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  1. flop the mop

    armyrn replied to mcmike55's topic in Operating Room

    yes, it's

  2. What do you have in your first aid kit?

    armyrn replied to missmercy's topic in General Nursing

    1L distilled water, flashlight, poncho, duct tape, assorted batteries, an MRE (army issue meals ready to eat) survival blankets, a couple of IV sets and bags, CPR mask, minor laceration suturing kit,...

  3. Telephone Consent question

    armyrn replied to armyrn's topic in Operating Room

    the surgeon signed for having discussed the procedure, not as a witness. this was an emergency procedure. hospital legal told me today that i did the best i could have under the circumstances, so...

  4. flop the mop

    armyrn replied to mcmike55's topic in Operating Room

    we use a wetvac, we have to follow behind with a dry mop though to make sure we get all the wet up so no one

  5. Opening Rooms Before Cases Start

    armyrn replied to etennant's topic in Operating Room

    i looked this up at work today and you are absolutely correct. my

  6. LTC blood draws

    armyrn replied to gomernurse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    i left my position in 98, when i graduated. those amounts sound about right. for after hours i got about 50 bucks just to do the draw, not bad for a little drive and 10 minutes of

  7. Surg tech with serious burns from

    armyrn replied to sharann's topic in Operating Room

    we have an army saying; you can delegate authority but not responsibility. you need to know the skills (and limits) of your staff. on the other hand, the delegatee has a responsibility to ask for...

  8. Constantly Starting IV's in OR??

    armyrn replied to Nurse Alissa's topic in Operating Room

    we are having an opposite probelm, nurses on the floor running blood or potassium on pumps (and there are others, those just come to mind) and taking the pumps off prior to transfer. either running...

  9. So what do you keep in your work locker?

    armyrn replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in Operating Room

    a coffee cup full of pens, coffee cup for coffee, case of CD's, box of powerbars, holster for scissors and oxygen key, toiletries (to shower up when i bike in), clean uniform, yellow reflective belt,...

  10. Opening Rooms Before Cases Start

    armyrn replied to etennant's topic in Operating Room

    we usually open about 15-20 min prior to bringing the patient in the room. sometimes that gets delayed out to about 30 min. i may be wrong but i think max time to have supplies open is 2 hours prior...

  11. LTC blood draws

    armyrn replied to gomernurse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    during school i worked as a tech and all i did was drive to different LTC facilities and draw blood. i was way overpaid and the work was really easy. the different additives in the tubes are the...

  12. Fractured HIP patient - Need question answered

    armyrn replied to lcbaird's topic in Orthopedic

    i tend to agree that you should minimize transfers, which it sounds like y'all tried to do. ideally it should be bed-table-bed. one additional transfer should not "make or break" a postop hip...

  13. Air Force Anesthesia

    armyrn replied to ceska2's topic in Government, Military

    if you are considering army they are wavering a bit with the critical care requirement. last year they decided they would review applications from 66E (armyspeak for perioperative) nurses. tempting,...

  14. What is the minimum active duty signup in the army nurse corps?

    armyrn replied to armynursewannabe's topic in Government, Military

    i believe minimum is still 3 years. if you don't want to deploy consider public health service. a great deal, depending on how much flexibility you have as far as moving to a new location. if you...

  15. Becoming an R.N. in the Airforce?

    armyrn replied to WalkingInTheRain's topic in Government, Military

    go to the website http://www.airforce.mil or contact your local recruiter. be firm with what you want because recruiters will try to talk you into doing what they need! (they have quotas to fill)....

  16. Just Go Pee!

    armyrn replied to Huganurse's topic in General Nursing

    foley w/ leg bag, empty leg bag as

  17. Prep

    armyrn replied to tiredfeet2's topic in Operating Room

    We don't do total joints where I work but we use betadine gel almost exclusively in our preps and don't have any problems. contact time is most important, so it's good to be fast with the gel. I've...

  18. creutzfeld-jakob

    armyrn replied to gillian's topic in Operating Room

    In theory we would discard any instrument that comes into contact with possibly infected (i.e. brain or spinal cord) tissue. Given that we don't do neuro we'd have bigger problems than what to do...

  19. sterile fields in operating room

    armyrn replied to pcoburn's topic in Operating Room

    Someone must observe the sterile field at all times, after 2 hours it should be considered contaminated, even if no contamination is observed. That's just what we do though. Anyone from Oklahoma...

  20. creutzfeld-jakob

    armyrn replied to gillian's topic in Operating Room

    We don't do neurosurgery, so it isn't a big issue where I work, but our standard is that any instrument that comes into contact with CNS tissue is thrown

  21. preceptor stories

    armyrn replied to Simone Hill's topic in Operating Room

    I can speak from personal experience that in the Army we go through a 120 day training course to learn to work in the O.R. and then get between 30-60 days orientation on sitefollowing that training....