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  1. Criteria for Hospital employed RNFAs?

    spineCNOR posted a topic in Operating Room

    For those of you whose hospitals employ RNFAs what is the criteria in terms of education and credentials? Does the hospital require that RNFA have completed a course? be certified? Are RNFAs in your...

  2. Have you worked outside the OR?

    spineCNOR replied to findingmywayRN's topic in Operating Room

    I worked in Maternal Child (L&D and NICU) about 10 years before going into the OR. Scrubbing and circulating C-sections is what got me interested in working in the OR. I am glad I have had had...

  3. Good nursing informatics books?

    spineCNOR posted a topic in Nursing Informatics

    A question for the informatics nurses-- if there a good nursing informatics book or books that you would recommend for someone with no experience or knowledge in the field?

  4. Changing the procedure in the middle of the case

    spineCNOR replied to Chrislynn2003's topic in Operating Room

    this would be a question for your hospital's risk manager, but in my opinion, this patient was in no situation to give informed consent. Being under MAC, I would expect that she had recieved sedation,...

  5. CNOR Exam

    spineCNOR replied to ominurse's topic in Operating Room

    Yes, focus on the AORN standards, more than anything else. When I took the exam years ago, there were several very specific questions on positioning--be sure you are very familiar with that. Some...

  6. Latex allergy in the OR

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

    Stephanie, it may well be possible for you to work in the OR if you take the proper precautions, but it would be a good idea to talk this over with your private doc, employee health or an allergy...

  7. Mandatory Overtime

    spineCNOR posted a topic in Operating Room

    Just curious--is mandatory overtime to finish scheduled cases an issue at y'all's hospitals? Where I work (20 room OR) in addition to the people on call, there are people assigned "lates"-- anywhere...

  8. dating saline in the warmers

    spineCNOR replied to calienicole112's topic in Operating Room

    I have never heard this before, but I have always worked in large hospitals where we can't keep enough saline in the warmers. Interesting question--it does seem reasonable that the heat would affect...

  9. How many RN's scrub?

    spineCNOR replied to Chrislynn2003's topic in Operating Room

    Chrislynn, as a new RN in the OR it is to your advantage to scrub as much as you can--this will make it easier for you to anticipate when you are in the circulating role. When you circulate for a tech...

  10. T.E.D.s do u use them for all major cases only

    spineCNOR replied to carcha's topic in Operating Room

    The hospital where I currently work is a level 1 trauma center with lots of sick patients. Most every patient gets the pneumatic TED hose (knee-high)--these are ordered by the surgeon and placed on...

  11. Favorite Type of Case

    spineCNOR replied to shodobe's topic in Operating Room

    Ortho is my favorite as well, my most favorite is total hips--I enjoy the instrumentation, seeing how everything fits together, and on those cases I stay busy. I also like total shoulders, I don't...

  12. Mandatory Overtime

    spineCNOR replied to spineCNOR's topic in Operating Room

    Wow Angela--that is a pretty good incentive! The hospital where I work is offering $8/hr incentive on days staffing is short, but this does not apply to people who are assigned late

  13. Verbal Abuse from surgeons in the OR

    spineCNOR replied to spineCNOR's topic in Operating Room

    Dawn, You are NOT over-reacting!!!! Your manager and employee health nurse are under-reacting. First of all, I am sure that you filled out an incident report- I also suggest that you write down your...

  14. Surgical Instrument Information

    spineCNOR replied to rnmomof1's topic in Operating Room

    I don't know of such a web site, though there may be one. There are books on surgical instrumentation--the educator in your OR or one of the managers should have one they could lend you. One thing...

  15. surgical tech to RN?

    spineCNOR replied to kats's topic in General Nursing

    I work with some nurses who worked at ORT's while they were in school- they all trained on the job for their tech positions, and had nothing to transfer into a nursing

  16. Do all surgeons think that they are Gods?

    spineCNOR replied to angiebaby's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, indeed you are very fortunate, zudy, to work with a surgeon who is a good surgeon AND a good person-- I'm

  17. surgical tech to RN?

    spineCNOR replied to kats's topic in General Nursing

    I am not aware of any tech to RN bridge programs, but if you attend a tech program based at a community college it might be possible that any science courses you take would transfer to the nursing...

  18. BSN or Bachelors in Biology???

    spineCNOR replied to iliket3's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Have you looked at the anesthesia schools you would like to attend to see what they require? There are 2 schools in my area- one offers a master's in nursing and requires a BSN for acceptance, one...

  19. Do all surgeons think that they are Gods?

    spineCNOR replied to angiebaby's topic in General Nursing

    smilingblueeyes, Ditto--the really great surgeons are capable of recognizing their limitations and asking for advice or help when they need it--the ones who think they are "god" may

  20. Do all surgeons think that they are Gods?

    spineCNOR replied to angiebaby's topic in General Nursing

    Q: What do you call a basement full of surgeons? A: A "whine"

  21. Do all surgeons think that they are Gods?

    spineCNOR replied to angiebaby's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, Angie, sadly many surgeons think they are gods. Perhaps this is a special course they take in surgeon school. But seriously, perhaps this goes along with the "power corrupts" theory- after years...

  22. Double entendres

    spineCNOR replied to ayemmeff's topic in Nursing Humor

    :rotfl:

  23. Should nursing charges be separate from the room charges?

    spineCNOR replied to deespoohbear's topic in General Nursing

    Excellent point, deespoohbear! Hospital administrators do not value the work that nurses do, in part, because we are part of the room charge. Perhaps charging for nursing procedures would give nurses...

  24. Speciality Differential?

    spineCNOR replied to Chiaramonte's topic in General Nursing

    Re: specialty pay--I totally agree with the above posters who said EVERY area of nursing is a specialty, so I do not think that there should be a specialty differential as such. I do think that there...

  25. Nurses week Cheap gifts from admin.

    spineCNOR replied to nilepoc's topic in General Nursing

    OR Nurses week is in Novemeber--in 2002 instead of OR Nurses week we had Surgical Services Week. No special recognition of RN's--there was a free lunch each day, paid for by a different vendor each...