MereSanity

MereSanity

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  1. I need help!

    MereSanity posted a topic in Operating Room

    So what is your process with instrumentation in the OR? Does every speck of blood need to be off the instruments before sending them to SPD? Or just the majority and then spray before sending them?...

  2. Is seeing a pt in Preop really a must for OR nurses??

    MereSanity replied to Guest 1170770's topic in Operating Room

    Would you give a patient medication someone just handed to you? No? Would you want to check it yourself? I am a certified operating room nurse and I will not put my license or job on the line by...

  3. What chloraprep does everyone use?

    MereSanity replied to mhy12784's topic in Operating Room

    The teal chloraprep is for people with darker skin tones. Easier to see after applied...not for fair complected people. You cannot see the orange on darker skin, you can however see the

  4. Now we can't change a trash bag until patient leaves the room....is this getting crazy??

    MereSanity posted a topic in Operating Room

    OK I need some input here. So I was always taught not to wipe down tables or spray instruments while the patient is in the room (seems like common sense), but now my hospital has decided that we can't...

  5. Informed Consent? Input needed...

    MereSanity posted a topic in Operating Room

    OK...I just need input here. We did an Anterior Hip Replacement and the consent only said Total Hip Replacement (no indication of anterior approach). I ticked off the Dr when I asked that "Anterior"...

  6. Informed Consent? Input needed...

    MereSanity replied to MereSanity's topic in Operating Room

    Ours always say laparoscopic possible open, never just gallbladder removal because laparoscopic and open are such different procedures (same outcome) but definitely

  7. Informed Consent? Input needed...

    MereSanity replied to MereSanity's topic in Operating Room

    Anterior however is supine and on a specialty table whereas a traditional hip replacement is lateral. Completely different positioning and couldn't be changed mid procedure like a chole or valve. And...

  8. NIFA RNFA program starting

    MereSanity replied to msb6ec's topic in Operating Room

    I would be interested too in this

  9. What's so great about OR?

    MereSanity replied to lelms's topic in Operating Room

    I love the OR...great place for ADD personalities. Been there for almost 9 years now. I love one patient at a time, asleep patients, no real family interaction (OK, I suck I know). I love the...

  10. Can an RN do an I&D or place sutures?

    MereSanity replied to Lemon Bars's topic in General Nursing

    If you work in surgery and get your RNFA (RN First Assist) you can indeed do these things. A BSN is suggested for an

  11. CVOR Certification?

    MereSanity posted a topic in Operating Room

    OK....stupid question time. I am CNOR certified...have over 6.5 years in the OR (2 in open heart). Yet I am still unclear on the CVOR thing...is there a "certification" that goes with this or is it...

  12. OR as a new grad

    MereSanity replied to EES9969's topic in Operating Room

    You gain so much more than you will ever "lose". It's the longest orientation of any specialty for a reason! I could reorient to the floor in a week...however no floor nurse could float to the OR...

  13. OR Nurses

    MereSanity replied to cmp137's topic in Operating Room

    Pinch the nose. I wear glasses and don't have an issue. Good

  14. Question about working with multiple agencies

    MereSanity replied to samanthadaisyRN's topic in Travel

    I have heard you should use more than one agency. When one has nothing good another might. Keep options open. One traveler calls them her "pimps"...working to find her good

  15. Ask an OR nurse (Questions about what we do or how to become one of us)

    MereSanity replied to Rose_Queen's topic in Operating Room

    I had 7.5 years (8 now) and am CNOR certified. I have a lot of experience except I don't have neuro experience (I did open heart another team did neuro so I never did it before). That is a drawback...

  16. Weirdest/most difficult thing swallowed by a patient

    MereSanity replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah...the large can of body spray had no "lip" on it...took forever to get a grip on

  17. Ask an OR nurse (Questions about what we do or how to become one of us)

    MereSanity replied to Rose_Queen's topic in Operating Room

    I'm currently a travel nurse in the OR! Love it and get paid really well because it is such a specialized area. MereSanity BSN, RN,

  18. Ask an OR nurse (Questions about what we do or how to become one of us)

    MereSanity replied to Rose_Queen's topic in Operating Room

    I love the OR...been there for 8 years now. Call us trained monkeys but the trick is to think three steps ahead of the surgeon and scrub (helps to know how to scrub too). Also, know what all the...

  19. Weirdest/most difficult thing swallowed by a patient

    MereSanity replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    How bout weirdest thing up a rectum? I'm an OR nurse and have taken out a large can of body spray and a remote control from a guys rectum

  20. Question regarding bovie settings and tonsillectomy.

    MereSanity replied to ChrisNZ's topic in Operating Room

    Coblator is usually set lower...setting at 6-9 is

  21. Wrong side/omitted procedure

    MereSanity replied to guest64485's topic in Operating Room

    I had this issue today (made me nuts)... Patient came down for surgery on LEFT leg...consent (made out on floor) says RIGHT leg (not like he didn't have a gunshot and wound vac already on the left leg...

  22. Consent issue

    MereSanity replied to TurismoDreamin's topic in Operating Room

    The RN should pick up the patient...make all the necessary checks to see everything is filled out correctly...its your license...and we are the "final" check before the patient comes back to the room....

  23. What to do when u find an unresponsive patient

    MereSanity replied to LucasNewGrad's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Cool mottled skin, non responsive, no respirations = sure start CPR but dead is dead. And bringing them back after that much "down" time is not always the best

  24. Question regarding bovie settings and tonsillectomy.

    MereSanity replied to ChrisNZ's topic in Operating Room

    I was gonna say coblator

  25. Are you really not a "real nurse" unless you work in acute care?

    MereSanity replied to tenderfootjoe's topic in General Nursing

    Where would we be if there were only one type of nurse?