StakRN

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1. Sterile item expiration date

   StakRN posted a topic in Operating Room

   Hi everyone, while waiting for the manufacture to respond, would like to know your opinion on our debate at work today. Does the expiration date (indicated by the manufacturer)on a disposable, single use sterile item mean that the the item is no lon...

2. scrubbing and draping

   StakRN posted a topic in Operating Room

   Hi everyone, just need some advice on where on the internet is a good resource for surgical draping. I have alexander's, but in need of additional resources, pics and videos. background: I have been a surgical nurse for 2 years , 90% of the time cir...

3. scrubbing AAA

   StakRN posted a topic in Operating Room

   Hi everyone, I was wondering if someone can help me , I am being trained to scrub and tomorrow I will be doing a aaa. I do have Alexander's but I need to get into specifics. Like for example when to get the shods ready, or when to get the vascular c...

4. a little help on commonly used medications

   StakRN replied to StakRN's topic in Operating Room

   thanks for the replies..i would surely look these up ...it will be good to familiarize myself with these medications as I haven't encountered them before in my school clinicals...

5. a little help on commonly used medications

   StakRN posted a topic in Operating Room

   Hi ! I am new to the OR - about 3 weeks into orientation, and I was wondering if anyone could help me out and make a list of what the commonly used medications are in the OR. I haven't got the chance to really look over the meds in our med room. I kn...

6. hospital in pasadena....

   StakRN replied to NurseKaytlin's topic in California

   new grad base is 23.10 plus x 1 1/2 after 8 hours , so that totals to 26.95 ( plus night diff - I dont know how much). Then after 6 months goes up to 28.00 something -total.

7. Anybody knows Huntington Memorial Hospital and Mission Community Hospital?

   StakRN replied to newname's topic in California

   hi ! i work at huntington, and I agree with RNDUDE, it is a great place to work..i just started as a new grad last august. Their new grad rate is low compared to others but for me I think that it's okay, they give lots of support for new grads, sta...

8. Just To Say "hello"

   StakRN replied to nurselatino's topic in Operating Room

   hi thank you everyone for the support and encouragement, just an update - everything is going smoothly so far, just started my perioperative nursing classes at a junior college -where we also have labs where we practice gowning,hand scrub, skin preps...

9. Just To Say "hello"

   StakRN replied to nurselatino's topic in Operating Room

   hi nurselatino..just like you I start tomorrow..i am very nervous and also excited because the OR is the unit that i've always wanted to be in..Graduated last december and got my license on april - I do not have any OR experience - only the 2 observa...

10. GN starting rate?

    StakRN replied to RNismycalling's topic in New Nurse

    As a new grad in Pasadena, CA , Operating Room, they start me at 23.10 base pay and after 6 months 24.75 - very low for California - but OR is hard to get in ..so I took it. And since it's 1 year training i'll be working mon to fri /8 hours so I don'...

11. to all nclex passers:)

    StakRN replied to superborj's topic in International

    correction to the ncsbn review price that I posted few days ago : it's 3 weeks = $49 5 weeks = $69 8 weeks = $99 15 weeks = $159 http://www.learningext.com/products/rnreview/review.asp the questions they had are very challenging , which is good bec...

12. to all nclex passers:)

    StakRN replied to superborj's topic in International

    hi! what i did was I just mostly did practice questions..thousands of them.., i used kaplan and ncsbn -http://www.learningext.com/ - i paid $99.00 for 3 weeks access, they have questions and also content- which gave me good practice, most especially...

13. would you choose a job based on salary or "the job"?

    StakRN replied to NurseEmily22's topic in New Nurse

    Hi ! I am also in the same dilema. I got two job offers. Hospital A - is a 153 bed hospital, offered me a position in DOU (which is my 2nd choice) pay is much higher, with shift and weekend differential, even the day after thanksgiving is considered ...

14. Just Got My First Job!!!!!!

    StakRN replied to leesespieces's topic in New Nurse

    congrats !!! I too got a hired at a unit where I've always wanted to be in - the operating room ! congrats on your engagement too !!!

15. "Med-Surg first"..need advice from a student RN

    StakRN replied to StakRN's topic in Operating Room

    hi thanks everyone for the congratulations. Anyway, I got a call back for the OR position and they offered me the position..yipeeee..! I start orienting most likely mid june or july. Can't believe that there were only 2 positions open and they picked...