AmyLiz

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  1. Call: how often?

    AmyLiz replied to bjlesm's topic in Operating Room

    The hospital where I work has the OR staffed 24/7, but even so, everyone (except the "outpatient/ambulatory" staff take call (the hospital has a Level I Trauma Center). We're assigned call, but most...

  2. Good OR orientation programs.

    AmyLiz replied to blacksea pebble's topic in Operating Room

    Here in southwestern Ohio there are several hospitals that have OR training programs. A couple in Cincinnati & a couple in Dayton that I know of are really good. I am in an internship right now...

  3. Counting Policy

    AmyLiz replied to kmh2000's topic in Operating Room

    We use pre-printed sheets for counting our instruments. We use another pre-printed sheet for counting sponges & blades/needles. It works quite well for

  4. Path to Flight RN

    AmyLiz replied to JonP's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    This is straight off of our hospital's website for their requirements for nurses who want to apply for flight nurse positions: Education - BSN required or actively pursuing. Licensed to practice...

  5. New Grad starting in OR

    AmyLiz replied to DLangston's topic in Operating Room

    I graduated from nursing school this past November. I started an OR internship at a local hospital last month. It's important that the hospital you work at has a good training program. If you...

  6. No Motivation To Study For NCLEX

    AmyLiz replied to land64shark's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Heck, I didn't study much either. Didn't have any motivation to study until one of my friends failed it. That lit the fire under my butt to study a bit! :) I really only studied for about a...

  7. Do New Grads get hired in CCU, ER, ICU, etc?

    AmyLiz replied to Vanillanut's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Depends on the hospital. A classmate of mine is now working as a new grad in an ER without any prior experience (other than observing once in nursing school). A few of my former classmates are...

  8. Buttonholing

    AmyLiz replied to GeauxNursing's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I work for a large clinic (24 chairs, total of around 150 patients). We have several buttonholes that are just fantastic...really easy to pop those needles in. Others...well, we had to give up on...

  9. Resumes

    AmyLiz replied to frogger828's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You can start looking at the job boards now. Maybe start sending those resumes out in February or so. I graduated at the end of November & some folks started sending them out in late September,...

  10. hard to deal

    AmyLiz replied to PLTSGT's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Not sure if this is possible for you, but in our clinic we have a few pts who have issues with clotting who cannot be on heparin (and some who have clotting issues even with heparin!), so we put them...

  11. Does anyone know anything about Mount St Joseph or Xaviers Nursing Programs?

    AmyLiz replied to peachbye's topic in Ohio Nursing

    Don't know much about MSJ, but I have heard that Xavier's got a great nursing program. It's kind of pricey to go there, but it's a great

  12. Pct

    AmyLiz replied to KBoo's topic in Ohio Nursing

    I'd say it would be good experience. I work as a dialysis tech currently while going to nursing school (graduating this fall...yeah!). You may want to look around...sometimes there are PCT...

  13. is dialysis less stressful than med surg

    AmyLiz replied to lillady1225's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    It depends on your unit. I work at a 24 chair chronic outpatient unit as a tech (graduating from nursing school this fall) & it can be quite stressful. A couple friends of mine work at a...

  14. Fail math exam and we are out!!!! Help!!!

    AmyLiz replied to ExTechie's topic in General Students

    We are required to pass a dosage calculation test consisting of 10 questions every term of the quarter. We have to get 100% on the test each time or we fail the class and are out of the program. I...

  15. Braun Machines & Reverse UF

    AmyLiz posted a topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Anyone out there using Braun machines? Our facility has 24 chairs & lately we've been having a run of Reverse Ultrafiltration warnings on the machines. We've been trying to find some sort of...

  16. Braun Machines & Reverse UF

    AmyLiz replied to AmyLiz's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Thanks! I will ask our biomed engineer. Our facility is an older one, so perhaps that is the

  17. Calculators???

    AmyLiz replied to micha80's topic in General Students

    Yep, we can use calculators. I agree with shock-me-sane though, really...you don't necessarily need them, since it's not too terribly difficult, but it makes it go much

  18. How many don't make it out?

    AmyLiz replied to LadyEJ BSN, RN's topic in General Students

    This quarter we lost a lot. Still have 4 quarters left in the program, so I can't give you final numbers, but... There were 80 students to begin this quarter...8 class sections with 10 per class. In...

  19. I've been told HD is 90% boredom and 10%

    AmyLiz replied to AustinRN's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    We've had one pt code in the 2.5 years I've been at my clinic. It's rare. If a pt starts to look or feel funny, we usually dc their tx and send them off to the hospital before anything really...

  20. Your worst experience/accident/mistake?

    AmyLiz replied to AustinRN's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    NatKat pretty much nailed it. Wrong dialysate, although it's a problem, isn't hard to fix. It's pre-mixed (at most clinics), so the only thing you could bone up would be if you picked up the wrong...

  21. patient care tech duties in dialysis?

    AmyLiz replied to IndyGal's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I am a dialysis tech. My job is similar to what the dialysis nurses do, but it's limited in certain aspects (like giving meds, doing care plans, assessments, etc). Basically, I prep the pt for...

  22. Are you graded on your clinicals?

    AmyLiz replied to Bonny619's topic in General Students

    pass/fail at my school too. We get a midterm evaluation from our instructor as well as a final

  23. Returning blood

    AmyLiz replied to silverfoxxy's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    BP goes up after blood return simply because of the increase in fluid volume. As for squeezing the bag...I don't do it...I use the machine, since it's easier to monitor exactly how much saline you're...

  24. Fingerprints

    AmyLiz replied to outerbanksfan's topic in Ohio Nursing

    I've heard anywhere from 4-6-9 months. I imagine that yours should be done by the time you need them. Our school has them done electronically...they're ready in 2-4 days. So I guess if your prints...

  25. Have you gone to patient's funeral?

    AmyLiz replied to sunfirebsn's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I personally have not been to a pt's funeral, but several of my co-workers have gone in the past. I can't say that I would or wouldn't go...it would depend on the pt and when the funeral is (a lot of...