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  1. What do you think of this......

    ewattsjt replied to RNOTODAY's topic in Operating Room

    As a patient advocate, I would think you would speak up for them, your patient or

  2. What do you think of this......

    ewattsjt replied to RNOTODAY's topic in Operating Room

    That is just trying to make an excuse for him. I will agree that he may really have thought he was helping and he thought that there was nothing wrong with it. That does not however excuse the fact he...

  3. What do you think of this......

    ewattsjt replied to RNOTODAY's topic in Operating Room

    You are not over stepping. "just a person who turns over rooms, stocks, etc" how can they even comprehend if they never see the case, dressed the wound, recovered, etc... Does this patient...

  4. New Grad opens a can of "whup "

    ewattsjt replied to ortess1971's topic in Operating Room

    Yeah, sometimes it's

  5. I woke up during surgery, Have you?

    ewattsjt replied to GatorRN's topic in General Nursing

    There is a monitor called a BIS that allows the anesthesiologist to know how deep of an unconsciousness you are in. We have them. Sometimes the anesthesiologist simply does not use it. There is also...

  6. What happens if you leave a sponge?

    ewattsjt replied to Mommy TeleRN's topic in Operating Room

    we do not have an eraser board but yes it is coordinated with the

  7. Back Pain

    ewattsjt replied to mydogsowner's topic in General Nursing

    I work in surgery and stand all day. I have also had two lumbar fusions. I use a good supporting shoe. I like rockport or

  8. Schools without waiting lists

    ewattsjt replied to P_RN's topic in General Students

    Potiential applicants and waiting list are two different things. You can have a school to have 600 applicants for a 30 seat program. If only 60 meet the critera (pre requisites, teas test, etc...) for...

  9. I woke up during surgery, Have you?

    ewattsjt replied to GatorRN's topic in General Nursing

    That's it! Exactly! If you didn't have a general (where they put you to sleep and place a breathing tube down you throat), there is the possibility of remembering it. That is not uncommon. What is...

  10. Soooo, you're observing in the Operating Room (O.R.)...

    ewattsjt replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in Operating Room

    Good post! Do not try to help out. Sometimes it seems like there are not enough people helping and you could do something. A small error can be a big one in surgery. We had one student who wanted to...

  11. New Grad opens a can of "whup "

    ewattsjt replied to ortess1971's topic in Operating Room

    good that you stood up for yourself. let me give and example of what i have seen happen. one of our anesthesiologists had the circulator to bring the patient back while he left the floor to give an...

  12. Discrimination...You think??!!?!

    ewattsjt replied to Jamie Dale's topic in Men in Nursing

    Brook9960 says it best. :trout: It may not have been intentional but it is something that we have to deal

  13. Circulators

    ewattsjt replied to StudentSandra's topic in Operating Room

    This is off the main topic again but within the general posts. Have you ever noticed that there is a general concensus among techs that they have to become defensive about their education and role in...

  14. Is your surgery dept. anything like this?

    ewattsjt replied to RNMommy2's topic in Operating Room

    I am a CST (Certified Surgical Technologist) in a pre nursing program. My mouth about hit the floor on this one. Student or not, the tech was outside their scope of practice. The tech could help in...

  15. Do you have Anesthesia Tech's?

    ewattsjt replied to laneyRN's topic in Operating Room

    a couple of years ago we had an anesthesia tech that was from the street. the most patient contact she had was to occasionally transport. she could get lines ready but not

  16. Discrimination...You think??!!?!

    ewattsjt replied to Jamie Dale's topic in Men in Nursing

    it is discrimination because she said that she was separating two men. there may have been other motives involved but it is what she said for the move that counts. i also find it interesting that...

  17. Generation wars in your OR?(this is a rant..)

    ewattsjt replied to ortess1971's topic in Operating Room

    While there are some awesome nurses and techs, there is a generation gap. Our facility is like your's in people having the "seniority" attitude. We have some that hide, some that talk down to...

  18. What happens if you leave a sponge?

    ewattsjt replied to Mommy TeleRN's topic in Operating Room

    We have one doc that refuses to pack with anything but a blue towel. We attach a small towel clip to the corner of the towel. For every towel clip we get back we better get a towel. I also mark how...

  19. Positives and Negatives about working OR

    ewattsjt replied to PACNWNURSING's topic in Operating Room

    I am a CST going to school for ASN. Observe the OR if you can. I love it and would dread working anywhere else. ortess is right about the cons but, you get use to

  20. Circulators

    ewattsjt replied to StudentSandra's topic in Operating Room

    Yes they

  21. Circulators

    ewattsjt replied to StudentSandra's topic in Operating Room

    by the way ortess1971, my comment about the education, etc... was aimed more toward attitudes like that of orjunkie on page one. it is a general attitude that is seen in most ors nation wide. i was...

  22. Circulators

    ewattsjt replied to StudentSandra's topic in Operating Room

    yes, there are on the job techs but there are not any on the job csts. one has to graduate a school accredited by the caahep or abhes. this is the only way someone within the last 10 years can sit for...

  23. Circulators

    ewattsjt replied to StudentSandra's topic in Operating Room

    i am a cst returning to school for asn wow! the hostility toward techs. the claim of being uneducated. well, i have enrolled into a pre-nursing program and all my prerequisites are met from my...