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  1. How do you handle "true emergencies"?

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

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  2. SCD orders

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

    I'm not micro picking at anything. I was merely expressing what I've researched and was told when I asked around about preference cards being a legal standing order. You're the one that brought it up...

  3. SCD orders

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

    Do you realize this is not true and that a preference card is not as good as a doctor's order. It's simply a list of supplies that he/she might or might not want during an operation depending on past...

  4. Emergency C-Section

    OR male nurse posted a topic in Operating Room

    Wanted to ask what your hospital uses to determine the urgency level of a C-Section when on call. Do they use the term crash, STAT, urgent, or what ? Please let me know what the universal term is...

  5. When do you count ?

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

    You'd have to come and work here to understand. I'm the new guy and they are having fun at my expense and the safety of the patient. It's the Planet of the Apes here. The ST runs the department. If...

  6. Is it bad etiquette to accept extra money from a coworker who wants you to take call?

    OR male nurse replied to linda2097's topic in Operating Room

    Hmmm.. at our place once the switch is made it's cast in stone. I would think that would be awkward to tell someone you'll take their call and then back out. Doesn't that cause any hard feelings

  7. Is it bad etiquette to accept extra money from a coworker who wants you to take call?

    OR male nurse replied to linda2097's topic in Operating Room

    I wouldn't have a problem taking money for picking up a call day. I've never done it yet and always just traded days if someone needed to switch. However, for Super Bowl Sunday, Christmas, etc. You'd...

  8. Getting paid by the case

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

    ha ha... we have dr. slow poke working for us also. 8 hours once to do an exploratory lap with a sigmoid resection. makes for a long boring day. i would agree with the rest, how can you get paid by...

  9. When do you count ?

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

    thanks for the comments. it's not really a problem with the staff i'm hoping. this one time i did insist on counting first and she played a little hide the raytec game. i'm thinking it was an...

  10. When do you count ?

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

    So... when you do an open laparotomy, you count all the trays and the bookwalter after the patient is in the room because you have a second RN or CRNFA that will get the patient asleep while the...

  11. When do you count ?

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

    I wish it worked that way here. If I play the "I'm in charge" role, it would be a disaster for me. It's like Planet of the Apes and the techs run the world at this

  12. When do you count ?

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

    Yes, I'm expected to do everything. I get the patient onto the table, help anesthesia hook up the patient, intubate, etc. The scrub techs like it this way and will absolutely not scrub in and count...

  13. More sick calls on Superbowl Sunday? (Why was I not surprised to get a call?)

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

    Caller ID works great for this. If it's my day off and I see that the hospital is calling I know not to pick it up and listen to the message. If it's a true emergency and they need extra people I'm...

  14. SCD orders

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

    I'm sure if I asked all the surgeons where I work they would answer yes also. The point you are missing is that a standing order has to be reviewed and signed off on by the doctor. A master copy of...

  15. SCD orders

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

    Ummm.. you should be really careful with that line of thinking that a "preference" card is a standing order and is like a written order. I had a big problem thinking like that when I first came to the...

  16. 'Scrubbing In' policy at your work

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

    Worked at (2) hospital OR's and the policy was the same at both. If you are giving just a lunch or coffee break, you don't need to count. If the crew is changing for permanent relief, a full count of...

  17. Interview Help!

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

    It's always good to hear that people were able to benefit from information gained on this website. Welcome to the world of OR

  18. Interview Help!

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

    Just discussed: You can refer to this thread. https://allnurses.com/forums/f39/what-s-ask-future-employer-273549.html Good

  19. starting out in the OR

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

    Spoken like a true nurse intern. The best advice I "could" offer was to take a little time and read what has already been said. I wasn't trying to be a wise guy. If you had any questions after that,...

  20. starting out in the OR

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

    This has been discussed "ad nauseum" on this board. The best advice I can give you is to search this forum and see what's already been said about what it's like to work in the OR. Good

  21. SCD orders

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

    Common sense should prevail with such a non-issue as this. I know which surgeons want SCD's on their patients and which don't. Many times I've gone to pre-op to pick up my patient and can see that...

  22. What would you do ?

    OR male nurse posted a topic in Operating Room

    So I'm on call last night doing an ORIF of an ankle when the ER calls into the room and says that one of the surgeons wants to do an immediate surgery of a ruptured appendix. I told them they'd have...

  23. Nursing is 24 hours....

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

    This must be universal in the world. I worked at a factory on 2nd shift prior to becoming an RN. It was the same exact way. First shift left all kinds of stuff for the Second shift. When the Third...

  24. OR Nursing - what are your hours?

    OR male nurse replied to k8dubcoran's topic in Operating Room

    I work 6:30 - 3:00 M-F. Most days I don't get a 1/2 hour lunch so I'm outta there at 2:30. Call is extra time put in. We are open 24/7/365 to accommodate all your surgical

  25. What are your thoughts please?

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

    At my last hospital we would set up big cases (total ortho, shoulder scopes, carotids, etc.) the night before. We didn't have a night person that cleaned the rooms. At my present hospital, they don't...