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    Bedside / ICU Surgery (Decompressive Laparotomies)

    ctsurgeryscrubrn posted a topic in Operating Room

    Hello - In addition to my Cardiothoracic scrub position, I was nominated to join our new ‘ICU / PICU / SICU rapid response team’ that will be responsible for assisting in bedside rescue surgeries...
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    Advanced Practice Practitioners In The Operating Room

    ctsurgeryscrubrn posted a topic in Operating Room

    The term Advanced Practice Provider ("APP") has usually been limited to advanced practice registered nurses in a medical context. I believe recent trends and the efficacy of care is starting to really...
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    Facing my second major cardiac surgery in 3-years :(

    ctsurgeryscrubrn posted a topic in Operating Room

    Background: I wrote an article a little over a year ago about what 'Being on the table taught me about treating on the table'. I was diagnosed with Marfan syndrome as a child and required an AVR in...
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    What's the least saturated specialty in APRN?

    ctsurgeryscrubrn replied to soljhs's topic in Advanced Practice

    @soljhs I have seen a pickup in significant pickup in demand for perioperative APRNs with an RNFA / First Assist Certification and
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    Sequential Concurrent Surgical Fields - Trauma

    ctsurgeryscrubrn posted a topic in Operating Room

    Has anybody been in a trauma case where the patient had two significant injuries that required establishing two separate surgical fields (sequentially)? I was called in at 2AM for an adolescent MVA -...
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    OR nurse pursing NP

    ctsurgeryscrubrn replied to scrubulator's topic in Operating Room

    @ArmyRN79 Couldn't agree more! Do you scrub or
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    OR nurse pursing NP

    ctsurgeryscrubrn replied to scrubulator's topic in Operating Room

    @scrubulator Hi there - I got my FNP two years ago and it did take a bit of 'refresher studying' to re-acquaint myself with bedside nursing. I've only been in OR Nursing (specifically CT & Trauma)...
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    What do you like about OR nursing?

    ctsurgeryscrubrn replied to Alex_RN's topic in Operating Room

    Hi Alex! I started nursing school in the Operating Room. I did a 6-month Perioperative Nursing residency to facilitate the transition and was selected to scrub on our high-risk open heart team (mainly...
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    Bedside / ICU Surgery (Decompressive Laparotomies)

    ctsurgeryscrubrn replied to ctsurgeryscrubrn's topic in Operating Room

    Thank you! The ex-lap we had to do bedside was on a 10 yo who had been in a bad MVA and had a major liver laceration that was done via emergent laparotomy two days before. It was a bloodbath going...
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    Bedside / ICU Surgery (Decompressive Laparotomies)

    ctsurgeryscrubrn replied to ctsurgeryscrubrn's topic in Operating Room

    Thank you, Rose. Always such great advice. Had an emergent laparotomy in the PICU this evening for ACS. Was a total blood bath - had to get wiped down several times by the circulator. Parents were...
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    Rejected from OR nurse residency

    ctsurgeryscrubrn replied to Reaz's topic in Operating Room

    @Reaz I went through Northwestern’s Perioperative Nurse Residency program and can certainly give you some perspective on my class and the types of nurses I went through the program with...if that...
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    Most “exciting” surgical specialty

    ctsurgeryscrubrn replied to Polly Peptide's topic in Operating Room

    I scrub Cardiothoracic and also take call on our Level-1 Trauma service. They are both ‘exciting’, but I think Level-1 Trauma is probably where you get the most amount of adrenaline. Nothing gets...
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    RNFA

    ctsurgeryscrubrn replied to drizzy13's topic in Operating Room

    Hey there - I am a CRNFA and get to practice in that capacity in Cardiothoracic Surgery. It is definitely an institution-specific thing. I have heard of people going through an RNFA certificate...
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    How do I get an OR job?

    ctsurgeryscrubrn replied to Theresa Coyle's topic in Operating Room

    Hi Theresa! Is there a particular specialty you are shooting for, or are you applying to a general float OR Nurse position? More than happy to add my
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    Pre-Op Surgical Team Walk-Through's

    ctsurgeryscrubrn posted a topic in Operating Room

    I scrub on a high-risk CT team (mainly high-risk and complex aortic procedures with pathology (Marfan, etc.) and re-do cases). Recently, our team started doing 20 - 30 min pre-op walk-through's...
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    Is it impossible to get in OR or what?

    ctsurgeryscrubrn replied to bryan_del's topic in Operating Room

    Yes - I would agree that the best way into the O.R. at a top institution is through a formal residency program offered by the
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    Floor to the OR?

    ctsurgeryscrubrn replied to Reaz's topic in Operating Room

    @FurBabyMom What do you like most about the O.R.? If I wasn't in a dedicated scrub role on the CT team, I'm not sure that I could stay in the O.R.
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    Death on the Table

    ctsurgeryscrubrn posted a topic in Operating Room

    We've had a couple younger patients expire on the table in the past couple weeks during high-risk aortic procedures (both were re-do's and we operated for 15 and 16 hrs, respectively, prior to...
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    Death on the Table

    ctsurgeryscrubrn replied to ctsurgeryscrubrn's topic in Operating Room

    @FurBabyMom - I so much appreciate your advice and your willingness to share your personal experiences. I think it’s important to remember that as far as medicine has come, surgery (at its core)...
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    Choosing an Operating Room Specialty

    ctsurgeryscrubrn replied to ORJulez's topic in Operating Room

    Hi Julez! Belated welcome to the ORNurses ‘Fra-rority’. I am a second generation O.R. Nurse - my mom was a scrub nurse in hearts at Cleveland Clinic for nearly 20 years. I had a natural...
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    Staff Ratios Cardiac Surgery Operating Room

    ctsurgeryscrubrn replied to SandraFenway's topic in Operating Room

    Our institution does not allow Scrub Techs to scrub on hearts. I scrub on our High-Risk Aortic Team and we have 14 in the room: 2 Attendings1 Fellow2 PAs2 Scrub RNs2 Circulator RNsAnesthesia...
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    Why are CV OR nurses "CV Queens"?

    ctsurgeryscrubrn replied to citylights89's topic in Operating Room

    I think sometimes the institutions create this persona. I'm at a place where the CVOR team is hand-picked for specific roles. For example, I was hand-picked to scrub on our high-risk aorta team where...
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    What Being on the Table Taught Me About Treating on the Table

    ctsurgeryscrubrn posted a topic in Operating Room

    My story as a Congenital Heart Defect (CHD) Warrior starts long before I ever considered nursing in the cardiothoracic operating room to be 'my calling'. I was 5 when my pediatrician noticed an...
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    What Being on the Table Taught Me About Treating on the Table

    ctsurgeryscrubrn replied to ctsurgeryscrubrn's topic in Operating Room

    Nearly a year ago, I scrubbed in on a friend's whipple where there was portal vein convergence. It was a very long case (12 hours), the dissection of the PV was very delicate and unfortunately, she...
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    What Being on the Table Taught Me About Treating on the Table

    ctsurgeryscrubrn replied to ctsurgeryscrubrn's topic in Operating Room

    I understand your perspective, but I was thinking about the complexity of this surgery. If I was scrubbed-in on a coworker's case, I know it would have made me feel an extra layer of pressure - for...