or higher unless you are planning on being a cerfitifed rnfa. those with adn's can still become rnfa's without trouble. i also understand that prices change every year or sometimes sooner...

Does anyone work or have work or have heard about how this works where staff is paid by the case instead of number of hours worked? This was mentioned in a meeting this morning and it sounds like a horrible idea, especially when you count in long ca...

We dont have a set turnover time like many are mentioning, but I think one thing the surgeons forget is everything we do have to do after they leave. They put in the last suture, tear off their gown and go. We have to apply the bandage, clean up the...

but then how do u figure in the pay scale for everyone? Do you say each person has their own certain rate and then you have a set multiplier for how much a particular case is worth? And what about overtime, and all the time you're spending cleaning ...

can you decode those two words for me? Im guessing pot is a cast maybe? but I have no idea what chuff means I'm simply curious

Apparently there is some hospital in cape cod that is doing this and it is supposedly working well. I simply cant understand how it would work and be fair to staff. I have a feeling if this somehow gets implemented in the future, that I will be chan...

I have never really felt that it was my job to make sure the surgeon and CRNA are doing their jobs. There's so much going on int a room that a lot of times you have no idea if they are comlpetely 'doing their jobs' or not. Sure if I saw them doing ...