MereSanity

MereSanity

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  1. I'm a nurse and I don't like people.

    That's why I work OR...my patients are all
  2. Anesthesia picks up patients? Be still my heart! Sounds great but who is going to make sure all the paperwork is in order, etc? Half the time something isn't
  3. OR Specialty Call Teams

    We had hearts and neuro specialty teams...yes 30 minutes was required. Hearts and neuro got bonuses ($3000 every 3 months for neuro and a percentage of your current pay for open heart...specialty...
  4. OK, I am ready to start at FHCHS in a few weeks but have read a few bad reviews. Has anyone completed this program LATELY. I don't want to start this if it's not a good program. Anyone? Please? I...
  5. Areas of nursing you would NOT like?

    I would hate anything BUT the OR! But viva la difference! Without someone to do something someone else doesn't want to do we wouldn't be able to function. So I really don't want this to become a...
  6. lithotomy position

    How interesting, can you provide the section of the AORN book this new standard is in? Or the link to the new updated standard? Would love to learn something new. MereSanity BSN, RN,
  7. Positive result of CJD Case

    I'm sorry you have to deal with this. I would think you will be OK. However, write down details for your personal records in case something ever comes up (after all workmans comp would apply big...
  8. Bullied nurse. I quit. :(

    I can give it back with the best of them but you know what, I shouldn't have to. After awhile I should be able to walk into a room (I work OR) without the unwarranted gossip flying for no better...
  9. Operating Room Nurse: Roles

    Lol....push meds, pump the chest, help anesthesia, record (which can only be done by a nurse), hang IV's, etc, etc. I'd love to see your
  10. Operating Room Nurse: Roles

    It takes more to circulate than just a "gopher"...bread and butter cases easily turn into emergencies and code blues...I want my family cared for by a nurse in those cases and not a "tech", someone...
  11. Operating Room Nurse: Roles

    Open heart surgery requires clinical skills TONS of them (which I have done). It depends on where you work, what you do, and how much you put into
  12. Scrub caps

    Those disposable caps don't hold all of my hair in. I need the non disposable ones (with a disposable one over it of
  13. ER to OR

    Don't let that fear keep you from going for it....best choice I ever made was to work in the
  14. ER to OR

    I tried to work PRN in the ER and it was hard for me because there was no sterile technique (OR nurse 6 years)! As long as you are willing to forget everything you have learned so far you will do...
  15. The Operating Room! Definitely! I am ADD and the OR really keeps me moving, keeps me from being "bored", and there is something new every day. Love the
  16. Why can't nurses intubate?

    I think there was a young girl that died recently due to an intubation gone bad. Tragic, sad
  17. nursing researc paper

    Um no. I am not aware of any paper writing companies. Good luck to you and your
  18. Hi folks

    I pretty much did read everything cover to cover. I spent about 4 months prepping because I didn't want to pay for the exam
  19. Hi folks

    I read Alexander's, and the Standards book...but they were at work, I used theirs. I did not take a class. Just read the books and did practice
  20. Hi folks

    The AORN books didn't help me (the practice test questions books)... Of course read the AORN Standards book backward and forth...I really liked the Mometrics CNOR practice question book though...good...
  21. Operating Room Nurse: Roles

    OR nursing...longest orientation of any specialty (6 months-1 year). Longer than ER, longer than ICU. I've already chimed in on this discussion so I won't again. ?. Come play with me in the OR, no...
  22. Scrub caps

    Well, they could....but they risk those Drs not coming
  23. Scrub caps

    Yep, in the last 2 hospitals I have been at we have had to wear bouffants over our caps. Doesn't bother me
  24. Do I need a BSN to get an OR position

    No, but you may need one to get hired with all the BSN only
  25. CNA to BSN

    I think it's great you have a vision and a plan. Good