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  1. Am I being blackballed?

    passionate replied to GadgetRN71's topic in Operating Room

    Sounds like this is a toxic workplace for you, very political and personal. I am not reading any legal situation. You chose to leave. You could have filled out an incident report for the count issue...

  2. Soooo, you're observing in the Operating Room (O.R.)...

    passionate replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in Operating Room

    :nono:Observers, stick some gloves in your pockets just in case you are tempted to pick up anything off of the floor. Don't put yourself at

  3. Soooo, you're observing in the Operating Room (O.R.)...

    passionate replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in Operating Room

    Observers, stick some gloves in your pockets just in case you are tempted to pick up anything off of the floor. Don't put yourself at

  4. Difference in atmosphere between OR nurses and Med-Surg nursing?

    passionate replied to nrsbaby2be's topic in Operating Room

    I love being a science major and practicing science and the humanities in the OR. Touble shooting, problem solving for the patient and the surgical team is fascinating. Most of the surgery nurses I...

  5. Prep

    passionate replied to tiredfeet2's topic in Operating Room

    Thermacare.

  6. "Circulating is so easy"

    passionate replied to ORSmurf's topic in Operating Room

    Perioperataive Nurse: Registered nurse practicing pre-intra-post care of the surgical patient. An OR nurse is a perioperative nurse. A scrub nurse is an RN that scrubs, focuses on the sterile part of...

  7. My Dream: OR Nurse

    passionate replied to heaverboo's topic in Operating Room

    SFA is a term for a surgical technician who is certified in first assisting. RNFA is a nurse that is a registered nurse/licensed, CNOR and BSN prepared. All of the nurses I know who became RNFAs were...

  8. Clean or sterile

    passionate replied to coconut tree's topic in Operating Room

    It is a clean procedure done with sterile instrumentation Think about it--would you simply "clean" instrumentation that has been in someone's mouth, wiped "clean" and then used again on another...

  9. OR advice

    passionate replied to regglynn's topic in Operating Room

    Joining AORN for good journals and ce articles--this will get you new to the OR up to speed pretty

  10. Duties of OB nurses (and others) Please feel free to add!

    passionate replied to SmilingBluEyes's topic in Ob/Gyn

    :balloons:For those who do scrub and circulate, where did you get your training? Do you have an operating room inside your department?

  11. Do I need a stronger backbone?

    passionate replied to GadgetRN71's topic in Operating Room

    Sometimes you have that rare RN/Tech thing going where you think exactly alike and what a luxury that

  12. waking anesthestized patient

    passionate replied to akor's topic in Operating Room

    While I agree that you don't stop in the middle of a case I still stand by my orgiinal statement of waking a patient to do an aortic dissection if indeed the incision has not been made. The circulator...

  13. Heartbroken.....

    passionate replied to DesertRain's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Desert Rain-- You will definitely have your moments!!! Good luck. You have a solid Plan B. I took all of my pre-requisite nursing programs before nursing and always was grateful for that. I really was...

  14. ER Nurses. Read This!

    passionate replied to ERERER's topic in Emergency

    I have 2 RN friends in the Emergency Dept. I agree with the doctor who wrote this article and wow, they need to hear

  15. latex allergy info question & question on shellfish allergy

    passionate replied to nursebetti2001's topic in Operating Room

    With latex being such a concern I am surprised that more hospitals are not latex free. I know that where I work the OR is not completely latex free. I have been told it costs more to use latex free...

  16. Irrigating foley catheter

    passionate replied to nursenatalie's topic in Medical-Surgical

    What does the doctor's order say to use as a solution? Sterile water is what the urologists I worked with used. It was warm as

  17. A question about a Practice calculation question...

    passionate replied to Nili927's topic in General Students

    and by doing that you will be ready when the "exam" is a real patient. Keep up the good

  18. latex allergy info question & question on shellfish allergy

    passionate replied to nursebetti2001's topic in Operating Room

    AORN is a good place to visit. Also, I have heard others ask pts if they are sensitive to kiwi. The only way to know if someone is truly allergic (anaphyaxis) is if they have had an allergy test that...

  19. Question for you.

    passionate replied to babydoll99_99's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Your own assessment is never unnecessary and don't ever be bullied into thinking that is

  20. Surgeons "go ahead" problem ?

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

    Habitual offenders should be written up but make sure your mgr knows the problem so that it can be addressed in meetings at the management level. As nurses we try to advocate for the pt.--why is it...

  21. Surgeons "go ahead" problem ?

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

    That's a good point. If the surgeon marks the pt. then the surgeon should be there for the RN to take the pt. to surgery. Become familiar with the Universal Protocol formerly known as the "time out"....

  22. What would you do?

    passionate replied to IsseyM's topic in Operating Room

    Welcome to Bifurcated!!! Good to hear from

  23. OR advice

    passionate replied to regglynn's topic in Operating Room

    If you are practicing general surgery and then go into a specialty like hearts be sure you understand the politics of such a service. In an OR with many disciplines, hearts, urology, neuro, etc. there...

  24. OB tech?

    passionate replied to sunnybrook23's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Do your techs assist or scrub the

  25. Duties of OB nurses (and others) Please feel free to add!

    passionate replied to SmilingBluEyes's topic in Ob/Gyn

    In looking over the duties I see C-Section scrub & circulate. I would love to hear some conversation about where this training comes from and how that works in your institution. Thanks. I am a...