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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...

  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...

  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...

  4. 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...

  5. 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

  6. hospital in pasadena....

    StakRN replied to NurseKaytlin's topic in California Nursing

    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

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

    StakRN replied to newname's topic in California Nursing

    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...

  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...

  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...

  10. GN starting rate?

    StakRN replied to RNismycalling's topic in First Year After Licensure

    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...

  11. to all nclex passers:)

    StakRN replied to superborj's topic in International Nursing

    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...

  12. to all nclex passers:)

    StakRN replied to superborj's topic in International Nursing

    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...

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

    StakRN replied to NurseEmily22's topic in First Year After Licensure

    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...

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

    StakRN replied to leesespieces's topic in First Year After Licensure

    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...

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

    StakRN posted a topic in Operating Room

    Hi! I'm graduating in December from an RN program and always been interested in surgery, in fact I was going to go to a surgical tech school while waiting to get in the RN program. Fortunately I got...

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

    StakRN replied to StakRN's topic in Operating Room

    hi ! i know this thread is already old..but i would like to give an update to anyone that is interested, anyways just want to say that I have graduated last December, took the NCLEX and passed !!...

  18. College of the Canyons

    StakRN replied to yoginurse2b's topic in California Nursing

    hi Yoginurse..congrats on being accepted to the collaborative program.. I am going to be one of the first graduates of the collaborative program from COC this december. Before I got accepted to COC...

  19. Nursing School Blues??

    StakRN replied to Nili927's topic in General Students

    im in the same boat. I am graduating in December from an ADN program and I feel like I am not ready, it's not so much on the didactic part I am having a hard time with, it's the clinical portion. I'm...

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

    StakRN replied to StakRN's topic in Operating Room

    Hi ! thank you so much for all the replies...really appreaciate it...I will surely take into consideration all of your opinions and experiences..now I am more sure to go into OR nursing...I even asked...