MsLeylaBar

MsLeylaBar has 17 years experience and specializes in Med-Surg;Rehab;Gerontology; Now OR.

Latest Activity

1. Help with instruments

   MsLeylaBar replied to cp24001's topic in Operating Room

   There is a book called Instrumentation for the Operating Room by Shirley Brooks Tighe. It has a lot of pictures of the instruments. If you know anyone in the sterile processing department, they also...

2. Moving patients

   MsLeylaBar replied to lockheart678's topic in Operating Room

   I've worked in both teaching and private hospitals and yes, I really prefer the teaching ones because there are plenty of help. Wherever you work, please don't compromise the patient's safety. I would...

3. Afraid to lose skills

   MsLeylaBar replied to Successfulalways's topic in Operating Room

   Here's a few threads about this- https://allnurses.com/operating-room-nursing/lose-nursing-skills-340492.html https://allnurses.com/canadian-nurses/need-advice-662985.html...

4. Tele or MedSurg better for career to be in OR

   MsLeylaBar replied to monsterRN's topic in Operating Room

   There are no openings in the OR in your area? In my opinion, it's really okay to go into the OR right away and not waste your time in other specialties. If you wish to do other specialties first, it...

5. Studied BSN in the Philippines for 2 yrs, wants to continue in the US

   MsLeylaBar replied to ishylovesyou's topic in Washington Nursing

   I don't know if your courses will be credited. Why don't you contact the community colleges around Seattle and ask. Getting into nursing school here is very competitive so you might not get in right...

6. OR going Green?

   MsLeylaBar replied to mactheknife's topic in Operating Room

   The hospital will have to invest in supplying all kinds of bins. A green committee was established in our OR probably 2 years ago and these people initiated everything from tracking down how much the...

7. cloth scrub hats in the OR

   MsLeylaBar replied to luv2scrub's topic in Operating Room

   I work in a pediatric OR so 75% of us nurses, surgeons and techs wear bright colored hats with all kinds of designs. The patients and families love our hats. I know there are some people who don't...

8. Safety glasses for the OR

   MsLeylaBar replied to UVAnurse9's topic in Operating Room

   I buy my glasses from here, there's a variety to choose from and they are cheap.

9. Leaving a job I love

   MsLeylaBar replied to eastcoastsun's topic in Operating Room

   I think you made the right decision. It is always a big plus if you know how to circulate or scrub many procedures especially that you are planning to become a travel nurse. That only makes you...

10. Wrong site surgery - how to prevent

    MsLeylaBar replied to Sunnyday2235's topic in Operating Room

    We do timeouts in our facility the way GadgetRN said. The surgeon is responsible for initiating it. Everyone in the room stops and gather around the patient. We actually all introduce ourselves first...

11. 6 weeks in and circulating own case?

    MsLeylaBar replied to SkipBeat's topic in Operating Room

    Is that their norm at that hospital? That is certainly going too fast. I would understand if there were just so short of staff that day that they would pull you out of orientation but that is so...

12. why did you choose perioperative nursing?

    MsLeylaBar replied to rncoco's topic in Operating Room

    I wasn't planning on it. I was a nurse manager at an LTC-Rehab Unit and found an ad in the paper from the Level 1 Trauma Center in the city looking for experienced RN's who wanted to try OR nursing....

13. What is the best shoes for the OR?

    MsLeylaBar replied to ShannonRN2010's topic in Operating Room

    Only thing that would help squeaking would be to wear shoe covers. I like fitflops. They are so comfortable. I use the goghs.

14. Pediatric vs. Adult OR?

    MsLeylaBar replied to linguine's topic in Operating Room

    "They don't have to wear their patient ID bracelet" Wow, really? That's a safety issue. They are really allowed to get into the OR without it? I used to work in an adult OR but have been doing Peds...

15. Need a job?

    MsLeylaBar replied to MsLeylaBar's topic in Operating Room

    Msancheeze, I PM'd