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  1. Breaks for OR RNs

    brewerpaul replied to Asklepios's topic in Operating Room

    Our OR has more RNs than operating rooms and the extras are "Tweeners"-- they help out between rooms, pull the next day's cases, some of them scrub as needed and they also give breaks as necessary. If...

  2. Advice from the vets please

    brewerpaul replied to RNOTODAY's topic in Operating Room

    Be yourself, not what you think someone else wants you to be (good advice for life as well as in the OR). If you've been in the OR for a year, even on orientation, you're probably in pretty good...

  3. Moving to another hospital OR

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

    I just finished my first year in the OR (right out of RN school) so I can't speak about switching from one OR to another. However, in my year at my present job I trained with quite a few different...

  4. Private practice vs. hospital - pros and cons?

    brewerpaul replied to alkaleidi's topic in Operating Room

    I think the types of cases you see would be limited in an outpatient clinic. When I was in nursing school I spent time in an outpatient orthopedic clinic. It was a first class place but ALL they did...

  5. Dreaming of the OR?

    brewerpaul posted a topic in Operating Room

    OK-- working in the OR is really getting to me. We just got back from a great vacation in Mexico and I had an OR dream while I was there! In the dream I was working on some big case. I don't know...

  6. Need help creating policy for counting needles in eye surgery

    brewerpaul replied to sharon03031956's topic in Operating Room

    Although it may not make practical sense, I think it makes sense to count all needles, all the time for medical legal reasons. If a malpractice case came to court and you were called upon to testify,...

  7. just got hired into the OR- any tips?

    brewerpaul replied to Cinnamongirl's topic in Operating Room

    For me the toughest thing has been the sheer volume of stuff to learn:names,sizes,locations and different varieties of hundreds of sutures,dressings, instruments,instrument sets, etc. Different setups...

  8. Patients say the funniest things...

    brewerpaul replied to brewerpaul's topic in Operating Room

    I just remembered one from a few weeks back... I was working on a cysto case. The patient was a 30-something woman who was in for something like a cysto/retro with conscious sedation (versed/demerol)....

  9. Patients say the funniest things...

    brewerpaul replied to brewerpaul's topic in Operating Room

    Or, they went in the right way, but went too

  10. Need advice

    brewerpaul replied to Apollonia's topic in Operating Room

    See if it's possible to spend a day at each place shadowing a nurse. That may give you a better idea of which environment is best for your

  11. Chloroprep and mastisol

    brewerpaul replied to nellie_nurse812's topic in Operating Room

    Marie-- are you sure it's the combo of mastisol and chloraprep and not just one or the

  12. Synchronized clocks

    brewerpaul replied to nellie_nurse812's topic in Operating Room

    You mean it's possible for all the clocks in the house to read the same time? What a concept! I'm always astounded that with all the high tech goodies that we routinely use in the OR, our clocks all...

  13. How to handle an abusive surgeon?

    brewerpaul replied to aquarius1's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm thinking maybe a towel clamp down where the sun don't shine might get the message

  14. Taking an OR externship

    brewerpaul replied to XYnurse2B's topic in Operating Room

    Check out this thread thoroughly: https://allnurses.com/forums/f39/soooo-you-re-observing-operating-room-o-r-142748.html Tons of great advice there! You're in for a LOT of fun

  15. Chloroprep and mastisol

    brewerpaul replied to nellie_nurse812's topic in Operating Room

    I haven't seen this, but then again the patient goes out the door soon after the mastisol goes

  16. scared about leaving OR

    brewerpaul replied to micco's topic in Operating Room

    Sometimes I've found that with abrasive people it helps to try to talk to them about non-work related things eg in the break room, and get to know them a bit. See what they're interested in, and if...

  17. Male OR Nurse

    brewerpaul replied to ib4au's topic in Operating Room

    Absolutely, if it's at all possible. Since there are fewer male nurses, the hospital may not have enough staff to accomodate this

  18. scared about leaving OR

    brewerpaul replied to micco's topic in Operating Room

    Man, don't let one *ssh*le like that make you leave the OR or any other place that you like. The fact is that there can be jerks ANY place you work-- this is a fact of life. The ER may be no...

  19. Manual prostatectomy?

    brewerpaul posted a topic in Operating Room

    We have one urologist who apparently does radical prostatectomies almost entirely by touch, with almost no instruments (I haven't seen it yet but it's been described to me by an RNFA who I trust). The...

  20. Pay for carring the beeper

    brewerpaul replied to SandraCVRN's topic in Operating Room

    Region -Upstate NY # of OR's -7 $$ for being on call only -$2.00 specialty get extra?? - no It's not much money, but I actually welcome the excuse to have to stay home and available. My wife and I...

  21. Manual prostatectomy?

    brewerpaul replied to brewerpaul's topic in Operating Room

    Is there a name for this technique? I tried Googling "prostate manual dissection" and similar searches to get more info, but had no luck. It's all Da Vinci on

  22. Bummed Out- Leaving OR

    brewerpaul replied to Joe Nurse's topic in Operating Room

    If you love the OR, don't quit now!! Three months is WAY too short for a new grad to learn this stuff and be expected to go solo. I did it, but I came to nursing after 30 years as a podiatrist so I...

  23. RNFA salaries?

    brewerpaul posted a topic in Operating Room

    Hi-- can anyone give me a comparison between RN and RNFA salaries, given an equal number of years as a nurse? Upstate NY, if that makes a

  24. Pigeon holed?

    brewerpaul replied to mooneyes65's topic in Operating Room

    Why would anyone want to work anywhere else?

  25. Favorite specialty and why?

    brewerpaul replied to IsseyM's topic in Operating Room

    Not a specialty as such, but I like laparoscopic cases. I like to see what's going on and as a circulator I don't really see much in open cases: surgeons hands in an incision, occasionally a specimen...