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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 back up from the surgeon in the event there is a maj...

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 laparoscopic cases. It's actually a great smoke evacu...

Congrats! What a relief!!

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 team.

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 learn what it takes to manage a unit, ie. staffing, bu...

Sounds EXACTLY like my day. "I love my job..."

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 ringing non-stop.

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. Study the AORN standards as well, because those sta...

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

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. Seems pretty simple to me...just saying. P.S. That wo...

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 pretty disparaging. Race shouldn't matter, but when...

It's hard not to notice an unprofessional "professional."

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 members. Clearly it shows that the person is incompete...

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

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 the midst of my New Grad Orientation in the Operati...

Hey, That sort of thing happened to me. I worked as a PCT in the CCU. I informed my boss when I was taking the NCLEX and approximately when I would be finding out the results. I already had an RN job lined up, so we both decided that I would work th...

Bahaha! I keep doing the same thing too! I don't think I'll really be relieved until I see my name and license number on the website!

Congrats Nrsman! I just graduated last week and accepted a job in the OR as well, I can't wait! My orientation will be six months, including circulating and scrubbing.

Hey I was wondering the same thing. I am graduating in December with an ADN. I already have a BS in Biology. I am very interested in Hospital Administration(ie. NM, Director, Administrator). I'm applying for a MBA program and a MHA(Masters in Health ...

Well, the reason it goes on all the time is because actions like this are not being taken! It is AGAINST THE LAW to look at patient records of whom you are not taking care of. How would you like it, if you as a nursing student, had to be hospitalized...

Do you guys rotate those schedules, or are they set. I'm starting in the OR after I take my boards in January and was wondering if I get to choose my schedule after I get off of orientation. The OR I will be working in does 10 and 12's.

So how's your orientation in the OR going so far?!

Wow, you guys are lucky! We have to pass ours with 97% or better.

Thanks Karen! It was a pleasure meeting you, your husband, Brian, and the rest of the gang! Hope to see you again soon in Nashville, and maybe in SC at our state convention in October, haha!

Here are a couple of links that address the current situation at MUSC: http://www.charleston.net/news/2008/nov/01/budget_cut_prompts_rumors_furlough60075/ http://www.charleston.net/news/2008/oct/16/musc_braces_budget_storm58092/ Hope this may answer ...