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mikethern

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  1. How long until i feel competent?

    mikethern replied to heartincalif's topic in Operating Room

    It will take a year to feel more comfortable. It will at least a couple years to feel confident. You will never stop learning, especially if you are expected to learn all types of surgery....

  2. Ready to be in charge?

    mikethern replied to GadgetRN71's topic in Operating Room

    I guess you haven't worked in a level one trauma center. CABG bring-backs don't wait for the operating room to be ready. Neither do some other types of

  3. Ready to be in charge?

    mikethern replied to GadgetRN71's topic in Operating Room

    Being in charge and circulating at the same time sucks. What happens if you are doing a case and an emergency rolls in before you have time to call the call

  4. Ready to be in charge?

    mikethern replied to GadgetRN71's topic in Operating Room

    What is a closed

  5. Ready to be in charge?

    mikethern replied to GadgetRN71's topic in Operating Room

    If this is the first time you will be working in this hospital, the advantage is that nurses will respect your authority more than if they already knew you. The disadvantage is that you don't have...

  6. Fracture tables

    mikethern replied to lindaloo51's topic in Operating Room

    Yeah, you gotta love how the chick table looks. Looks like a medieval torture

  7. Do you always wear eye protection when circulating?

    mikethern posted a topic in Operating Room

    Most people don't. I think I am going to start doing

  8. Dermatology Ambulatory Surgery

    mikethern replied to PACNWNURSING's topic in Operating Room

    No, but it's a good easy job. Nice long easy cases on healthy

  9. what does it take to be an OR nurse?

    mikethern replied to lenjoy03's topic in Operating Room

    I entered the O.R. as a new grad in 1996. It was the toughest year of my life, but floor nursing probably would had been tougher. Repost from my past comments.... If you...

  10. pregnant, working wtih bone cement?

    mikethern replied to wrxgal's topic in Operating Room

    Stay out of cases using C-arm

  11. Yet another "Is OR right for me?" thread...

    mikethern replied to elizabells's topic in Operating Room

    You look like actress Katee Sackhoff from Bionic

  12. Yet another "Is OR right for me?" thread...

    mikethern replied to elizabells's topic in Operating Room

    Toughness is a requirement in the operating room. You will meet some of the nastiest physicians and coworkers you will ever meet in your life. Most are nice though. I entered the O.R. as a new grad....

  13. what does it take to be an OR nurse?

    mikethern replied to lenjoy03's topic in Operating Room

    It is one of a few new drugs that shrink benign prostatic

  14. what does it take to be an OR nurse?

    mikethern replied to lenjoy03's topic in Operating Room

    Luckily, less TURPS are performed these days thanks to

  15. What call would you get rid of?

    mikethern posted a topic in Operating Room

    If you worked day shift, and you were on 24 hour call every other week, and another nurse offered to take 4 hours of your call anytime of the day or night, what 4 hours would you give up? I am...

  16. Bay Area Dreaming!

    mikethern replied to EastCoastOR's topic in California Nursing

    I recommend that you do a 13-week travel nurse assignment in the Bay Area. This allows you to "test drive" hospitals until you find one you like. You will also get to know the local nurses and ask...

  17. y'all ain't going to believe this one!!

    mikethern replied to ebear's topic in Operating Room

    Rectum? Damn near killed

  18. Robotic nurse to replace OR nurse

    mikethern replied to veritas's topic in Operating Room

    I'd like to see a robot scrub a total knee. If robotic scrub nurses appear, I think it would happen maybe 50 years from

  19. Bay Area Dreaming!

    mikethern replied to EastCoastOR's topic in California Nursing

    What hospitals do you have in mind? Do you want to do travel nursing or a permanent

  20. Question for OR nurses

    mikethern replied to puddingpie's topic in Operating Room

    Most nurses rarely scrub. You will most likely circulate most of the time. Pre-op and PACU are not very exciting. You will spend about 5 minutes in each per case. Here are some questions to ask.......

  21. RN's rarely scrub??

    mikethern replied to beachbum3's topic in Operating Room

    I have scrubbed since 1996 and still do. I know that techs work hard, but if techs were paid as much as nurses, I'd let my nursing license expire and become a tech. Techs have to worry about one...

  22. Fracture tables

    mikethern replied to lindaloo51's topic in Operating Room

    The OSI fracture table is decent.....

  23. RN's rarely scrub??

    mikethern replied to beachbum3's topic in Operating Room

    Have you done EVERYTHING a circulating RN does? In my opinion, scrubbing is a holiday compared to circulating. I do

  24. Is the OR the place for me??

    mikethern replied to newish nurse's topic in Operating Room

    If you decide to become an O.R. nurse, be prepared...... to be verbally abused by physicians, nurses, and techs. to work your butt off. to lift heavy objects. (Many O.R. nurses damage their back). to...

  25. Surgeons who make me cry!!!

    mikethern replied to pamc217's topic in Operating Room

    Another thing that encourages bad behavior from surgeons is staff that kiss ass. There are nurses and techs who will treat a surgeon like gold even if he is a royal jackass. This is just positive...