MereSanity

MereSanity

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  1. Fastest & Easiest RN-BSN program online?

    MereSanity replied to Hdyoungrn's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I was very happy with Adventist University (formerly Florida Hospital College of Health Sciences) but I wouldn't say it's the easiest. It is inexpensive but there are many papers to write (such is a...

  2. 2 bovie pads for obese patients?

    MereSanity posted a topic in Operating Room

    OK...I was always taught to place 2 bovie pads on all patients over 300 pounds...something about impedance (blah, blah, blah)...well I am PRN at a new facility (different state too) and they have...

  3. Florida Hospital College of Health Sciences...FHCHS RN-BSN

    MereSanity replied to MereSanity's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I am sorry your friends had a bad experience. I on the other hand had no issues whatsoever. Everyone was so professional, the instructors were very knowledgeable and great to work with, and it was...

  4. Florida Hospital College of Health Sciences...FHCHS RN-BSN

    MereSanity replied to MereSanity's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I am sorry you had a bad experience. I on the other hand had no issues whatsoever. Everyone was so professional, the instructors were very knowledgeable and great to work with, and it was very...

  5. Sterilization of wood in the OR?

    MereSanity posted a topic in Operating Room

    OK...I work at a very nice, very small OR. Well we found some old wooden "spools"with wire wrapped around it which they used for hips. Anyway, I just don't think we should still be "sterilizing"...

  6. Sterilization of wood in the OR?

    MereSanity replied to MereSanity's topic in Operating Room

    Thank you for that input. However, I need solid evidence that the sterilization of wood in the OR is not recommended and why. If anyone has this input I would love to hear

  7. Question on orders in OR

    MereSanity replied to surgnurse2's topic in Operating Room

    I agree. We have basic, understood "standing" orders. Meds are pulled from the preference card as also are foleys placed. We hang fluids off a pump (a big no-no anywhere else), and pull bag after...

  8. Cleaning in GI Lab?

    MereSanity posted a topic in Gastroenterology

    Well, I am an OR nurse working at a small hospital (in the OR) where we also do EGD's and Colonoscopies...anyway I was wondering what the room cleaning protocol is for the GI Lab...do you empty the...

  9. Cleaning in GI Lab?

    MereSanity replied to MereSanity's topic in Gastroenterology

    Thank you so much for that info. I had not found those sources yet. I will print them and use them for a reference. Thank you

  10. Cleaning in GI Lab?

    MereSanity replied to MereSanity's topic in Gastroenterology

  11. Cleaning in GI Lab?

    MereSanity replied to MereSanity's topic in Gastroenterology

    Well, what I was wondering is...we have 6 cases back to back...do you empty the trash or linens between each patient? Mop the floor between every patient? We do and heard many don't...it would be...

  12. Handling Introversion

    MereSanity replied to isleofjersey's topic in General Students

    I am a self proclaimed non-apologetic introvert! We need more people to quietly get business done while all the loud extroverts are yapping

  13. Shy nurses

    MereSanity replied to Tesfanurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Shyness is NOT a defect! The world does NOT need a bunch of type A's running around....thank God for all the different personality types...I've always thought the type A personality had a...

  14. ADHD Nurses-what area do you specialize in?

    MereSanity replied to k31kozumi's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I work in the OR! Great place for those with

  15. Cleaning in GI Lab?

    MereSanity replied to MereSanity's topic in Gastroenterology

    No one has information on any GI Lab standards they are willing to

  16. Starting an MSN program in 2015... Will it be worth anything?

    MereSanity replied to jmarie91's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I have searched this topic before and I have the same concerns. I've been reading about this topic for years. What I find most often is that most people really don't know (though they say they do)....

  17. Cleaning in GI Lab?

    MereSanity replied to MereSanity's topic in Gastroenterology

    Bump.

  18. Sterilization of wood in the OR?

    MereSanity replied to MereSanity's topic in Operating Room

    Bump.

  19. telemetry reading

    MereSanity replied to nath03's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Skillstat.com. Go to tools and 6 second EKG.....Love this

  20. Bovid smoke and plume

    MereSanity replied to Adirondacknurse's topic in Operating Room

  21. Sterilization of wood in the OR?

    MereSanity replied to MereSanity's topic in Operating Room

    Thank you for your input. Unfortunately without any solid evidence from AORN, CDC, etc. I have nothing to prove my point. If anyone knows where I can find this (I haven't found it yet in AORN nor...

  22. Sterilization of wood in the OR?

    MereSanity replied to MereSanity's topic in Operating Room

    These are the

  23. Sterilization of wood in the OR?

    MereSanity replied to MereSanity's topic in Operating Room

    I will try to get a pic...they look like very old spools that you would use for sewing...unsealed wood about 3inches or so. They wrap wire around them that you would use to place around a break made...

  24. My Life with a Nurse: A Man's Perspective

    MereSanity replied to StatBlues's topic in Nursing Humor

    """""""Originally Posted by Nurse fwb ... ALL nurses cheat on their spouses at some point!!! You can take that to the bank!!!!""""""" REPLY.... I think anyone that would run after a doctor is...

  25. circulating nurse = "go-fer" with no use for "real" nursing skills?

    MereSanity replied to RunnerRN2015's topic in Operating Room

    There is nothing boring about theOR for me...I am severely ADD too! A small hospital maybe but not a bigger one. I hate floor nursing and will never do it again! I even did ER nursing for awhile...