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  1. Dealing with gossips

    OR male nurse replied to Pam RN's topic in General Nursing

    Wow.. you are describing one of our surgical techs perfectly. She has been at our hospital 9 years and is really knowledgeable but ruins it by being the biggest backstabber and gossip spreader. She's...

  2. Labeling preps???

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

    I have to totally agree with you and what you stated. How ridiculous to label your preps. So now you have to open up sterile labels and a pack of sterile gloves in order to put the labels on your...

  3. How often are you called in during on call?

    OR male nurse replied to Kate0140's topic in Operating Room

    Hi..we usually work 1 call night per week and then average a weekend every 7 weekends. I get called in mostly every time I am on call. Most of the calls are for either an emergency C-section or an...

  4. Where do you put your used sponges? L&D RN in NJ

    OR male nurse replied to StatRNNJ97's topic in Operating Room

  5. Where do you put your used sponges? L&D RN in NJ

    OR male nurse replied to StatRNNJ97's topic in Operating Room

    We lay out a 1/2 sheet on the floor and the ST tosses the laps or raytex onto the sheet. When the RN has time, they lay them out in rows of 4 with the 5th sponge underneath for a count of 5. When...

  6. Silly Surgeon Stories

    OR male nurse posted a topic in Operating Room

    Just when you think you've seen it all in the OR. Any other circulators out there have that "special" surgeon that seems to act like Jerry Lewis the disorderly orderly in the operating room? We have...

  7. Boards

    OR male nurse replied to charles-thor's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Sorry.. should have read the header.. didn't see you were going for your CRNA

  8. Boards

    OR male nurse replied to charles-thor's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Hi, I can only tell you from my own experience. I studied for a good month prior to taking the NCLEX. I tried very hard to study at least 3 hours per day during the week and a couple more per day...

  9. call pay

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

    $2.00/hr to carry the pager. Time and 1/2 pay, 1/2 hour paid travel time (regardless if you only live 1 block away) and shift differential depending on what shift it is you are called in on....