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  1. OR Nurse moving to NC or CA?

    sandiegojames replied to babaz's topic in Operating Room

    I work in La Jolla in the OR at Scripps Green Hospital. 10 ORs, no trauma. Great place to work, fantastic place to live. Very expensive even with the real estate market going to crap. About...

  2. Bair Huggers

    sandiegojames replied to SandraCVRN's topic in Operating Room

    Yes, this refers to not using the hose directly on patients, basically all OR nurses know not to do this. But it's an entirely different issue to simply warm the bed prior to a patient lying on

  3. Bair Huggers

    sandiegojames replied to SandraCVRN's topic in Operating Room

    Oh, and regarding the fire hazzard, I'm always amazed at how management can place so much attention on changing a practice that isn't backed up with any real data. Burning a patient is one thing with...

  4. Bair Huggers

    sandiegojames replied to SandraCVRN's topic in Operating Room

    I like to put the bear hugger blanket on the bed with a blanket over the top. I always see people bring the patients into the room, then go to the warmer and get two warm blankets, come back put the...

  5. Learning the Surgical Instruments

    sandiegojames replied to sandiegojames's topic in Operating Room

    That's a good list, the ancient surgical instrument book would be interesting. I saw the Pompei exhibit last week at the natural history museum and they had some surgical insturments from back then,...

  6. Policies for masks in the OR

    sandiegojames replied to maritimegirl's topic in Operating Room

    same with us, mask only in room with sterile stuff open. AORN 2007 Standards, "All individuals entering restricted areas of the OR suite should wear a mask when open sterile items and equipment are...

  7. Learning the Surgical Instruments

    sandiegojames replied to sandiegojames's topic in Operating Room

    Thank you Shari great suggestions, no the surgical techs usually come with good training from their school, this is more for the RNs that come to the OR without surgical experience. Thanks again

  8. SCD orders

    sandiegojames replied to inspir8tion's topic in Operating Room

    I have to say, I have always been confused as to why we need a MD order to put on SCDs. Why exactly does this require an MD order? I see the point of writing an order if this is something they want....

  9. Comparing Wages in the OR setting

    sandiegojames replied to dmclung's topic in Operating Room

    Ouch, these salaries are pretty painful. I'm in So Cal with 7 years Exp. $38/hour base $2.50/hour shift diff for 11am-7:30pm $6.50/hour for the pager 1.5 x call back. Of course cost of living is much...

  10. Cheaper, But Is It Worth It??

    sandiegojames replied to Gavsmom's topic in Nursing Career

    I say go for the RN. The ADN program at the Comm. College near me qualifies people as LVNs half way though the RN program anyway. If you are serious about being an RN, student loans are not bad...

  11. Turnover time between cases

    sandiegojames replied to lc4043's topic in Operating Room

    30 minutues is the standard from room exit to room entrance. But obviously depends on the case. Total shoulder vs hernia room setup

  12. Pacemaker learning

    sandiegojames replied to castens's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I work in the operating room and the pacemaker rep from st. jude gave us and excellent inservice on pacemakers, particularly Biventricular AICDs. You might ask the rep in your facility to do...

  13. Are these books worth the $$$

    sandiegojames replied to justjenny's topic in Operating Room

    There is a pretty good, basic, surgical instrument website that allows people to quiz themselves on the the basic surgical instruments, you might try that out before buying a book....

  14. Stress level for a circulator?

    sandiegojames replied to justjenny's topic in Operating Room

    Yes the OR can be quite stressful, but I think having your ICU experience will be a tremendous asset, one of our new hires came from the ICU for our training program and has done exceptionally well...

  15. How long until taking call ?

    sandiegojames replied to OR male nurse's topic in Operating Room

    In our OR for new training folks it's 6-9 month orientation and about after the 1st year they will start taking call depending on the person, and usually only a month of call orientation with someone...

  16. As on O.R. nurse, how often do you start IV's?

    sandiegojames replied to mikethern's topic in Operating Room

    I haven't started any IVs as an RN since working in th OR. Anesthesia wants to start them or sometimes the pre op holding nurse starts one if the patient needs fluids prior to anesthesia seeing the...