Lasoniamacaroni

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1. Sterile nacl or h2o???

   Lasoniamacaroni replied to Lasoniamacaroni's topic in Operating Room

   neither...I am talking about during surgical procedures. What do you irrigate the wounds

2. Sterile nacl or h2o???

   Lasoniamacaroni posted a topic in Operating Room

   hi. I was trained that we give sterile water for cancer cases (breast, etc...) Something about being hypotonic and its effect on lingering cells. I tried giving water at my new job and they thought I...

3. Can you ever go from a big OR to a small OR and be happy?

   Lasoniamacaroni replied to GadgetRN71's topic in Operating Room

   lmao!!! I had to keep looking at the name to make sure I didn't write the post gadgetrn !! Started in a LARGE inner city hospital. 22 rooms....complete chaos 24/7. High stress, overworked,...

4. orientation length for o.r. WITH experience

   Lasoniamacaroni posted a topic in Operating Room

   How long do o.r. nurses with experience orientate for on the average at your place. My new place also does ortho, which I have never done. Just

5. Karmanos interview

   Lasoniamacaroni replied to faith2011's topic in Michigan Nursing

   10,000 dollars??? You are for sure selling your soul for 10

6. Death in the OR vs. ICU

   Lasoniamacaroni replied to straycat123's topic in Operating Room

   I would love to hear the answer on this....cause it is quite apparent that death in the o.r. is not cool. Whenever someone is going "bad" they want to ship them asap to

7. Karmanos interview

   Lasoniamacaroni replied to faith2011's topic in Michigan Nursing

   congrats to you...hopefully you will be making a little more than a dmc start. Karmanos is separate from the

8. Where have you found missing countable items?

   Lasoniamacaroni replied to IdahoGrad's topic in Operating Room

   cottonoid stuck to shoe raytech inside a glove finger (how/why I don't know) cottonoid got sucked up inside suction canister My least favorite though is when I had 1 too many raytecs. We finally came...

9. New Grad to the OR....good decision?

   Lasoniamacaroni replied to Ilovethe80s's topic in Operating Room

   I knew in school I wanted to be in the o.r. My mission was to bypass the floor all together. It was very difficult, but I found a place to take me right after school and five years later, never not...

10. thinking of switching from main to outpatient

    Lasoniamacaroni posted a topic in Operating Room

    hello...been doing the main o.r. thing for 5 years. pretty much seen it all. Getting tired of the overtime, call, weekends,etc... We turn into a trauma center on offshifts but we aren't and we don't...

11. are c sections a norm?

    Lasoniamacaroni posted a topic in Operating Room

    hello, work in a 22 room BUSY o.r., but all c sections are done in the the "woman's hospital" attached to our facility. How do other hospitals work c sections. Do they have their own wing on the...

12. for those of you who work offshifts...

    Lasoniamacaroni replied to Lasoniamacaroni's topic in Operating Room

    starting from Saturday morning through Monday 7 a.m. there is only 1 nurse and 1 tech on so she is the charge nurse. We are not a trauma o.r., but it is constant. There is no down time. There are...

13. my hospital has been bought by vanguard

    Lasoniamacaroni replied to Lasoniamacaroni's topic in General Nursing

    ha! that is a pretty nasty entrance isn't it? I just see them cutting back on benefits and medical costing us more etc....to boost their profits cause that's the name of the game...for profit...

14. for those of you who work offshifts...

    Lasoniamacaroni posted a topic in Operating Room

    so normally I work days, but as of late I have been scheduled afternoons and midnights on the weekends cause there is no one else to do it. Well, anyway this past Saturday I clocked in at 10:45p.m. to...

15. my hospital has been bought by vanguard

    Lasoniamacaroni posted a topic in General Nursing

    so, the detroit medical center has been bought out by vanguard. Anyone have any experience or heard of experiences. I am know there is going to be lots of equipment bought, remodeling, blah blah. My...