kiwi77

kiwi77 specializes in OR,L&D,HH.

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1. RN's rarely scrub??

   kiwi77 replied to beachbum3's topic in Operating Room

   Wow---we could be the same person!!! I could have written this and I had to double check this post because everything you wrote about happened to me at the same time----this summer I also scrubbed in for a tech who called in sick-- a lami decompressi...

2. RNFA's---where did you get your training?

   kiwi77 posted a topic in Operating Room

   I am an OR circulator with expectations of becoming an RNFA within the next year.... however, as expensive as these programs are, am afraid of paying for one that doesn't deliver what they promise. One school whom I spoke with in particular has a lon...

3. Surgeons "go ahead" problem ?

   kiwi77 replied to OR male nurse's topic in Operating Room

   I have not seen a policy iabout this issue and it is being debated in the medical exec committee meetings at present. The biggest problem is surgeons who don't see their patients before induction and send their PA's in their place. The surgeon claims...

4. Patient History & Physicals

   kiwi77 replied to Chilly_hands's topic in Operating Room

   Yes, everywhere I work this has been an issue. I have not seen it be OK for anyone but a PA, resident, CRNA or anesthesiologist update the H&P. None of the OR nurses have taken upon themselves to update the H&P because our policy doesn't allo...

5. Surgeons "go ahead" problem ?

   kiwi77 replied to OR male nurse's topic in Operating Room

   I've been following this thread about surgeons giving the "go to the OR" order and how it's handled differently in each hospital but haven't seen this problem addressed yet. We're having issues with surgeons calling from their mobile phones, saying "...

6. Do you chart in the OR?

   kiwi77 replied to AlisonBSN's topic in Operating Room

   The hospital where I work has an intraop order sheet with all that you've mentioned on it. The circulator ticks the box in each category for type of local, drains, foley, specimen, etc. Then signs and sticks in chart for surgeon to co-sign. This cove...

7. Fired from longtime job, too much LOA r/t cancer, deaths in family. Not Fair.....

   kiwi77 replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

   Reading these examples of heartlessness from healthcare employers who advertise themselves as caring and compassionate (at least if you're a patient) reminds me of my own nightmare. As said before, this is unfortunately not an isolated incident. It a...