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  1. Main OR to Med Surg

    mamamiah posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    I would like to know if there are any Main OR Circulators who have changed from the OR to MedSurg? I feel that I have lost all my skills and feel the need to go and work Med Surg for a few years....

  2. Main OR to Med Surg

    mamamiah replied to mamamiah's topic in Medical-Surgical

    On the contrary, I have nothing but good things to say when working with or surgeons. I have worked there for quite a while and we work well together. I still deal with family members, but not all...

  3. precepting nurses to MED SURG

    mamamiah posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    What would it be like for a nurse of 6 yrs who has worked in the operating room for 17 yrs total. I was a surgical technologist for 11 yrs and then went to nursing school. I stayed in surgery...

  4. precepting nurses to MED SURG

    mamamiah replied to mamamiah's topic in Medical-Surgical

    thank you so much for this info. I regret not having moved into Med Surg when I finished my nursing program. I am paying for it now. I am getting older and I am

  5. Main OR to Med Surg

    mamamiah replied to mamamiah's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I can't say that I am bored. I love what I do and I know that I am making a difference. With that being said when it comes to the nursing skills aspect of it I also feel that I've lost nursing...

  6. Main OR to Med Surg

    mamamiah replied to mamamiah's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Are there any Main OR nurses who have transferred to MED Surg? What was your experience like? I feel that my skills are lost. I feel the need to make a change to MedSurg. I am scared though....

  7. Savannah area hospitals

    mamamiah posted a topic in Georgia Nursing

    I will be moving to the Richmond Hill area and I'm wondering if anyone can give me any info on the Hospitals in Savannah.

  8. Just started Periop program and not sure it's for me

    mamamiah replied to Lovenursing89's topic in Operating Room

    I'm an OR nurse of three years. I started off as a surg tech but wanted to experience both worlds. I will be moving soon and wonder if going to a med/surg floor for a year or two would be...

  9. Chloraprep for foley insertion?

    mamamiah replied to kguill975's topic in Operating Room

    Chloraprep does have alcohol, we have 3 minute time out (fire risk). If pt has iodine allergy, I've used

  10. Gossip

    mamamiah posted a topic in Nursing Professionalism

    What would you do when you overhear co workers talking about the charge nurse who has gone back to school and that she has an agenda. There is favoritism that is shown to a few that have gone back to...

  11. Have reached my limit.

    mamamiah posted a topic in Operating Room

    Hi there, I was a surgical tech for about 11yrs. I went back to school and became an LPN but stayed in the OR and scrubbed cases. I went back to school and became an RN about two yrs ago. I am...

  12. LPN to RN who has lots of questions

    mamamiah replied to littlejtLPN's topic in LPN to RN

    LittlejtLPN, Are you now working as an RN? Are you enjoying

  13. Trauma case Bypassing preop holding straight to operating room

    mamamiah posted a topic in Operating Room

    Quick question, when a trauma case goes straight to OR bypassing preop holding do you as the circulator document for preop nurse. How can you do that documentation when the code trauma goes straight...

  14. Trauma case Bypassing preop holding straight to operating room

    mamamiah replied to mamamiah's topic in Operating Room

    Thank you all so much for the information. It is greatly

  15. Full time to PRN?

    mamamiah replied to Ilovethe80s's topic in Operating Room

    Oh my goodness, for a second I thought I started this specific thread. I am or was in the same boat. I am PRN not by choice though. When I finished nursing school my nurse manager said he could...

  16. Forensic Nursing LPN?

    mamamiah replied to Palexander3512's topic in Forensic

    Tina, great info. I'm looking for a change from the

  17. Gossip

    mamamiah replied to mamamiah's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Thank you for the advice. I am going to stay out of

  18. Gossip

    mamamiah replied to mamamiah's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I just wonder if upper management overheard this it could hurt them. Suppose if they are using the position for their own good. I will stay out of it

  19. still feel brand new

    mamamiah posted a topic in Operating Room

    I finished the ADN program about 1 1/2 yrs ago. Thing is I still feel like I have so much to learn. I am an OR nurse. I feel so overwhelmed some days and then there are days where I feel everything...

  20. still feel brand new

    mamamiah replied to mamamiah's topic in Operating Room

    I feel you misunderstood what my post was about. I was a surgical technologist for over 10 yrs and went on to become an RN and I am in the process of pursuing my BSN. I love my job and I was merely...

  21. orientation length in Operating room

    mamamiah posted a topic in North Carolina Nursing

    New Nurse here.......I was wondering how long of an orientation new nurses had in the Operating Room? Mine was 8 wks.....I find it annoying because the Nurse Educator we have is not readily...

  22. New OR nurse feeling lost

    mamamiah replied to lepetitoiseauRN's topic in Operating Room

    canesdukegirl, that was a great post, i am a new circulator and found this extremely helpful. I still have to develop my little groove within the OR. I always feel overwhelmed especially when...

  23. cardiac meds

    mamamiah posted a topic in General Students

    Today in lecture, we started covering cardiac meds. this is the first place I thought of once lecture was over. If anyone has any advice as to what will help me and my classmates remember this...

  24. cardiac meds

    mamamiah replied to mamamiah's topic in General Students

    Thanks a lot for the wonderful information. I will share it with

  25. LPN to RN transitions students FTCC

    mamamiah replied to mamamiah's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    KKonrad, any word, are you starting this fall '09. let me know.......and where is it that you work? are you going to