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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 "occupational health and safety" issue in your wor...

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 O.R. Nurses in our Surgical Suite. We have a staff o...

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 talk about anything other than our "case". Our p...

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 that built our new building has built several O.R....

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 what did you do to facillitate a positive change on ...

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 on cereal box-board. Your can make hats for very f...

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 anyone of you practice "Sterile Cockpit" or "Timeout...

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 behaviour. We have had incidences of targetting in ...

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 about because it was found that the majority of "...

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 if it was more than what we already did. Thanks a...

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 through the anaesthetist. He is the gate-keeper of the...

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. right knee, right breast etc. the consent is also t...

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 gate-keeper so to speak during these times, as he/she...

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 from 8 to 4. The office is right at the entrance of...

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. Don't let anyone discriminate against you b/c th...

:chuckle hahaha, isn't nice to be able to be selective Take care, P65

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 paid $30/hr vs an aid $12- $14 an hour? Besides w...

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 was in a horrific motorcycle-car accident. He wen...

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 crazy! He actually still has chest tubes in to this d...

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. RR nurses definitely have a nurse-pt ratio that is...

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 day may be coming as we are a publicly funded system...

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 nurse comes in on the 2nd shift, 9:15 and then breaks...

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 recently graduated. We all take turns circulatating a...

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 have a long road ahead of him, and I don't think h...