NurseLumpia

NurseLumpia

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  1. Surgical preps for cardiac patients

    NurseLumpia replied to catherinefran's topic in Operating Room

    we use iodine scrub then

  2. Cardio-Thoracic Differential Pay

    NurseLumpia replied to GarretSTL's topic in Operating Room

    During my CV time, the CV team got the same base pay. But, we do get a monthly

  3. Passed the CNOR exam

    NurseLumpia replied to Heart2015FNP's topic in Operating Room

    Congratulations! I'm happy and jealous at the same time. I took my test and missed the 'cut' by 6 points. Needless to say I'm very disappointed. Now, I just need to get back on the proverbial horse....

  4. Hospitals paying for our kids' education

    NurseLumpia posted a topic in Operating Room

    Hello all, I just recently heard from a coworker that she heard rumors of hospitals paying for your kids' education. Is this just an urban myth? I thank all in

  5. OR manager working a room

    NurseLumpia posted a topic in Operating Room

    Hello all, This topic just came about recently... Staff in my OR feel that the managers are all out of touch with the rooms. The staff have spoken to HR about this and the feedback from the managers'...

  6. recapping saline bottles?

    NurseLumpia replied to lynswim's topic in Operating Room

    Like Argo and Poet... My OR first pours the saline then asks the scrub to draw up with a syringe and reconstitute the Baci/poly inside its' vial. Maybe your OR thinks that it's antibiotic anyways and...

  7. CTOR or Neuro

    NurseLumpia replied to NurseLumpia's topic in Operating Room

    Thanks Argo :) That's one thing that I don't have to worry about... When it comes to getting experience on something that I am interested in I have no fear in learning about it. I totally want to...

  8. CTOR or Neuro

    NurseLumpia posted a topic in Operating Room

    Hello all, I find myself at a cross road in my OR... I have found out that CT will be loosing one of their nurses and therefore will have an opening. I am interested in doing this, but, if I do switch...

  9. CTOR or Neuro

    NurseLumpia replied to NurseLumpia's topic in Operating Room

    Thanks Canes & Argo, I took both your advises and went to the manager to ask regarding the opening. They (CTOR) were busy at the time and she said she'll talk to me once gets quieter... So, now, I...

  10. OR manager working a room

    NurseLumpia replied to NurseLumpia's topic in Operating Room

    My OR has a manager that respects, yes, she is bossy, but she CAN run and scrub a room. It also has come to a point where she is the first to say NO I'll precept the new person so they will be it...

  11. OR manager working a room

    NurseLumpia replied to NurseLumpia's topic in Operating Room

    Thank you for the replies :) It happened again this week... a manager was placed in a room to scrub and was actually almost drawn to tears... they had to pull someone to scrub and her circulate and...

  12. operating room checklist

    NurseLumpia posted a topic in Operating Room

    Hello all, Just recently my OR did a trial run for a universal checklist. My OR took a checklist from a leading hospital and tweaked it to serve our hospitals' purposes. It seems that there is a bunch...

  13. operating room checklist

    NurseLumpia replied to NurseLumpia's topic in Operating Room

    It's still in the tweaking phase... Did your 'universal' (that's what we are calling it) checklist have a N/A box, cuz an issue came up, one of the checkboxes is did the pt verbalize their name, DOB,...

  14. operating room checklist

    NurseLumpia replied to NurseLumpia's topic in Operating Room

    The check list that came out has 5 columns. The 1st column is for pre-op 2 - 4 is for the OR nurse with a checkbox that states 'lock the stretcher before moving the pt over' and 'did anesthesia put a...

  15. "Neutral" sharps passing zone

    NurseLumpia replied to fezzin's topic in Operating Room

    We pass by hand, we mostly use the safety blades where the surgeons need to stow the blade into the sheath before passing back but then you have idiot med students trying to be "usefull" then you have...

  16. Passing ties to surgeon

    NurseLumpia replied to tiny1's topic in Operating Room

    A tie on the pass for my OR is a Silk on a

  17. What's your SOP when a 'foreign body' is found

    NurseLumpia posted a topic in Operating Room

    Hello all, Just wondering what is your OR's standard operating procedure when an ex lap produces a 'foreign body'? Thank

  18. What's your SOP when a 'foreign body' is found

    NurseLumpia replied to NurseLumpia's topic in Operating Room

    Thank you all for the input, we found some BV1's in the bowel that we weren't

  19. What would you do?

    NurseLumpia replied to canesdukegirl's topic in Operating Room

    I have a different view on this equation. My two cents would be to go with what will make you better/happy in the long run. You have to think of this as a "business decision", I say this, because in...

  20. emergency cases - what's your record?

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

    lap appy

  21. What should I carry in my pocket as an OR nurse intern?

    NurseLumpia replied to bnhanna9's topic in Operating Room

    I have a pen, scissors, notebook, and

  22. Help for new O R NURSE

    NurseLumpia replied to mondragon's topic in Operating Room

    Scrub in NJ are not allowed to do anything of that sort that u described. I, like every one, would start looking for a new job ASAP and report them to the Joint

  23. set up how do i proceed to work with these people

    NurseLumpia replied to RNOTODAY's topic in Operating Room

    That is a different way of seeing things, but, at times unreasonable... I say this because there are cases where it can take over 7 hours plus! So, what I am saying is, the last thing you ate would be...

  24. I need some serious, honest advice.

    NurseLumpia replied to usernamehere's topic in Operating Room

    Very disheartening!!! Does your hospital have a patient safety hotline? The hospital that I work with has one of this and takes anonymous calls from everyone. If not, I would suggest go look up their...

  25. Sharp/Instrument Count Question

    NurseLumpia replied to BeanRN's topic in Operating Room

    What about placing your count sheet where you will likely open your countables, as soon as you open you are documenting.