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  1. OR table set up for Scrub Nurse

    Epona posted a topic in Operating Room

    Hello everyone!! :) I am looking for a book that has pictures of a set-up for a general OR table. You know, where I can see the Deavers set up, the scissors set up, the basin bin set up, etc. A...

  2. OR table set up for Scrub Nurse

    Epona replied to Epona's topic in Operating Room

    Thanks Boxrluvr! That was helpful!! We are supposed to go over the instruments in detail tomorrow. I will ask them to please provide us with a general standard set up. That as you say, will be HELPFUL...

  3. Image book for OR set-up

    Epona replied to Epona's topic in Operating Room

    Thanks for the link! I posted this over there! Have a great

  4. Still a new grad... when will it end?

    Epona replied to helster83's topic in First Year After Licensure

    OP.. do not take it personally or feel bad about it. I too have been through a few jobs and I have tried VERY HARD at all of them. I had a fine preceptor at my first job (Med Surg), but the floor...

  5. On call... 24 hours??

    Epona posted a topic in Operating Room

    I am taking this from an older post: "It's common for me to work a 7-7 shift, have call starting at 11 that night, call ends at 7 am, and i start regular shift at 7 am." Ok.. so let me get this...

  6. On call... 24 hours??

    Epona replied to Epona's topic in Operating Room

    Wow. That is the pits. That is awful. Sounds like the OR is a nice place to work, but call appears to stink. Guess I will just have to wait and see how it goes. I am always wondering why the hospitals...

  7. On call... 24 hours??

    Epona replied to Epona's topic in Operating Room

    Thanks Boxrluvr! I did not know that. All this with the OR is NEW to me. Ok.. thanks a lot for letting me know about the 'sleep room.' And by the way... I like your dog picture!

  8. On call... 24 hours??

    Epona replied to Epona's topic in Operating Room

    Thanks so much chickman1004. I was figuring within an hour. So looks like if I stay on after the internship, I will have to stay at a hotel when I am pulling call so I can be there in time. Thank...

  9. On call... 24 hours??

    Epona replied to Epona's topic in Operating Room

    Ok. Thanks ChristineAdrianaRN. That's cool then. I was like OH MY GOODNESS!! I appreciate the clarification. Also, since we are talking ON CALL... when you are on call, do you have to LIVE within a...

  10. How do I gain experience as a brand new nurse?

    Epona replied to suzie<3RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    It's hard to get a job as a new grad in a hospital. It can be done, but not easy. It took me several months to land a job in a hospital as a new grad. It was on Med Surg. Hated it. Wanting to work in...

  11. Asked to shadow? A good thing?

    Epona replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    I got in!!! HOORAY!!!!!

  12. Asked to shadow? A good thing?

    Epona posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello! I was asked to shadow recently for an internship. I am really hoping I get in. They had almost 30 applicants (I was told), interviewed a top 12 and will take 6. I was one of the top 12. They...

  13. Oh boy. Let go from job... not sure if this is it. :(

    Epona replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks again all for the advice. OP here. I shadowed in the OR today and enjoyed it. It was a 'much slower' pace then the urgent care or med surg floor I was on. I think my problem is when the...

  14. Oh boy. Let go from job... not sure if this is it. :(

    Epona posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi all. Well I have worked in two medical settings and had to resign at one job, and now tonight, was let go at another. AWFUL!!! I am told I am 'very smart' have an 'impressive educational...

  15. Oh boy. Let go from job... not sure if this is it. :(

    Epona replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks everyone! There have been some excellent posts here. As the OP, I can say that NO... I did not get a lot of good clinical training. If I recall, the most we did was give an insulin shot, hand...

  16. Riverside Regional- Hampton Roads VA

    Epona posted a topic in Virginia Nursing

    Hello VA nurses! Do any of you work at Riverside in Newport News?? I got a job offer there on a Med/Surg unit. I am a new grad. I also have a jog offer at Eastern State doing RN recruting and...

  17. New RN job... NO orientation!!!

    Epona posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Good evening! I am starting a new RN job in an urgent care next week. I was informed tonight that I will not be getting ANY orientation. NADA. Is this typical with urgent care centers?? I know in the...

  18. Injection questions, Insulin, Lovenox

    Epona posted a topic in Patient Medications

    Hello... just wanted to verify... Insulin is always given SQ and so is Lovenox, correct?? I usually give Insulin and when needed, Lovenox near the belly-button abdomen area SQ. I hear that Lovenox can...

  19. Fairly new RN- any good internships out there? GOOD orientations??

    Epona posted a topic in Virginia Nursing

    Hi! I am a fairly new RN and went to a BSN program. Got the book smarts, but not much in the way of hands on CLINICAL. I had a job at a hospital and it was awful there as I was lacking in hands-on...

  20. Potassium question...

    Epona replied to Soflo_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Potassium level is extremely important. The cardiac muscle is very susceptible to changes in K levels. Even a slight drop can irritate the heart and cause arrhythmias. My thought, before I started...

  21. Where can I get MORE HANDS-ON clinical training??

    Epona replied to Epona's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thanks. I had bascially NO orientation. Just a little over a day. Seriously. They have finally decided to give me the training/ orientation I have needed. When I was hired, I told them my limitations...

  22. Where can I get MORE HANDS-ON clinical training??

    Epona posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    hi! i am a fairly new rn and went to a bsn program. got the book smarts, but not much in the way of hands on clinical. i had a job at a hospital and it was awful there as i was lacking in hands-on...

  23. How'd You Get Your ER Job?

    Epona replied to commonsense's topic in Emergency

    I sought out an ER job pretty much out of school. They would not hire me without any experience. And I am GLAD now. I have worked in Med Surg and I am now in Urgent Care. There is a TON to learn. I...

  24. Help! How do I sign my name??

    Epona replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    Thank

  25. Fairly new RN- any good internships out there? GOOD orientations??

    Epona replied to Epona's topic in Virginia Nursing

    Yes LunahRN. It is definitely a challenge. Wish me