KayceeCA

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1. How do I approach doing hearts?

   KayceeCA replied to RNOTODAY's topic in Operating Room

   I don't know the best way to get into the heart rooms, but I can tell you how I did it. From the first time I stepped into a heart room, I knew that was what I wanted to do. And I made that loud and...

2. What is your OR Time OUT consist of??

   KayceeCA replied to mooneyes65's topic in Operating Room

   I think the time outs at my facility are a happy medium. We cover some pertinent info (pt. name, surgeon, procedure, side if applicable, allergies, antibiotics received) but not too much. We also...

3. On call drive time

   KayceeCA replied to Brigita's topic in Operating Room

   I've had a couple of different experiences at hospitals where I've worked. Experience #1: 20 minute callback time, and we were expected to be there and ready to go in 20 minutes. It was a level 1...

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

   KayceeCA replied to linda2097's topic in Operating Room

   Exactly. I went to nursing school later in life (graduated at the age of 36) so I had a lot of jobs before that in a variety of fields - waitressing, retail sales, secretarial work (in banks, real...

5. Anesthesia - induction/ emergence question

   KayceeCA replied to Apollonia's topic in Operating Room

   I agree with everyone else...I listen to the sat level beep, but I don't do anything without direction from the anesthesia provider. I stand by ready to apply cricoid pressure, hand the ET tube, and...

6. What cases require an internal vaginal prep?

   KayceeCA replied to linda2097's topic in Operating Room

   I ask on all GYN cases...and usually the answer is

7. Suture help

   KayceeCA replied to Apollonia's topic in Operating Room

   ShariDCST, I just wanted to thank you for taking the time to put together such a helpful post. There's some great info

8. Opening bypass cannulas

   KayceeCA replied to lilla_fjaril's topic in Operating Room

   I've been on the heart team for almost 10 years, working at 3 different hospitals, and when I circulate I never open cannulas until the scrub is ready for me to had them to him/her. I have scrubbed on...

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

   KayceeCA replied to penny77's topic in Operating Room

   I absolutely, positively, beyond any doubt prefer adults. Peds are scary because they can go bad so fast, and when they go bad they really, really go bad. The two babies who died on the OR table when...

10. breaking sterility question

    KayceeCA replied to penny77's topic in Operating Room

    I totally agree with fracturenurse. I've pointed out breaks in sterile technique to others (surgeons, scrub techs, circulators) many times and the response has always been something like, "thanks for...

11. Confused and upset

    KayceeCA replied to bitbuc's topic in Operating Room

    I agree with everyone else - forget this experience and move on as though it never happened. There are obviously other issues going on behind the scenes that have nothing to do with you. No reputable...

12. R U Serious.Signing Out for lunch...

    KayceeCA replied to TopazChick81's topic in Operating Room

    A facility I am familiar with recently went through a lengthy legal battle and had to settle a class action lawsuit because someone said they were not being given the breaks they were legally entitled...

13. Pain pumps

    KayceeCA replied to nursinadream's topic in Operating Room

    We are still filling ours in the OR. I guess word that pharmacy has to fill anything over 100mL hasn't spread here yet. It's definitely a "pain" (sorry, couldn't resist) having to open all those...

14. Counting for organ harvest?

    KayceeCA replied to Rose_Queen's topic in Operating Room

    Amen to

15. Does this make sense to you?

    KayceeCA replied to linda2097's topic in Operating Room

    It makes me so sad to read about how some ORs are run, and so thankful that the OR where I work doesn't do these things. We have a regular call team which is utilized only for traumas, plus a heart...