Ilovethe80s

Ilovethe80s

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  1. Pregnancy and work hours

    Ilovethe80s replied to Ilovethe80s's topic in Operating Room

    Ok, thank you for your point of view; I get it. Enough said. It was just a question. In the military pregnant women are put on a profile during the end of their pregnancy. I was just curious how...

  2. Pregnancy and work hours

    Ilovethe80s replied to Ilovethe80s's topic in Operating Room

    Thanks for the responses. Never said I expect special treatment or that other aspects of nursing are not as physically demanding. Just curious if other OR's make adjustments for their nurses. Most...

  3. OR to OB. Is it possible?

    Ilovethe80s replied to Ilovethe80s's topic in Ob/Gyn

    CarryThatWeight, good idea about PALS! That was something I've thought of doing b/c I work w/ a pediatric surgeon 3 days a week and figured it couldn't hurt. I forgot to mention that when I...

  4. OR to OB. Is it possible?

    Ilovethe80s posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    I've worked in the OR for just under two years & it is where I began my nursing career. I love surgery, but I question being a circulator for a length of time. Where I live, there are only two...

  5. Reasons applying for position???

    Ilovethe80s replied to KatieBug713's topic in Operating Room

    Stating how much you loved your experiences in the OR is a good start. You also mentioned how everyone works together - you could write something about thriving in a team setting, which is definitely...

  6. Setting Up an Operating Room

    Ilovethe80s replied to msmylanan's topic in Operating Room

    So, this is a new hospital starting to open an OR? Are there not any OR personnel assigned to help with this? If not, is there another hospital nearby that has an operating room w/ staff that could...

  7. A Case of which came first the chicken or the eggs?

    Ilovethe80s replied to FreestylePete's topic in Operating Room

    Where I live, the local college offers a periop nursing course for RN's or RN students in their last semester. In the periop course, the student is required to spend 160 clinical hours in the OR....

  8. Passed the CNOR exam

    Ilovethe80s replied to Heart2015FNP's topic in Operating Room

    Congrats! I will be taking mine sometime next

  9. Clipping hair

    Ilovethe80s replied to ChristineAdrianaRN's topic in Operating Room

    I will usually shave in pre-op if it's an ortho case, like a total knee, shoulder scope, etc. But if we are doing an inguinal hernia, I wait until we are back in the OR and the patient is asleep,...

  10. Full time to PRN?

    Ilovethe80s posted a topic in Operating Room

    I have worked in the OR for a yr and a half. I loved surgery so much that I went straight into the OR after graduating nursing school. I still love surgery, but the call and mandatory late days are...

  11. On-call in the OR

    Ilovethe80s replied to lozstar's topic in Operating Room

    I've been in the OR for 1 1/2 years....obviously not very long, but I already dread call. I have had weeks where I've worked 60 hrs because of the call. I've also been in the same predicament as you...

  12. Positioning question

    Ilovethe80s replied to rnpedinights's topic in Operating Room

    Interesting. We don't have a policy regarding which side is up against the patient, but all the nurses I work with and I put the crate side up. I've never seen it leave a marking on the patient, but...

  13. Full time to PRN?

    Ilovethe80s replied to Ilovethe80s's topic in Operating Room

    Thanks!!! I appreciate the encouragement and affirmation of what was going on in my mind. I mustered up the courage and spoke w/ the director yesterday and, unfortunately, there aren't any open prn...

  14. Standing Orders in the OR

    Ilovethe80s posted a topic in Operating Room

    Does your OR have standing orders for things like putting in a foley, meds (local, abx), positioning equipment? Or, do your physician preference cards count as a sort of standing order? The OR is...

  15. "What I Really Do" meme

    Ilovethe80s replied to ChristineAdrianaRN's topic in Operating Room

    That was freakin' awesome!!!! I love the

  16. Stepping stones to becoming an OR nurse...

    Ilovethe80s replied to AshleyAce757's topic in Operating Room

    I also went into the OR right after graduating nursing school. Just hit my 1 year mark in the OR and can't imagine being anywhere else. The college I went to offered a perioperative nursing course...

  17. please give me some quick wisdom

    Ilovethe80s replied to goats'r'us's topic in Operating Room

    We use the 3M removal product that Nancymarie wrote about & it works really well. I know some surgeons prefer we leave the prep on, but the surgeon I work with 3 days a week prefers that we take...

  18. Learning about Sutures

    Ilovethe80s replied to lnp0205's topic in Operating Room

    That was awesome!!! I came to the OR straight out of nursing school & will hit my 1 yr mark in Feb and there are so many times I stand in the suture room baffled by all of the different suture. I...

  19. New Grad starting in peds periop

    Ilovethe80s replied to ASU2011's topic in Operating Room

    MORO0617, When I was in nursing school, we had break in between semesters during the summer. The summer btwn 3rd & 4th semester, I took a perioperative nursing course offered by my college. The...

  20. On call... 24 hours??

    Ilovethe80s replied to Epona's topic in Operating Room

    I also just want to highlight that even though call really blows, at least where I am it does, the other aspects of work kind of make up for it. I work w/ an amazing pediatric surgeon and his amazing...

  21. UMASS Boston - RN to BSN online - Stating in January 2012

    Ilovethe80s replied to akire6279's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    I'm excited to see others starting this program at the end of this month... I will be with you! Do all of you live in MA? I live in Florida, but I'm originally from

  22. On call... 24 hours??

    Ilovethe80s replied to Epona's topic in Operating Room

    I've worked in the OR just under a year (my first nursing job out of nursing school) and being on call is what I like least about the position. I'm assuming how call works varies from hospital to...

  23. Congress,New Orleans

    Ilovethe80s replied to kellygurl64's topic in Operating Room

    When is it? I've never been either. I've worked in the OR just under a year and it's been my only job in nursing. I feel like there is probably so much to learn there and it would be beneficial....

  24. Anyone ever feel bored?

    Ilovethe80s replied to hs2005's topic in Operating Room

    I don't feel bored. I usually have 8 cases a day working w/ pediatrics, so that keeps me VERY

  25. New Grad starting in peds periop

    Ilovethe80s replied to ASU2011's topic in Operating Room

    Congrats! I went into the OR straight out of nursing school and have worked in the OR for just under a year. I also happened to end up working with a pediatric surgeon Mon, Wed, & Fri. Gosh, I...