JLynnOR

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1. recyclling in the OR

   JLynnOR replied to soon2bRST's topic in Operating Room

   Hey--hugely valid concern. Glad that I saw this post!! My hospital system began a recycling program several years ago and has won awards for it. Legacy Health System in Portland, OR. I've worked at...

2. Do I have the wrong personality???!!!

   JLynnOR replied to GadgetRN71's topic in Operating Room

   I'm a nice person, too and I had similar feelings when I started in the OR 7 years ago. And I did gain a lot of assertiveness that now is second-nature to me (I love how the OR shattered my "fear" of...

3. Nurse practioner in operating room

   JLynnOR replied to gobejo's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   I've seen both ACNP and FNP--mostly FNP. There are more FNP programs scattered across the nation, so that has some bearing on the prevalence of FNPs. I've heard (or read on this board?) that ACNP's...

4. New to Trauma--any tips?

   JLynnOR replied to JLynnOR's topic in Operating Room

   You guys are awesome. Thanks so much for the encouragement and

5. Getting into neurosurgery

   JLynnOR replied to bridgfor428's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

   Your best bet would be to ask this in the Operating Room Nursing section under Specialty Nursing. Usually nurses in the OR have to do a little of everything, even if neuro is your passion. The other...

6. Nurse practioner in operating room

   JLynnOR replied to gobejo's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   I currently work in surgery, and am in FNP school. I've worked with several NP's who work for surgeons, assisting MD in OR and seeing patients in clinic, etc. It's not as common for NPs to fill this...

7. "Circulating is so easy"

   JLynnOR replied to ORSmurf's topic in Operating Room

   My immediate reaction to the thread title was "Ooh, those is fightin' words!" I've hearded nurses who should know better say equally insensitive and false things about scrubbing. (I often like...

8. Code of Ethics

   JLynnOR replied to btlrcthy's topic in Operating Room

   Depending on how long you have for the assignment, the term "sterile conscience" is applied to the individual staff member's desire to protect the patient from harm by making sure that things are...

9. Now I'm REALLY psyched!

   JLynnOR replied to brewerpaul's topic in Operating Room

   Wait a minute--you were in podiatry already? (Reading is fundamental) You're not new to sterile technique in the OR setting, so you've got such an edge. My words of pre-encouragement are still...

10. Now I'm REALLY psyched!

    JLynnOR replied to brewerpaul's topic in Operating Room

    Remember this a couple of months from now: It is grueling to start any new specialty. Period. So when your current excitement (and desire to do always do a great job) clashes with the intenseness of...

11. New to Trauma--any tips?

    JLynnOR posted a topic in Operating Room

    I am an OR Nurse of 7 years, love it, wouldn't want anything other specialty within staff nursing (except that I'm in NP school). Love ortho, love fast paced stuff, and scrub pretty much everything...

12. Orthopedic NP?

    JLynnOR replied to AmyLouRN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I know of one Ortho NP and one Neuro NP. Neither went through any specific training programs, although the Ortho one was an RNFA first. I, too, am interested in becoming an Ortho NP and was excited to...

13. OR nurses operating C-arm Fluoro?

    JLynnOR replied to peddler's topic in Operating Room

    I've worked in two states in which our OR owned mini C-arm machines run by the doctor. The nurses don't run the machine--as others have said, we just turn it on, get it ready to go, and print the pics...

14. Spoiled Surgeons?

    JLynnOR replied to ortess1971's topic in Operating Room

    We have two scrubs for Total Hips and Knees (this is in addition to a PA, and somehow all hands manage to stay busy). Sometimes I'd really like to challenge some of the Ortho docs and ask them, "Have...

15. OR nursing.... "real nursing"

    JLynnOR replied to RNOTODAY's topic in Operating Room

    If not being a "real nurse" means cleaning "code browns" less than twice a year, count me in!! In all seriousness, the roles of all members of the interdisciplinary team are shifting and blurring all...