Ilovethe80s

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1. ICU nurses, Is 3:1 patient to nurse ratio a common occurence or am I just tripping?

   Ilovethe80s replied to Scrubs911's topic in MICU, SICU

   I am 2 weeks off orientation in an SICU and I see tripling happening all of the time. We have a high turnover rate with nurses and the morale is horrible. I'm scared when the day comes that I'm...

2. Changing from OR nurse to ICU

   Ilovethe80s replied to maricleveland's topic in MICU, SICU

   Hey Bronze, I did exactly that; I worked in an OR mainly circulating, scrubbing once in a while, for 3 1/2 yrs, but then took that big step to transition to the ICU. It is a HUGE change. I just...

3. New Grad OR nursing??

   Ilovethe80s replied to HAYB's topic in Operating Room

   What an awesome opportunity! I have a glass is half full outlook in this situation. I don't believe you would be "wasting" time if you went into the OR. You need to have a positive attitude that...

4. Hospital search in Florida

   Ilovethe80s replied to Txm9256's topic in Operating Room

   As a GN, I started out at $17.80/hr. This was a shock because that was what I made as an admin assistant in southeast VA in a much more lower stress job, but I wanted a job, so I took it! I worked...

5. OR nurse with a family.

   Ilovethe80s replied to Nurse2B2016's topic in Operating Room

   It really depends where you work. I work in a city that only has two hospitals. One is a trauma center and the other is not. The trauma center has more shifts while the other one has most nurses on...

6. I miss my NEPTUNE

   Ilovethe80s replied to nursinadream's topic in Operating Room

   We have dornoch's now. Similar to the Neptune but a little bit

7. New grad starting in OR...shoe help!

   Ilovethe80s replied to deseretm's topic in Operating Room

   I wear danskos all day, every day. Love

8. I miss the OR.

   Ilovethe80s replied to MereSanity's topic in Operating Room

   Congrats!!!! I know I would miss the OR if I left it. I hope you have a great

9. What is a good job to go to from the OR? I cant find a job.

   Ilovethe80s replied to RNOTODAY's topic in Operating Room

10. formalin in the Operating Room

    Ilovethe80s replied to cwazycwissyRN's topic in Operating Room

    We have a tissue room. It's basically a closet with specimen containers, lab slips, formalin, and a plastic bin to put specimens in. We don't keep any formalin in the suites or

11. Tips for preggers in the OR

    Ilovethe80s replied to trauma_lama's topic in Operating Room

12. How many of you both circulate AND scrub?

    Ilovethe80s replied to Nolander's topic in Operating Room

13. I miss my NEPTUNE

    Ilovethe80s replied to nursinadream's topic in Operating Room

14. ESU Pad Documentation - What is your policy?

    Ilovethe80s replied to lymac10's topic in Operating Room

    Don't have a reference but we document the bovie pad lot

15. Hospital Perioperative (OR) training program in Los angeles ?help!

    Ilovethe80s replied to Jessie04's topic in Operating Room

    The course was offered through my local state college. Check the colleges in your area....and check the hospitals,