Mr. & Mrs. RN

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  1. Role of LPN in OR

    Mr. & Mrs. RN replied to yoo jin's topic in Operating Room

    Our hospital no longer hires LPNs anywhere, but we have a few left. The ones in our OR act solely in a scrub role. The only additional thing they can do is to pull meds from the

  2. I just had to rant

    Mr. & Mrs. RN replied to mrsilly's topic in Operating Room

    No, but I have had someone tell me they would be there before a certain time if I was covering a few hours, show up, and tell me that they were going to go take their lunch break and then come relieve...

  3. Electro dispersive pads over tattoo's

    Mr. & Mrs. RN replied to ORMurse's topic in Operating Room

    Yes, it's because of the scarring. You should avoid large areas of scarring because it creates more resistance at the dispersive pad site, and if there is an area of less resistance, the electricity...

  4. What is the "right" answer?

    Mr. & Mrs. RN replied to PureLifeRN's topic in Operating Room

    I think the answer they want to hear is that you would stand your ground by letting the surgeon know that they are crossing the line and that they need to stop. If the abuse continues past a verbal...

  5. Surgical tech duties beyond our scope of practice?

    Mr. & Mrs. RN replied to DawnEyes's topic in Operating Room

    Anything that requires you to assess or interpret is most likely outside of your scope of practice. If you make your argument in regards to patient safety you will probably get a better

  6. Sedated patients in pre-op.

    Mr. & Mrs. RN posted a topic in PACU

    I am an OR nurse, but I have been forced to pre-op many of my patients (I work off-hours). Management has asked that I send for in-house patients earlier as a result of poor turn-over time. However,...

  7. How many counts?

    Mr. & Mrs. RN posted a topic in Operating Room

    Our policy says to do two counts if the incision is deep...one for underlying tissues, and one at skin. For just muscle/fascia...say a limb incision to a bone, how deep before you do more than just a...

  8. For those who specialize in ortho...hip question

    Mr. & Mrs. RN posted a topic in Operating Room

    So I am totally confused and never know which case cart to call for. Can someone explain to me the difference between unipolar/bipolar,

  9. Iodine scrub stained my white gold wedding ring

    Mr. & Mrs. RN replied to Libitina's topic in Operating Room

    I don't know what will get it out, but you can always get it Rhodium plated to make it look good as new. I usually do this once or twice a year just to protect it. I would also recommend that you...

  10. For those who specialize in ortho...hip question

    Mr. & Mrs. RN replied to Mr. & Mrs. RN's topic in Operating Room

    So is there a difference between bipolar/unipolar...or are they both referring to the same procedure? So...If it's a badly displaced femoral neck fx, it will be bip/unipolar, and imhs for...

  11. Open Heart Nurses...I need your help! (we need prep recommendations)

    Mr. & Mrs. RN replied to MereSanity's topic in Operating Room

    I am not in CVOR, but from what little I have seen, I believe they use Duraprep all over with the loin

  12. Where have you lost a sponge?

    Mr. & Mrs. RN replied to sm9796's topic in Operating Room

    In a bag full of poop (and other things like gowns and gloves) that we had tied and bagged multiple times from a perf bowel case. Then we had to dig it out after we had the smell somewhat contained...

  13. Rant: Physician pagers!

    Mr. & Mrs. RN replied to BridgetJones's topic in Operating Room

    You always have the right to refuse. And if it's getting excessive say, "Dr I think it's more important to take care of your patient than your phone calls right now. It'll have to

  14. Is it like this everywhere?

    Mr. & Mrs. RN replied to carluvscats's topic in Operating Room

    We ALWAYS get our 30 min lunch break and 15 min break, free of all responsibilities. Our charge is good at making sure that happens. I can't remember having missed a

  15. New OR nurse - what specialty should I start in?

    Mr. & Mrs. RN replied to msancheeze's topic in Operating Room

    Doesn't matter, just do what you love. If you dislike general, why waste your time specializing in it. You can easily be trained to circle anything really. I don't think specializing in Ortho would...

  16. Student with OR questions

    Mr. & Mrs. RN replied to RNstudentKC's topic in Operating Room

    There are a lot of NPs that work with a physician or physician group scrubbing in with them as first assist, and working in their clinic as well. Not a bad choice in my mind, if you want to...

  17. How do you transfer meds to the field?

    Mr. & Mrs. RN posted a topic in Operating Room

    I remember from my Periop course that's it's not recommended to pour your meds to the sterile field, but that it's better technique to draw the meds up via needle to the field. So why do they make...

  18. Beach chair shoulder arthroscopy and fluid control

    Mr. & Mrs. RN replied to Rezidentura's topic in Operating Room

    I like to use "guppies" on the floor. They're those little purple fishes that connect with regular tubing to our suction machine and suck up all the water from the floor. They work really well for...

  19. Contact precautions in the OR???

    Mr. & Mrs. RN posted a topic in Operating Room

    So this is a constant topic that is complained about in our OR. Someone told me that other hospitals don't follow contact precautions in the OR which seems ridiculous to me, but I've only worked in...

  20. Advice for New Grad starting in Peri-OP OR

    Mr. & Mrs. RN replied to Team Player's topic in Operating Room

    See this post

  21. OR interview coming up...Help!

    Mr. & Mrs. RN replied to shippoRN's topic in Operating Room

    I was asked how I felt around difficult personalities, the basic what are your top qualities and negative qualities, give examples of how you are able to resolve issues quickly...for instance, if you...

  22. hand written signs

    Mr. & Mrs. RN replied to RNOTODAY's topic in Operating Room

    I think this is a very immature way to make their point. We have a lot of issues with the RN's abusing our core person (the assistant who stays in the core all day to keep everything running...

  23. To dilute or not to dilute

    Mr. & Mrs. RN replied to PetiteOpRN's topic in Operating Room

    I believe the packaging says not to dilute. AORN also recommends that you don't

  24. Clothing under scrubs in OR

    Mr. & Mrs. RN replied to qbfan413's topic in Operating Room

    Absolutely not allowed to show. Some people will wear two sets of scrubs.

  25. How long does it take to love your OR job????

    Mr. & Mrs. RN replied to divokevan's topic in Operating Room

    I definitely miss that about the ASC. I got along so well we the two other nurses and we had a great work environment. We were all very interested in each others lives and I felt like they always...