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  1. help with job transform

    linda2097 replied to lilyzhou's topic in Operating Room

    Many hospitals do not require per diem nurses to take call. Either way, you will need at least a year of full-time work in the O.R. to train because there is so much to learn. Get your experience,...

  2. What's the easiest job in the operating room?

    linda2097 posted a topic in Operating Room

    Surgeon anesthesiologist first assistant scrub tech circulator Which job is easiest overall? And

  3. OR Mask Conservation

    linda2097 replied to GotTraumaRN's topic in Operating Room

    I think AORN recommends to use a new mask for every

  4. Best unit to prepare for OR?

    linda2097 replied to PureLifeRN's topic in Operating Room

    Endoscopy is pretty similar to O.R. or Cath

  5. Anybody overcome dizziness b/c of standing?

    linda2097 replied to Kitty Hawk's topic in Operating Room

    Don't lock your knees. Even soldiers pass out if they lock their knees when standing at attention. Move your legs a lot. Flex your leg muscles once in a while to stimulate blood

  6. What's the easiest job in the operating room?

    linda2097 replied to linda2097's topic in Operating Room

    Then we agree after

  7. What's the easiest job in the operating room?

    linda2097 replied to linda2097's topic in Operating Room

    Ask a physician if his job is harder than a scrub tech's job and see what he says. Also, do you believe that ALL jobs in the world are equal in

  8. OR RN's recovering their own patients in a small, rural hospital

    linda2097 replied to wilbur1's topic in Operating Room

    O.R. nurses and PACU nurses are both RN's. The solution is not to forbid O.R. nurses from recovering patients. The solution is to make sure that the O.R. nurses are also highly-trained PACU nurses....

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

    linda2097 replied to ruralgirl08's topic in Operating Room

    This question has already been asked. Just look for it in the past threads.

  10. height requirement for OR nurses?

    linda2097 replied to Elise, RN's topic in Operating Room

    I've never heard of a height requirement. We have a very high-tech invention in our O.R. called a foot

  11. Not sure what to think...

    linda2097 replied to MrNurseOR's topic in Operating Room

    If you complain about anti-gay remarks, they will all figure out that you are gay. You need to make a

  12. What's the easiest job in the operating room?

    linda2097 replied to linda2097's topic in Operating Room

    Of

  13. What's the easiest job in the operating room?

    linda2097 replied to linda2097's topic in Operating Room

    It depends on the facility and the shift. At nights, for example, there is only one circulator who is also the charge nurse. There is no one to help her. At the field on the other hand, there is...

  14. What's the easiest job in the operating room?

    linda2097 replied to linda2097's topic in Operating Room

    David, would you circulate for a living if it paid as much as your current

  15. What's the easiest job in the operating room?

    linda2097 replied to linda2097's topic in Operating Room

    Wow, you sure make circulating sound easy. So you are saying that scrubbing is harder than circulating because only circulators get

  16. Bye Bye NICU, Hello Main OR

    linda2097 replied to KK7724's topic in Operating Room

    Apples and oranges. You are about to learn a completely different job. Expect to feel dumb for at least a year. And get ready to do a lot of heavy lifting. Lots of heavy equipment. The good news is...

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

    linda2097 replied to Paws4K9s's topic in Operating Room

    Look in your local yellow pages and call an employment attorney. Ask for a free

  18. New and tired

    linda2097 replied to FlyOR's topic in Operating Room

    Do what I do. Each day before work, I tell myself that I am just going to do my best. That's all the matters. As long as you do your best, you have nothing to be ashamed of. You should only be...

  19. What cases require an internal vaginal prep?

    linda2097 posted a topic in Operating Room

    What cases require an internal lady partsl prep? Hysterectomy, oopherectomy, what

  20. relatively new and stressed

    linda2097 replied to Ames24's topic in Operating Room

    Give it a full year before you consider quitting. It takes at least that long to become confident, and several years to be well-rounded. Work less hours per week if

  21. Route to the OR

    linda2097 replied to MichiganChris's topic in Operating Room

    1. Surgical tech training can take a couple years, so you might as well get your RN. 2. RN schools are very competitive now that so many people need jobs and nursing is an oasis in this economy. You...

  22. What's the easiest job in the operating room?

    linda2097 replied to linda2097's topic in Operating Room

    I appreciate your friendliness, but please be aware that second-circulating as a tech is not an accurate taste of circulating. You were not allowed to the things that only RN's do, and you always had...

  23. What's the easiest job in the operating room?

    linda2097 replied to linda2097's topic in Operating Room

    No offense Shari, but have you circulated? OVERALL, circulating is a lot harder than first assisting or scrubbing. Yes, there are tough cases to scrub, but OVERALL, circulating is the hardest. I...

  24. What's the easiest job in the operating room?

    linda2097 replied to linda2097's topic in Operating Room

    I think first assistant is the easiest. All they do is hold retractors and then suture

  25. New and tired

    linda2097 replied to FlyOR's topic in Operating Room

    Here's a important tip that I learned from combat soliders.... SLOW IS SMOOTH. SMOOTH IS FAST. Let me explain. When you are under a lot of stress, such as being shot at, you are better off acting...