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  1. Bovie Smoke

    porsch65 replied to stevierae's topic in Operating Room

    On again with bovie smoke, I noticed that I posted on this thread over a year ago. Bovie smoke is a known carcinogenic. If you have concerns about this in your O.R. you could try raising this as an...

  2. Incidence of Staff Illness in the O.R.

    porsch65 posted a topic in Operating Room

    Good Morning and Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays to all of you at All Nurses. We had an interesting conversation at work the other night concerning the seemingly hight incidence of illness amongst...

  3. First Names & "Professionalism"

    porsch65 posted a topic in Operating Room

    Well we had a unit meeting yesterday and were informed that we are no longer allowed to refer to Surgeons, Gasmen or Assistants by their first names. We were also informed that we were not allowed to...

  4. The perfect OR

    porsch65 replied to NeuroNP's topic in Operating Room

    Hi There, Just going to offer my 2 cents here. We moved from 30 year old O.R's to state of the art O.R.'s about 16 monthes ago. Our rooms are bigger now, better for all that equipment. The company...

  5. Staff morale / targeting

    porsch65 posted a topic in Nurse Management

    HI Everyone, Just a couple of quick questions. Would really appreciate the point of view of nurse managers. Do any one you run units that have or had low staff morale (for whatever reasons), and...

  6. Bouffant scrub caps...

    porsch65 replied to ShirleyM's topic in Operating Room

    Hi Shirley, Why not make your own? You can buy a pattern at the local fabric store, and pick out your own fabric. Or, if you already have a hat that you like, take it apart and trace a pattern out...

  7. Would like info on the practice of "Sterile Cockpit" or "Timeout"

    porsch65 posted a topic in Operating Room

    HI this is the first time I have posted a new thread of my own. Usually I have just read yours to learn new info and find out what others are doing in their own O.R. I'm interested in knowing if...

  8. Staff morale / targeting

    porsch65 replied to porsch65's topic in Nurse Management

    thank you for that most thoughtful response. You obviously have had experience in dealing with this issue. I particularly like the suggestion of having the bully go to EAP to understand their own...

  9. Would like info on the practice of "Sterile Cockpit" or "Timeout"

    porsch65 replied to porsch65's topic in Operating Room

    Hi There! "Sterile Cockpit" is a term that is used in the airline industry. It is kind of a code of conduct that is adhered to during crucial periods of flight, namely take-off and landing. It came...

  10. Would like info on the practice of "Sterile Cockpit" or "Timeout"

    porsch65 replied to porsch65's topic in Operating Room

    HI Shirley, Thanks very muchfor the web-site, very helpful. I'm from the "Great White North". I guess we have been doing all these things all along, just didn't have a title for it. I was wondering...

  11. Case Scheduling

    porsch65 replied to shodobe's topic in Operating Room

    Wow, the more I read threads on this forum, the more I realize how good I have it and that I should quit whining about the the little things that go on in our O.R. All after-hours must be booked...

  12. Site marking

    porsch65 replied to sharann's topic in Operating Room

    Hello Sharann, at our facility, the patient marks the site with the surgeon's intials. once in the theatre we then have the patient verbally tell everyone in the room which side we are doing, i.e....

  13. Local Anesthesia Policy

    porsch65 replied to oreducator's topic in Operating Room

    In our facility, locals are not done after hours or on weekends when we are on-call. The rational behind this is that we are "on-call" during those times for emergencies only. Anaesthesia is our...

  14. Scrub clothes vending machines

    porsch65 replied to R.T.'s topic in Operating Room

    HI, we don't use the vending machines, there was talk of it before we moved into our new building but we opted not to use them. In our new building the surgical suite is a locked unit. Only open...

  15. Not too old for OR but out of nursing too long?

    porsch65 replied to rnbackagain's topic in Operating Room

    HI there, I say go for it. If you are really interested in OR Nursing keep applying until you get in. Ask if you can be an observer for a day or two, to really firm it up if this is really for you....

  16. Are your RN's mopping floors??

    porsch65 replied to nurselily3's topic in Operating Room

    :chuckle hahaha, isn't nice to be able to be selective Take care,

  17. Are your RN's mopping floors??

    porsch65 replied to nurselily3's topic in Operating Room

    HI just going to add my two cents here. We never mop floors, unless it is when we are on call. I think that RN's mopping floors is not cost effective, think about it... a highly trained individual...

  18. Looking for Pain Management Clinic, Ontario, Canada

    porsch65 posted a topic in Pain Management

    Hi. I'm trying to find a pain management clinic in South-western Ontario. My brother was dx'd with lung ca and had part of his right lower lobe removed 10 days ago. When he was 20 (27 Years ago) he...

  19. Looking for Pain Management Clinic, Ontario, Canada

    porsch65 replied to porsch65's topic in Pain Management

    Hi Elly, My brother lives in Oxford County. An update on his condition, turns out he didn't have lung cancer, but some kind of a fungus growing in his lung!!! Have you ever heard of anything so...

  20. I am steamed

    porsch65 replied to sharann's topic in Operating Room

    Hi sharann, I think that you every right to be "steamed" about that cavalier attitude. Sorry no room for 'tude like that! I don't work PACU but I do work OR. This is how it goes in our facility....

  21. What do OR nurses do all day?

    porsch65 replied to DeanG's topic in Operating Room

  22. What do OR nurses do all day?

    porsch65 replied to DeanG's topic in Operating Room

    Hi Stevierae, just one more thing I wanted to clarify is that in Canada we do not use surgical techs, everyone in the O.R. is a nurse, either R.N. (31 of us) or L.P.N. (3 of those gals). But that...

  23. What do OR nurses do all day?

    porsch65 replied to DeanG's topic in Operating Room

    Good Morning Stevierae, yes we always try to staff with 3 nurses. This helps for break relief. Although we may be staffed for 3 nurses, once breaks start happening there are often two. Our third...

  24. What do OR nurses do all day?

    porsch65 replied to DeanG's topic in Operating Room

    Hope this helps you out. I work in Canada, so things may be slightly different here than in the U.S. I work in a 6 theatre surgical suite. There are 31 R.N.'s and 3 L.P.N.'s, two of them just...

  25. Looking for Pain Management Clinic, Ontario, Canada

    porsch65 replied to porsch65's topic in Pain Management

    Fergus 51 Thanks so much I emailed the Page to my Mom. I told her to make sure they asked the surgeon for a consult. I'm hoping they will step back and look at the whole big picture. He's going to...