cornpoohRN

cornpoohRN

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  1. Failure to disclose....

    cornpoohRN posted a topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    Well I just found out my fate from my state BON. Let me explain....23 years ago, I was arrested for a misdemeanor, charged as a minor AND the judge told me it was a closed case and would be wiped from...

  2. Asking someone to leave your room during a case...

    cornpoohRN posted a topic in Operating Room

    has anyone ever had to ask someone to leave their room during a case while you were circulating? it happened to me this week. i had a scrub tech come in and try and take over my room and change things...

  3. Asking someone to leave your room during a case...

    cornpoohRN replied to cornpoohRN's topic in Operating Room

    HA! Funny you say that, she reported ME!!!. I went to my director the next morning to let her know of the incident (we all work on evening shift) and she told me that she had already gotten an e-mail...

  4. Asking someone to leave your room during a case...

    cornpoohRN replied to cornpoohRN's topic in Operating Room

    Yea, well I wanted to tell her "well you're not a RN so you don't know how this end

  5. OR nurse as a new grad

    cornpoohRN replied to judycollingwell's topic in Operating Room

    Many OR's are offering new grad residencies. Start looking now for hospitals near you. Look for Periop 101 courses or Versant residencies. They both are great. Good

  6. What's in your pockets?

    cornpoohRN replied to tokmom's topic in General Nursing

    I work in the OR and everyone always makes fun of me for what I keep in my pockets but who do you think they come to over and over I wear a scrub jacket with 2 pockets. Left pocket has extra...

  7. Things you've seen in the O.R that made your teeth crinch?

    cornpoohRN replied to RNman09's topic in Operating Room

    I saw a general surgeon remove gobs of duct tape from a young guys stomach that he had

  8. How long are O.R. shifts?!

    cornpoohRN replied to BigTimeNurse's topic in Operating Room

    I work 4 10's, 11a-9p, M-Th. Off F, Sa & Su. I love my shift! No early mornings and things are already happening when I get there. I do lunch reliefs then circulate afternoon cases then cases that...

  9. How to become an OR nurse

    cornpoohRN replied to 1102RN's topic in Operating Room

    Just apply. See if the hospital you work in offers perioperative residencies. It is very intense in the OR but once you are there you will be a forever OR

  10. counts question

    cornpoohRN replied to trixie_s_CNOR's topic in Operating Room

    We use a white board for the initial count and add as needed throughout the case. Our intra op record just has 4 places to document where the two people who did the initial count (names of the...

  11. Surgical Masks

    cornpoohRN posted a topic in Operating Room

    I have a question.......... In our OR, we seem to have 8 or 9 different types of masks. Since I started my oreintation 8 weeks ago, I have started to break out in the areas where the mask cups my...

  12. How do you feel about this?

    cornpoohRN replied to 1TachyRN's topic in General Nursing

    At first I thought I was reading an old article that was posted on AN.com. There was a thread that mentioned hospital's that are already doing...

  13. Tourniquet Time

    cornpoohRN replied to bettyboop08's topic in Operating Room

    Our machine calculates total time the machine was inflated at the end-no matter how many times we deflated and went back up, 2 or 3 times. Time is time. I agree with everyone else...you are signing...

  14. Perioperative Residency...........

    cornpoohRN posted a topic in Operating Room

    I am a new grad and I start an OR residency next month. I am so excited. Any advice from preceptors or former grads who went through a perioperative residency. Specifically, this is a "Versant"...

  15. Perioperative Residency...........

    cornpoohRN replied to cornpoohRN's topic in Operating Room

    Well 4 weeks into my residency and I am spending most of the time in the OR. I am completely overwhelemed! I am so glad that I have a long orientation because there is no way I could get all this in a...

  16. Not sure what to think...

    cornpoohRN replied to MrNurseOR's topic in Operating Room

    The comments have to stop. There are EEOC laws and every institution enforces them. I am sure that their HR department and corporate attorneys would dookey in their drawers if they knew that was...

  17. Overwhelming job! Oh my gosh!

    cornpoohRN replied to allie83's topic in Operating Room

    I am a new OR nurse on orientation (4 weeks) and we get 22 week Residency plus a 9-12 month OR orientation. If I knew I was going to be on my own in 8 weeks, I would stress out too! I have not even...

  18. Traits that make a good OR nurse...

    cornpoohRN replied to ruralgirl08's topic in Operating Room

    I am in a residency program and just finished my 4th week as an OR nurse. We have didactic classroom as well as clinical tme with a preceptor. We are starting to make the transition from classroom to...

  19. Anyone ever get their license back after revocation?

    cornpoohRN replied to Morganslake's topic in Nurses Recovery

    After reading through this thread I was moved. I just got my license this year. I have never gone through what you guys have so I can't say that I understand exactly what you have gone through so what...

  20. Ohio boards and past DUI

    cornpoohRN replied to smc09's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    Go to your state's boards web-site and read every inch of it and get all of the information you can. It is better to be prepared before you apply for a license than get blind sided with all kind of...

  21. My journey with a criminal history

    cornpoohRN replied to SynCardia's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    There is ABSOLUTELY no reason why this should hold your friend up from nursing school. None whatsoever. Good

  22. Perioperative Residency...........

    cornpoohRN replied to cornpoohRN's topic in Operating Room

    Thanks Jeff RN, I started this week, mostly hospital orientation. I have ordered the Alexanders book from AORN and I have joined their membership. My first taste of the OR does not come until next...

  23. O.R Tech to RN to the O.R or Med/Surg first?

    cornpoohRN replied to RNman09's topic in Operating Room

    I was a ST for several years and the reason that I got considered for the OR residency was because I had experience. There were so many RN's that wanted the OR but were turned down b/c of no...

  24. Thank You Note to GPC's Nursing Program

    cornpoohRN replied to stillbetteryet's topic in Georgia Nursing

    trustingGod, if all you do is commit yourself to the program then you will be good to go! It is hard but well worth it. I graduated in May and was fully prepared for NCLEX. Now, I will not say it was...

  25. Just got hired!!

    cornpoohRN replied to jsnj2009's topic in Operating Room

    Hi! I start my residency Monday and wanted to know how yours was going. Are you doing any specific program? We will be doing a Versant/AORN program that is designed to retain new nurses. It seems very...