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  1. Best shoes for OR??

    OR male nurse replied to Tiffany, RN, BSN's topic in Operating Room

    A lot of the RN's where I work have been getting the Merrell Breeze II. It has a little more support in the back than a clog and is a semi-mesh so your feet can

  2. Moving to another hospital OR

    OR male nurse posted a topic in Operating Room

    Just wondered if there are others that were trained one way at a certain hospital and then switched jobs to work at another OR and were told that everything you do is wrong ? Sorry to vent but reading...

  3. Tucking arms

    OR male nurse replied to inspir8tion's topic in Operating Room

    Funny you would bring this up. I thought I was the only one that was told "you tuck your arms wrong." I was taught to bring the sheet from the outside of the arm and tuck it up under the body also. Of...

  4. Count Sheet Questions...

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

    I agree with you totally. I was taught to count the FRED. At the last place I worked it was counted. At the hospital I work now, they don't but I still ask for it to be counted. Regardless, you'll get...

  5. new in OR

    OR male nurse replied to dexter99's topic in Operating Room

    Well.. in the (2) different hospitals I've worked at yes. Not sure what the reason is that the OR nurses act like this. But, it will get better I can assure you. Just do the best you can to take notes...

  6. As on O.R. nurse, how often do you start IV's?

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

    I start a couple a week. Mainly on days we work with kids and have to do either dental or ENT. Kids are challenging. You get those fat little wrists and you can hardly see or palpate the veins. At the...

  7. Pigeon holed?

    OR male nurse replied to mooneyes65's topic in Operating Room

    Been in the OR for over 3 1/2 years since nursing school also. Starting to get tired of C-sections, knee and shoulder scopes and carpal tunnels. As with you, I'd never go to the med/surg floor either....

  8. What should I want out of an OR position?

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

    Thick skin, the ability to mutitask, the ability to take a lot of insults from surgeons and scrub techs. Getting used to not getting a lunch break. Working all through the day and night and being...

  9. Know it all scrub techs

    OR male nurse replied to rbs105's topic in Operating Room

    Well.. it certainly can be a problem and seems to be universal. I've worked in (2) different OR's and you have your good techs and your bad (smart alek know it all's) which doesn't mean that the smart...

  10. Is CNOR worth it?

    OR male nurse replied to rbs105's topic in Operating Room

    I always thought that it would be nice to have that certification. Some of the RN's where I've worked have it, others don't. There isn't a pay incentive at either of the hospitals I've worked at to...

  11. Child Restraint During Induction ?

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

    So you didn't answer my original question with all of that. When the child needs to be restrained how does your RN go about it

  12. Child Restraint During Induction ?

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

    No kidding the child is scared to death. We all know that. With certain children, sure you can play games with them, ask them to talk to Big Bird in the mask, play counting games, ask them to smell...

  13. Child Restraint During Induction ?

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

    I've helped put many children to sleep. You give the child some oral versed pre-op and they are calm. The mask goes over their face and they go to sleep just as perfect as can be. I've seen it the...

  14. Ever have a blood bag explode?

    OR male nurse replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    Actually yes.. one of the anesthesia techs was messing around with a bag of blood under pressure during a surgery. The spike came out and blood sprayed all over the OR like a balloon releasing it's...

  15. Child Restraint During Induction ?

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

    So the parent can watch their child kick and scream when the mask is placed over their face ? Also.. I have to correct my original post. I'm referring to smaller children where you mask induce. Once...

  16. Child Restraint During Induction ?

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

    Hi, I'm referring to putting a child to sleep in the OR. You have a child that is kicking and screaming when the mask is placed over their face. No parent present.

  17. Foley Balloon Test

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

    Make no sense you do. I've never needed the fire extinguisher in my garage but I still have one ? Think outside the

  18. Foley Balloon Test

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

    I dunno.. they are the Urologists and it's what they want. Ask one the next time you're working with them. They must have some study somewhere that says not to pre-inflate. Just telling what I've been...

  19. When do you count ?

    OR male nurse posted a topic in Operating Room

    Just wondering how your hospital goes about the process of counting for your cases. Where I work, it's total turmoil when it comes to counting. The scrub techs help the RN open up the case and then...

  20. RN Monitoring Vitals and Circulating at the same time?

    OR male nurse replied to inspir8tion's topic in Operating Room

    Where I work now, we have a dedicated sedation RN in addition to the circulator. There is no requirement for the RN's to have ACLS. I'm the only one that has it. At the last hospital OR, it was the...

  21. Flashing instrument trays

    OR male nurse replied to Circl8r's topic in Operating Room

    I only have 3 years of experience, but I'll add my input. Where I work now, we flash whole trays all the time. Mostly because we only have (1) set of that particular tray. We don't use any type of...

  22. SCD orders

    OR male nurse replied to inspir8tion's topic in Operating Room

    Thanks so much.. This is all I was trying to

  23. SCD orders

    OR male nurse replied to inspir8tion's topic in Operating Room

    There ya go again...you cast an insult and then stand on higher ground. Young man ? What the heck does that have to do with anything.....Make no sense you do. You throw around your 20 years...

  24. SCD orders

    OR male nurse replied to inspir8tion's topic in Operating Room

    No.. I don't think it should be at all. I merely expressed my opinion to this thread and offered up how I've seen it done. I wasn't trying to shove anything down anyones throat (more fantasy to...

  25. SCD orders

    OR male nurse replied to inspir8tion's topic in Operating Room

    You seem to include the fact in almost all of your posts " In my 30 years" like it's the end all to any conversation. We have somebody just like you where I work. No matter what, she throws in the "...