maeyken

maeyken

Operating Room (and a bit of med/surg)

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  1. What do you love about the OR? & what do you hate?

    maeyken replied to blueberry21's topic in Operating Room

    One way to get a feel for the environment would be to see if you can shadow an OR nurse for a day- just to see what all goes into the job. For me, just observing a few cases during nursing school was...

  2. Changing jobs

    maeyken replied to FlyOR's topic in Operating Room

    In the OR I work in, people who come new to the OR have to complete their orientation period and I think about 3mos full time, and then can go part time (that's about 6mos full time). We have been...

  3. Local without sedation

    maeyken replied to linda2097's topic in Operating Room

    We have a minor procedure area where we do small cases under local only. (no anesthetist, only one nurse and the surgeon). There is no option for sedation here, so if a surgeon thinks their patient...

  4. Need your OR knowledge.....patient from clinic or other facility to OR???

    maeyken replied to staceyp413's topic in Operating Room

    ANY outside cases go through ER whether they come from another hospital, a doctor's office, clinic, etc. If we're not ready for them, and they have a bed, then they go to the floor to wait for us.

  5. What to do after graduation- I really want to be an OR nurse

    maeyken replied to kfarinato's topic in Operating Room

    the only reason i can think of to stay at your hospital would be for seniority, but if you are just starting as an RN I don't know if you would retain any of that seniority. if you don't, there's no...

  6. Anesthesia Gas Making Me Tired in the OR???

    maeyken replied to e-dice's topic in Operating Room

    The only time I've been affected by gas in the OR is when we're inducing kids by mask. As they go through the excitation phase they wiggle a lot and sometimes we get more of the gas than they do! haha...

  7. How many hours can you work ?

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

    Wow, I didn't realize how lucky we are where I work. We're staffed 24/7, (for weekends/holidays- 3 on days, evenings, 2 on nights) The only call we do is one person from day shift will take call for...

  8. "TIME BACK" vs. Overtime $$ pay

    maeyken replied to Paws4K9s's topic in Operating Room

    We too have 10h shifts, but we are staffed 24/7. We have a choice of whether to bank the time, or take the money. We do a fair amount of OT, but it is counted as such. Doesn't make management happy,...

  9. OR Lasers, Info Please

    maeyken replied to mcmike55's topic in Operating Room

    All our fibers are disposable. I think we have a couple old re-usable (sterilized!!) ones kicking around. But NEVER unsterile! And as for leaving the laser unattended?!?! Huge NO NO! We have RNs...

  10. OR reference textbooks?

    maeyken replied to Ordered Chaos's topic in Operating Room

    We used Alexander's in my course... and the standards binder of

  11. Shoes?

    maeyken replied to Aneroo's topic in Operating Room

    I am a Dansko convert as well. Just got my first pair about 4 months ago, and absolutely love them! What I found though, is that each pair fits differently, so try on several in your size if possible....

  12. I have a question to ask!

    maeyken replied to Scrubby's topic in Operating Room

    Nope! :) Working for 2 teams, like you said, causes your attention to be split between the two teams, who are doing different things. It's not like you've got 2 surgeons working on the same hole......

  13. OR Shift Question

    maeyken replied to techraider77's topic in Operating Room

    We only have 8's and 10's, but we all rotate through

  14. Opening bypass cannulas

    maeyken replied to lilla_fjaril's topic in Operating Room

    In our facility, we don't do hearts, but in terms of opening items, the only items we DON'T hand to the scrub nurse are drapes, towels, gowns, and things like that. Everything else is handed directly...

  15. I have a question to ask!

    maeyken replied to Scrubby's topic in Operating Room

    Our surgeons do one part at a time, so it's the same scrub nurse for the whole

  16. OR Live

    maeyken replied to Aneroo's topic in Operating Room

    When I was starting in the OR I watched a lot of videos there! They were helpful in learning the general order of procedures. Haven't looked at it in awhile though... I see enough every day!! lol

  17. Anesthesia leaves room, normal??

    maeyken replied to IVyPush-her's topic in Operating Room

    I work in a teaching hospital, and so sometimes our anesthesia docs will leave a senior resident with the patient... but usually they let us know where they're going, and are always available to come...

  18. Getting on to a transplant team

    maeyken replied to hs2005's topic in Operating Room

    I second what BlueEyedNursey said. You need OR experience to be on the transplant team. At our hospital, we only do kidney transplants, so we don't have a transplant team of any sort since most people...

  19. Should I go for OR right after graduation?

    maeyken replied to Irene joy's topic in Operating Room

    I think it really depends on what you think you will gain from either option. I worked on the floor for a little over a year, and then got an amazing opportunity to go to the OR. My plan out of...

  20. Brand Spanking New OR Nurse

    maeyken replied to jnl2000's topic in Operating Room

    Hang in there!! The retarded stage will

  21. peds or adults.. what is your preference?

    maeyken replied to penny77's topic in Operating Room

    We do a small number of peds cases in our mainly adult OR, mostly T&A's, ears (tubes, pinnings), and dental, occasionally a circ or hydrocele/hernia. Our youngest patients are 2 years old. We...

  22. Contact precautions in the OR?

    maeyken replied to brewerpaul's topic in Operating Room

    Our hospital treats it pretty black and white... either they are +ve or -ve. Patients who are +ve get all contact precautions for the entire case, PAR, etc. -ve patients are treated like any other...

  23. Epidural/spinal question

    maeyken replied to Newb_peri_op_RN's topic in Operating Room

    Anesthetics can be given a variety of ways. By doing an epidural or spinal as well as a general, the anesthetist doesn't have to give as much medication for pain control during the case, and the...

  24. Colonoscopy - sterile water or tap water?

    maeyken replied to CDNORRN's topic in Operating Room

    Many of our colonoscopies in the OR are done for laparoscopic bowel resections... and so the water could technically leak into the abdomen if the anastamosis site is not sealed. Also, like someone...

  25. Colonoscopy - sterile water or tap water?

    maeyken replied to CDNORRN's topic in Operating Room

    sterile water. not sure what they use in