samswim4

samswim4 has 5 years experience and specializes in Operating Room.

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1. Who Runs Your Operating Room?

   samswim4 replied to msn10's topic in Operating Room

   We have just implemented the charge triad team which includes the nurse-in-charge, anesthesia-in-charge, and the surgeon-in-charge. The nurse and anesthesiologist are the primary board runners with...

2. cautery smoke evacuation

   samswim4 replied to kpitufa18's topic in Operating Room

   Our OR currently uses the Buffalo Filter. It's only used by two of our surgeons on their cytoreduction cases curently. We are looking to trial the plumepen as well as the plumeport that is used in...

3. Passing the CNOR exam!

   samswim4 replied to AVSRN's topic in Operating Room

   Congrats! What a

4. Scrubbing

   samswim4 replied to Anniehow's topic in Operating Room

   Our organization is about an 80/20 split. All of our RN's are trained to scrub all cases except for hearts, as they have there own

5. Which Job to take?

   samswim4 replied to icu__rn's topic in Nurse Management

   If you are looking to move up the management ladder, I would highly recommend the ANM position. That position will give you the opportunity to lead staff and also will give you the opportunity to...

6. A Day in the Life of an OR Charge Nurse

   samswim4 replied to canesdukegirl's topic in Operating Room

   Sounds EXACTLY like my day. "I love my

7. Vocera or Alternative?

   samswim4 replied to mommy2boysaz's topic in Operating Room

   My OR is exactly like Sweet Roses, except for our PCAs and anesthesia techs carry pagers and their pagers numbers are written on the boards of each OR. Works great, except for when my charge phone is...

8. Preparing for the CNOR

   samswim4 replied to orrnvs's topic in Operating Room

   I used the CCI flash cards as well as the CCI app for iPhones. The app gives you about 120 questions based on the CNOR exam. It really was a great tool. I studied for a couple of weeks and did fine....

9. Help!! Nursing management salaries...

   samswim4 replied to wheeler913's topic in Nurse Management

   Not knowing your salary it would be tough to tell. I would say $30k under your salary. What did you

10. MBA Healthcare Administration...but no management experience, waste of time?

    samswim4 replied to Jory's topic in Nurse Management

    I don't understand why there's a question!!! If she wants to advance and needs a masters to do it, then why hasn't she. She's not going to get into management if she doesn't have a masters degree....

11. Any black male nurses out there?

    samswim4 replied to Spoiled1's topic in Men in Nursing

    I think that's the question of the century! It shouldn't matter, but if you look at the percentage rate of African-Americans in nursing...and then look at the percentage of AA males in nursing, it's...

12. Nurse with potty mouth.

    samswim4 replied to Born2BWild's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It's hard not to notice an unprofessional

13. Nurse with potty mouth.

    samswim4 replied to Born2BWild's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Since when did it become O.K. for a "professional" nurse to curse in the work environment?! Why is this tolerated? There is no excuse for any staff member to curse in front of patients and family...

14. Tired of bedside nursing

    samswim4 replied to youngebloodrn's topic in Men in Nursing

    Oh wow...you have so many different opportunities I don't know where to begin!!! You can come to the

15. Any black male nurses out there?

    samswim4 replied to Spoiled1's topic in Men in Nursing

    I'm a newly graduated black male RN in South Carolina! In my graduating class, there were 90 of us, and I was the only AA male to graduate. The semester before me there were two. I am now working in...