tessa_RN

We have a Tech that has been there for a million years and she tries to tell people how to circulate out of field..It kills me...

It took me about 1 year to feel comfortable..and Ive been there 2 years and I was telling someone today how I dont feel nervous anymore..I circulate every service and scrub all but neuro and open heart..Today in ortho we was using and instrument set ...

I graduated from St. Marys in 2005 and I have to say I loved the school...I feel they really prepared me for the NCLEX and nursing..The instructors are really helpful and will go out of their way to help you if you have a problem..The only thing I di...

Congrats on being accepted...I hear that is a great program..I went to St. Marys School of Nursing based out of Marshall..I am from around the Logan area..but as being in any nursing school be prepared and well organized..Being organized is the key t...

I always double glove...I wear a 6 protegrity micro on the bottom beacause it is powder free (the powder makes my hands itch) and I wear a 6 1/2 white on top..It took me a while to figure out a good combination... As for punture I think the ortho glo...

i totally agree on this one..its on our evals about we should have less than a 15 minute turnover time..this is not possible for evening shift because we dont have a holding area after 5:30 and we have to use delay codes so god forbid if we dont put ...

If I am not in charge then I carry pens and my calender which has numbers in it through out the hospital..If I am in charge then I carry the keys and the phone

Scrub...Dont get me wrong I like to circulate but when you are working midnights with only one scrub tech and a nurse which is me it gets hectic being the only nurse there...I would rather scrub because there are a few of the scrub nurses and techs t...

I went straight to the OR out of nursing school and I love it..I do not regret not having floor nurse experience..I plan on staying in the OR..I say if you want to be a OR nurse then go for it.......My clinicals were nothing like the OR...I love it b...

I was 20 when I graduated nursing school..I guess the youngest age would be 19..I know people I work with that were 19 when they graduated nursing school..That is getting your 2-year degree

I know how you feel..I did the same way..I have been out of training on my own now 6 months and I am now starting to get comfortable..There are still times that I get so nervous that I can not stand if..If I am circulating a procedure Ive never done ...

I went straight from Nursing School to the OR and I love it..I wouldnt have it any other way..You do perform nusing duties..You assess..When I am circulating I will look at my patients vitals and see how much blood they have loss or what rhythm their...

Yep..the shoes thing is a good idea..i want to wear shoe covers now while doing a vag. prep..I ruined a new pair of shox with betadine..The only thing I dont like is the stirrups..It gets very tiring putting the stirrups up and taking them off the be...

I like being in a room because I know where everything is and everything is in a certain order to suit me..Ive relieved in a room and everything is a complete mess...

I would have done the same thing you did..I dont want anything that has touched latex to touch my patient.

people sign up for it and then when no one signs up for the shift at our wednesday staff meeting they draw names..

SPD puts the buggies together for us and when we get them upstairs on evening shift we will put the things on the buggy that they dont keep down stairs..We push the buggies to the room....We are also responsible for making sure suture is picked (whic...

You may tell them so they wont assign you to a room with alot of fluro..Where I work if someone is pregnant they get assigned to a room where x-ray isnt used..and Congrats on the pregnancy!!!

Congrats!!!!!I hope that you like it..I love working at St.Marys...

that is what they have holding for is to have the next patient ready..I dont like the idea of 2 pts in the same room..Personally I wouldnt want another patient in the room if I was having surgery.I dont care what it is...I know after every case the r...

I like St.Marys..I work in the OR so my experience would be different from the floor..I know people that work on the floor and they like it..Plus the benefits are great..you dont have to pay for health insurance if you are full time..Plus after your ...

Yes for us it is part of the OR and we rotate through it and it is not managed seperately...

You will do great!!!!!!!!!At first it is scary being on your own but after a while you settle down..Eventually you will develop your own routine..I know when I first started out on my own I was scared..But if I ran into any problem I would call my ch...

When I was a nursing student I did my OR rotation and I knew then and there I wanted to be in the OR..Lucky for me after my first year of nursing school (I did a 2 year program) 4 spots came open for nursing students to extern in the OR..I was excite...

Well the longest case I have been scrubbed in was a radical neck dissection..We started at 8 and I got lunch around 1 ate lunch and came back and left at 3:15..But Ive done nothing over that..Ive done a 6hr tummy tuck with no relief..But out of all t...