April30R

April30R has 10 years experience.

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1. Surgical Smoke

   April30R replied to April30R's topic in Operating Room

   Do you know of anyone in the field who developed lung cancer and was a non-smoker? Ughhh I'm just so worried. I am a very health conscious person, so I have been struggling with the fact that I basically smoked for an entire year by being in the...

2. Surgical Smoke

   April30R replied to April30R's topic in Operating Room

   How long have you worked in the OR? Does your state require smoke evacuation? If not, do the surgeons you work with use smoke evacuators?

3. Surgical Smoke

   April30R posted a topic in Operating Room

   Hi everyone, I spent the last year working as a perioperative nurse, but I recently quit due to experiencing bad headaches from the surgical smoke and realizing how bad it was for my health. I worked 40 hours a week in that environment with stub...