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  1. Want to move to the OR

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

    Somedays it can be fun to watch a surgeon explode.. as long as it's not directed at you.... I could write a book with all the crap I've seen by being in the OR almost 6 years this May. Just when you...

  2. Want to move to the OR

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

    Hmm... you got screamed at in your face by an orthopedic surgeon and ducked as he threw a rongeur across the OR ? LOL.... I wear my teflon suit under my scrubs just in

  3. Want to move to the OR

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

    Sure... no problem.

  4. Want to move to the OR

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

    Not really... was meant to be "tongue in cheek"

  5. Want to move to the OR

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

    They look for someone with no expericence whatsover. That way you can conform to the insane way that the operating room works. It's a subculture. If you have so much experience in cardiac and ICU.....

  6. How to become an OR nurse

    OR male nurse replied to 1102RN's topic in Operating Room

    Apply for the job and hope that you don't get eaten alive. Working in the OR will test your resolve within the first month. Either you can handle it.. or you can't. I've seen soooo many students...

  7. What exactly does "First Assist" mean?

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

    It means either a surgical tech that's worked there forever that has a certificate that lets them "close" or suture when the surgeon leaves the room. Or it means an RN that's gone to a special school...

  8. Tell me what you would like to learn about the OR environment?

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

    I'd like to learn why 2 different hopsitals that I've worked at don't reimburse for the CNOR certification and why most people don't know and don't care what CNOR

  9. How long are O.R. shifts?!

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

    In the OR ? Are you kidding ? If you're lucky you get to go home after 8 hours. This happens maybe one day/week. Most days I work at leat 9-10 hours and if I don't "volunteer" to stay late, I get...

  10. Advice for OR preceptorship

    OR male nurse replied to Nicole2010's topic in Operating Room

    Read the Bible.... god help you.

  11. new grad to OR

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

    Stick with being an RN. Where I work we have RN's that also scrub in. They get the short end of the stick as they have to do 2 jobs. It works against them some days as they run from one case where...

  12. Tell me about CALL

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

    Hmm.. tell you about call... Call SUCKS... throw the dice and see what comes up. I've had nights where I didn't do anything, and I've had nights where I've worked 29 hours straight. Even when you are...

  13. "blame the nurse" in the OR??

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

    No matter what.. it's always the Circulating RN's

  14. setting up the case

    OR male nurse replied to tiny1's topic in Operating Room

    The RN and the ST set up the case and open the supplies. The RN leaves the room to go and get the patient and the ST goes and sits in the break room and drinks a cup of coffee. The ST peeks out tof he...

  15. CNOR

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

    Worked at 2 different hospitals in the OR. At both of them, they didn't pay you any more to have CNOR on your name badge and wouldn't reimburse you the money spent to get the letters. At both places...

  16. What do you love about the OR? & what do you hate?

    OR male nurse replied to blueberry21's topic in Operating Room

    Hmmm... after doing this for almost 5 years.. I love helping people that come to the OR I hate the A type personalities that work in the OR I love my profession I hate the CRNA's that think they are...

  17. How many hours can you work ?

    OR male nurse posted a topic in Operating Room

    Just finished working 22 hours straight. Last week it was virtually the same except I had 1/2 hour in between where I got to sit down before my pager went off yet again. Just wondered what your policy...

  18. Foley Balloon Test

    OR male nurse posted a topic in Operating Room

    In school we were taught to pre-inflate the balloon on the Foley to make sure there weren't any pin holes. In reality, the urologists don't want you to pre-inflate because they say it makes the ribs...

  19. Surgeons who scrub early

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

    You mean while they are staring over your shoulder tapping their foot watching you place the foley and watching you prep the incision sight ? I pretty much ignore this now. When I first started in the...

  20. Bad fit for the OR?

    OR male nurse replied to CTRN2679's topic in Operating Room

    But.... O.R. nursing is very fast-paced, surgeons and coworkers will verbally abuse you, and there is a ton of stuff to learn. LOL... this is an understatement. I put on my teflon scrubs every day...

  21. Foley Balloon Test

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

    Wow.. this discussion is still going on and

  22. Child Restraint During Induction ?

    OR male nurse posted a topic in Operating Room

    Wondering how the RN's hold a child still during induction. I've seen a couple of different ways. One way is the "smother" where you kind of throw yourself over the child and try to hold down their...

  23. Meds in the OR

    OR male nurse posted a topic in Operating Room

    Have a question as to who gets the meds for your cases ? Where I work now, the techs or set up aids have free run of the anesthesia cabinets and are allowed to go and get the lidocaine, heparin, etc....

  24. Breaks for OR RNs

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

    This is mostly the way it is where I work. You're lucky to get a 15 minute rest break and most days but not all you do get your 1/2 hour lunch. As far as calling someone in during your case to let you...

  25. Circulating role

    OR male nurse replied to baygirl79's topic in Operating Room

    I do the same. I'm by the MDA or CRNA's side during induction and