cornpoohRN

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 my record. Well, I did not disclose it on my lice...

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 up (moving my set-up, trash, dressing stand, etc....

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 from her and the only thing she wanted to know was...

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

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 luck.

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 mastisol, duraprep remover, medication labels, blank note ...

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

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 are scheduled for after office hours. And we are ...

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 nurse!

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 circulator and the scrub nurse/tech) then places for init...

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 face. I noticed 2 CST's wearing cloth masks during pro...

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 this.....https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-discussion/enough-is-enough-415217.html I was wondering how ...

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 the intraop.

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" program. I would love any feedback. I am thrilled to ste...

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 few months. It is a very fast paced environment, ...

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 being said in front of you. Look into it. You have sig...

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 worked with the same surgeon twice in order to see t...

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 more clinical time which has exposed me to so muc...

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 I will say is WOW...I commend you for picking up,...

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 problems that hinder yor license application/boards....

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

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 Friday with my preceptor whom I met during my 2nd int...

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 experience. I think that being a ST works in your favor. Ho...

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 a piece of cake or without stress but that is for ...

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 interesting and I am excited. I would love to hea...