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  1. taking away my overtime in the OR

    ewattsjt replied to 90021nurse's topic in Operating Room

    ^^^^That is how my facility works with full time

  2. taking away my overtime in the OR

    ewattsjt replied to 90021nurse's topic in Operating Room

    90021nurse, i am sorry; i do know what your question was but, for the comparison of facilities it is relevant to know if you were part or full time. what you describe is not a common scenario for...

  3. Advice for nurse considering OR

    ewattsjt replied to kdmcook's topic in Operating Room

    :yeahthat: Anything that can fit through the side of a mask can be taken if needed. I get cough drops on long cases when I have a nagging

  4. RN's rarely scrub??

    ewattsjt replied to beachbum3's topic in Operating Room

    Sorry subee, I misunderstood your meaning. I do agree with

  5. RN's rarely scrub??

    ewattsjt replied to beachbum3's topic in Operating Room

    "nobody seriously thinks scrubbing is the more technically challenging position." so you would belittle the scrub position in the same manor? i would have to disagree with you on that one. it depends...

  6. taking away my overtime in the OR

    ewattsjt replied to 90021nurse's topic in Operating Room

    touchy subject! you never stated if you were “as needed”, part time, etc… we have some part time employees that work full time but they have the same dilemma. it is the exact scenarios that...

  7. RN's rarely scrub??

    ewattsjt replied to beachbum3's topic in Operating Room

    "one of my best friends loves to scrub and didn't want the stupidity of circulating (just bread and butter here) so she works for a tech's salary" really, you're kidding. that was about totally...

  8. Sacred cows

    ewattsjt replied to mikethern's topic in Operating Room

    :yeahthat: I also wear a mask with a face shield in endoscopy rooms. It is for protection for me. We had a pt that had lied about being a drug user and we could not sedate him well. We were doing an...

  9. RNFA prereqs

    ewattsjt replied to inspir8tion's topic in Operating Room

    Sorry about my misinformation. My previous post should have been to become a CRNFA..... Our facility will only allow the CRNFA. Thanks

  10. I'm in!!

    ewattsjt replied to regglynn's topic in Operating Room

    Congrats!!! The notebook idea is a keeper. Everyone in the OR should have one. None of our docs do anything similar. LOL It's like they get together and say if you are doing it this way, I will do it...

  11. RN's rarely scrub??

    ewattsjt replied to beachbum3's topic in Operating Room

    let me start by saying once again, i am a cst who is returning to school in pursuit of asn degree and the rn title. where i work, the csts have to second circulate on occasion. in school we were...

  12. Best Route to Surgical Career

    ewattsjt replied to phillipus_rex's topic in Operating Room

    phillipus_rex, here is the scoop. if you go to ojt for surgical technology, you may be left out of the loop in the future because more and more facilities are going to csts for the techs (scrub role)....

  13. LPN's in the OR

    ewattsjt replied to Comanche_1's topic in Operating Room

    “well now my question is what is the difference between a scrub nurse and being an or tech?” this is one that will vary from country to country, state to state and facility to facility. at the...

  14. Left the toxicity

    ewattsjt replied to RNOTODAY's topic in Operating Room

    my facility has 6 rooms that usually only runs 4. we almost always use a scrub and a first assistant on the cases. the circulator is usually the only rn in the room. there are a couple of rns who do...

  15. Plastic Surgery

    ewattsjt replied to krazy_coconuts's topic in Operating Room

    Some in Indiana do! In fact, the ones I have seen here are more of an assistant than anything else. They are in charge of the office as well as being a private scrub during procedures. The drawback is...

  16. 4-hour shifts

    ewattsjt replied to mikethern's topic in Operating Room

    we have some who are scheduled for 4 hrs on certain days just to cover lunches. other than that; they are as

  17. Question about nurse and Surgical tech

    ewattsjt replied to cherryclassic's topic in Operating Room

    yeah, i have mild allergy evoked asthma. cleaner air is a must for me. i see where my math was bad. i figured for 85% higher than a tech instead of 85% more of a techs

  18. Question about nurse and Surgical tech

    ewattsjt replied to cherryclassic's topic in Operating Room

    It is still a great pay!!!!!!! How's the cost of living where you are

  19. LPN's in the OR

    ewattsjt replied to Comanche_1's topic in Operating Room

    i agree that if you have the time, go ahead and go for rn. there are more career opportunities and the pay is better. it is a worth while investment. if you do go for lpn/lvn, a lot of schools offer a...

  20. observers/students and pt rights

    ewattsjt replied to MissJoRN's topic in Operating Room

    here, the student is considered different form the orientee. the orientee is considered a part of the or team since they are an employee of the hospital. observers (students) have to be in a program...

  21. Latex Allergy

    ewattsjt replied to kleinbbc's topic in Operating Room

    amen!!!!!!!! even if the kit has the foley independently wrapped, you do not know if the impervious wrap has been punctured or a flaw in the wrap. we are talking about an allergy to proteins so the...

  22. Do you put on sterile gloves?

    ewattsjt replied to IsseyM's topic in Operating Room

    i think that mike's statement is referring to the idea that skin knives are considered contaminated because it cut the skin. some surgeons use a “skin knife” and a “deep knife”. mike's point...

  23. Question about nurse and Surgical tech

    ewattsjt replied to cherryclassic's topic in Operating Room

    wow. there is a big difference in going from state to state. while some techs are still ojt here, most facilities will only use a cst. our facility has a policy that states a st must sit for the...

  24. Question about nurse and Surgical tech

    ewattsjt replied to cherryclassic's topic in Operating Room

    cherry, i might add that around here (central indiana) the difference in pay is an rn does make about 1/4 higher wage. the schooling is about the same; 2 years of college for asn or aas surgical...

  25. Who is at fault?

    ewattsjt replied to KristinWW's topic in Operating Room

    i think mikethern is giving good advice if you are going to try and change places of employment. it would also be of benefit so you could see if there is a difference in how things are ran at the...