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  1. Verbal abuse in the OR

    chartleypj replied to JaneRNBSN's topic in Operating Room

    Good for you for trying to improve the situation! Does your facillity have a policy on harrassment? Was this surgeon addressed according to hospital policy? Administrations have a responsibility to...

  2. Paging OR team

    chartleypj replied to OR nurse nut's topic in Operating Room

    While I have worked in just 2 OR's, in each case it was the responsibility of both the CRNA and the RN to transport the patient to the surgical suite. After all, we are all part of the surgical team....

  3. Ab or vag prep first?

    chartleypj replied to IVyPush-her's topic in Operating Room

    I read that too, Sandy While it seems contrary to past practice, it makes sense that anything spashed onto the lower abd from the perineal prep would contaminate the abdomen. Until there is a change...

  4. Defibrillators/AICD's

    chartleypj replied to staceyp413's topic in Operating Room

    Stacey, AORN has guidelines on AID's at their web site http://www.AORN.ORG Go to practice then scroll down to AORN statements. Good luck,

  5. Adhesectomy ? Removal of Bowel obstruction?

    chartleypj replied to NurseFirst's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    The techincally appropriate name for what you describe- Exploratory Laparotomy, Lysis of Adhesions

  6. Intractible Hiccups

    chartleypj replied to chartleypj's topic in General Nursing

    FYI - for those of you so kind to offer suggestions and support re my husbands' intractible hiccups; we may have found relief! He's taking nexium 1 per day plus Baclofen 10 mg TID. No hiccups for just...

  7. Intractible Hiccups

    chartleypj posted a topic in General Nursing

    Have any of you any suggestions for intractible hiccups? My husband had a partial nephrectomy 11 days ago and has been plagued by them since the first day post op. His surgeon suggests they are the...

  8. Textbooks websites...

    chartleypj replied to ShirleyM's topic in Operating Room

    I've been purchasing books @ http://www.ecampus.com since I began my program last year. It is easier than ordering from the college bookstore and less expensive. Good luck,

  9. Intractible Hiccups

    chartleypj replied to chartleypj's topic in General Nursing

    thank you all for your words of encouragement, advice and good wishes. As a long time perioperative nurse I have little experience with post-op care. As far as the surgeon can tell, the hiccups are a...

  10. Intractible Hiccups

    chartleypj replied to chartleypj's topic in General Nursing

    thank you all for your suggestions; I will try to find damsen preserves. As for the pressure point; I know it is very close to the carotid so I am leeery of trying it. Compazine is one med we...

  11. gossip and back bitting

    chartleypj replied to lighthouseRN's topic in General Nursing

    What you are all describing sounds like horizontal violence among co-workers. This is a very descructive, dysfunctional pattern of behavior exhibited primarily by those professionals who feel...

  12. ICU vs OR - Advice Please

    chartleypj replied to Tucwebb's topic in First Year After Licensure

  13. Anyone attend Brockton Hosp Sch of Nur?

    chartleypj replied to Boston-RN's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    Have you thought about Mass Bay Community College?

  14. resterilizing laser fibers

    chartleypj replied to azryell's topic in Operating Room

    Hi, We have an outside vendor bring a laser in for the case; we do not own holmium, Freddy, or ESWL (laser) units. The tech tests the laser fibers after each use allowing us to get up to five uses...

  15. resterilizing laser fibers

    chartleypj replied to azryell's topic in Operating Room

    We use Trimdyne and Oddessy holmium laser fibers. We can use them up to five times each; they are tested by the laser tech (outside company) after each use prior to being reprocessed in our SPD. Ours...

  16. Moving to Boston

    chartleypj replied to telenurse04's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    If you want to work in an empowered environment, how about one of the Magnet hospitals? Mass General, or Winchester Hospital which is just north of Boston. The Caritas Christ Healthcare system is...

  17. The way nurses treat each other

    chartleypj replied to Mantibob's topic in General Nursing

    It happens because nurses work in an 'oppressed culture' It is a general problem which is bound to recur until nurses in healthcare figure out 'it' doesn't work. 'It' refers to Horizontal...

  18. CNOR Exam

    chartleypj replied to ominurse's topic in Operating Room

    I took the CNOR several years ago (with 17 years OR experience). I took a CNOR review course offered by a few members of my local chapter of AORN. Learning the art of taking tests especially after...

  19. Latex allergy in the OR

    chartleypj replied to Stephanie in FL's topic in Operating Room

    I'm also an OR nurse with a latex allergy; I avoid latex gloves. If you persue this, be sure your OR has latex free masks; they bothered me more than the gloves did. Good luck,

  20. operating room preps

    chartleypj replied to nursemenow224's topic in Medical-Surgical

    The Association of Operating Room Nurses has a great website; they also publish a book every year with Standards and Reconmmended Practices for Perioperative nursing. Your hospital library may have a...

  21. surgical consents

    chartleypj replied to ybmucg's topic in General Nursing

    I agree this is a 'process'. Where I work, it is the entirely the responsibility of the surgeon to explain the procedure including risks and benefits, as well as possible complications. It is His/Her...

  22. ?s about Mass hospitals

    chartleypj replied to 275Main's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    Both MGH and Winchester Hospitals are among the only two in this state to have Magnet Status; this may the biggest selling point. The strength of a union is dependant apon all those members and how...

  23. I have narrowed it down, sort of...

    chartleypj replied to Steph in Boston's topic in General Nursing

    Have you checked out Emmanuel College?

  24. Why is meeting the "minimum standard of care" good enough?

    chartleypj replied to stevierae's topic in Operating Room

    What say you all? [/b] Excellent posts; I agree that nurses and techs exhibit a complacency about their practice in the OR coupled with a lack of willingness to extend themselves beyond providing a...

  25. Hey I'm New!

    chartleypj replied to Zipster's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    Welcome Zipster! Interesting screen name; is your specialty urology?