Mr. & Mrs. RN

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

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

    It takes a certain personality to work in this environment. This probably just isn't your niche and that's nothing to feel bad about. It's the same in the ER and critical care. You have to be a...

  2. Orthopaedic clinic circulating nurse here

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

    I'm confused...you do facelifts and colonoscopies at an orthopaedic clinic? This just doesn't make sense. And how is it possible that you are circling for free. You are

  3. New to the OR

    Mr. & Mrs. RN replied to lesliehaynes0625's topic in Operating Room

  4. New to the OR

    Mr. & Mrs. RN replied to lesliehaynes0625's topic in Operating Room

    Oh geese, that did not publish the way in looked in the

  5. New to the OR

    Mr. & Mrs. RN replied to lesliehaynes0625's topic in Operating Room

    There we go, I fixed it. I had to copy and paste the word document into paint, save as a picture, upload it on tinypic.com, and then post it on here, haha. Much better

  6. Questions about sedation and positionaing

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

    Most people sleep when they are sedated. They only wake up if someone talks loudly to them or shakes them awake. I've heard stranger things come out of people's mouths when they are waking up from...

  7. Sharp/Instrument Count Question

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

    Always write down immediately after opening...no matter what is going on...and I save my wrappers

  8. 2009 On-Call Pay Scales

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

    Northwest at $2.75/hour during the week, $4 for weekend call. Min 2 hours at time and a half for call

  9. Scrub tech breaking scrub without permission

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

    Well explain how you reacted. Did they put the patient at risk, fail to count instruments? That's all can think of that might help

  10. Thanks, allnurses

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

    Congratulations! That's

  11. Preoperative antibiotics & medication safety

    Mr. & Mrs. RN replied to staceyp413's topic in Operating Room

    PACU gets the antibiotics and primes tubing. Circ connects tubing and starts. Some PACU nurses connect tubing. It is stored on the patient's cot or in their designated bin in Pre-op. Circ starts...

  12. Disposable safety straps on the OR table

    Mr. & Mrs. RN replied to pstar001's topic in Operating Room

    If you are using it off-label, you and the hospital could be liable. I didn't know this, but the SCD tubing is rated single-use

  13. same surgeon, second room

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

    We do this for a physician and its when her PA is

  14. Level 1 trauma?

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

    Hm, barely at a level 3,

  15. scrub RN vs. Surgical technologist

    Mr. & Mrs. RN replied to casey22's topic in Operating Room

    Here's a good discussion for you!

  16. scrub RN vs. Surgical technologist

    Mr. & Mrs. RN replied to casey22's topic in Operating Room

    I remember reading a study recently, wish I could cite it for you, about patient outcomes at different hospital ORs. The groups were divided by hospitals with all RN staff in the OR, and those with...

  17. NSICU to OR guidance appreciated

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

    I don't know about the other RNs here, but in our OR you don't need any special ICU training and few of us carry our ACLS. We are surrounded by doctors and anesthesia all day. Your ICU skills would...

  18. What college should I go to for my BSN?

    Mr. & Mrs. RN replied to Kamanaka's topic in General Nursing

    LCSC (lewiston) has a good program. I hated it, but I'm glad I chose

  19. How does your body handle standing for hours in the OR?

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

    We have stools for charting. Depending on the length of the case, I may sit for quite a while or not at all. I think I got 2 days of OR clinical during my 3 year

  20. Qualities of a good nurse circulator

    Mr. & Mrs. RN replied to youngestof6's topic in Operating Room

    Be able to anticipate and not have to run out of the room very often for a supply. Skinny-gotta be able to squeeze behind the sterile table to turn the suction on! Super sonic hearing since ya can't...

  21. Seeking advise from seasoned OR nurses

    Mr. & Mrs. RN replied to Ilovethe80s's topic in Operating Room

    If you despise the floor, I don't think you need to head there first at all. I don't feel that it would have helped me anymore than nursing school did. The OR is a completely different arena....

  22. timeout ???

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

    Ahh, the endless

  23. chloaprep & open fractures??

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

    Yes, she did the correct thing. It contains alcohol which cannot go on mucous membranes or open wounds. Using anything off label is inappropriate and the hospital will not back that doctor

  24. does OR nsg accepts RNs with no OR experience?

    Mr. & Mrs. RN replied to spongebob6286's topic in Operating Room

    I worked at an ASC for 2 years prior. I got the basics of sterile technique down, but only knew a few procedures. I think I've adapted well. Might try an ASC if you can't get on at a hospital....

  25. OR orientation questions

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

    12 weeks, or 3 months. We orient to everything but hearts and thoracic surgery. I can circ a robot, but they try to keep it to the specialized teams. We also don't do babies, but we have to know...