JLynnOR

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  1. 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...

  2. 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...

  3. 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...

  4. 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...

  5. 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

  6. 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...

  7. 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...

  8. "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...

  9. 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...

  10. 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...

  11. 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...

  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...

  16. One Trick Ponies in OR

    JLynnOR replied to ortess1971's topic in Operating Room

    I have mixed feelings about this issue. Continuity, surgeon satisfaction, and efficiency often demand having people who've shown particular skill in an area in those rooms more often than others. I...

  17. Cast carts-how do you do it?

    JLynnOR replied to jenlotus's topic in Orthopedic

    Have some bandage scissors, and some cast splitting tools handy as well. Our docs almost all use plaster; it's strange how different preferences can be. In our OR, we've got a nice Armstrong (I...

  18. Verbal abuse in the OR

    JLynnOR replied to JaneRNBSN's topic in Operating Room

    Yeah, NoCrumping, I think the trick with most surgeons is just learning who you're dealing with. There are some who are more than respectful, some who you just need to shut up around, and others who...

  19. age for not taking call

    JLynnOR replied to callbabe's topic in Operating Room

    I worked somewhere that had a formula where your age plus years of service at the hospital added up to X number of years, and you were then off call. That really kept some of the people pretty loyal...

  20. New hosptial computer systems pull nurses away from patient care

    JLynnOR replied to lee1's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    My hospital system implemented it on a hospital-wide basis for our brand new hospital before the rest of the system went live on this particular system. The software system, although not in its...

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

    JLynnOR replied to StatRNNJ97's topic in Operating Room

    My first OR, in a small community hospital, used the hanging sponge counter bags. This is what I came to expect as the standard. I then got a job working within a large health system in a...

  22. Getting a job in the OR

    JLynnOR replied to foreverstudent36's topic in Operating Room

    I don't know that the inference was that OR, ER, PACU or L&D aren't overworked, maybe just that they're more rewarding or feel more appreciated. I'd personally recommend getting ICU experience...

  23. Anyone work at SW Wa. Med Ctr?

    JLynnOR replied to Undecided7's topic in Washington Nursing

    Have you applied for the internship? One of my co-workers applied for it a couple of weeks ago, was in-line/ready to go for the job. Someone applied for it internally the day before the internal...

  24. nurse practioners and surgery

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

    RNFAs and PAs are not even equitable. RNFAs are not mid-levels. They may be able to bill in some places for assisting, but they do not have prescriptive authority or the same primary care training...

  25. Techs and MEDS?????

    JLynnOR replied to RNOTODAY's topic in Operating Room

    (Before I posted, I didn't realize that there were four pages of posts on this. People on pages 2, 3, and 4 said what I was going to say--and better! Oh Well.) The scrub is always supposed to have...