cdsga

cdsga has 37 years experience and specializes in ICU, PACU, OR.

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1. I am a new grad and can't wait to get out of orientation!

   cdsga replied to CRC12's topic in First Year After Licensure

   No You are exactly where you need to be. You know you are on the right path when you are itching to be on your own. I would express this to your clinician or educator and let preceptors take a more...

2. Operating Room Nurse: Roles

   cdsga replied to BethCNOR's topic in Operating Room

   Instead of strapping arms or wrists tot the armboards we hold hands to keep the muscle relaxant and fasciculations from causing their arm to flop off and keep them secure until after they are asleep....

3. Operating Room Nurse: Roles

   cdsga replied to BethCNOR's topic in Operating Room

   Are you a nurse? Does compassion care empathy allying fears mean anything to

4. Question on triple A repair

   cdsga replied to rearviewmirror's topic in Operating Room

   Most AAA's are now repaired endoscopically, in hybrid OR's where grafts are placed through the femoral with x-rays-even if ruptured, so back to your question. The backflow is handled by limiting the...

5. Suggestions for getting my foot in the door for OR??

   cdsga replied to darthsunshine's topic in Operating Room

   Try to get into a residency program. There are many out there and that will train you well. Probably will be a time commitment after the program is completed, but if you want to really feel confident...

6. Is OR Nursing always difficult???

   cdsga replied to Xaldin4life RN's topic in Operating Room

   When you first start you are afraid of everything-experience makes you competent. You are a novice. Open your ears and eyes and learn what you appreciate in nursing practice and what you would not...

7. Operating Room Nurse: Roles

   cdsga replied to BethCNOR's topic in Operating Room

   OR nursing is about more than skills. Someone asked me one day about patient advocacy in the OR while the patient has no recall of the nurse(s) who cared for them while they were anesthetized. Being a...

8. Workplace Cowardice

   cdsga replied to Mr. Murse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   "Snitch" means tattle tale. Police use them (usually the snitch gets something in return) to get the skinny on people that they can't get to tell the truth or share the reality of what's going on....

9. Workplace Cowardice

   cdsga replied to Mr. Murse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   It is tough to confront someone during work when you are dealing with patients and so much to do. These types of issues take focus off and makes life miserable and too stressful-really unnecessary. If...

10. OR Coordinator

    cdsga replied to orjude's topic in Operating Room

    It may vary from state to state. I would check your state's medical practice act to be sure. This may become more prevalent when staffing issues arise or if in a very rural area with limited...

11. Don't Call Them Nurses!

    cdsga replied to Lark Pogue's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Well we've gotten off track once again. To set it straight. LPN's have less education but have a similar skill set. The RN has supervisory roles of all those who are not RN's and also do initial...

12. Don't Call Them Nurses!

    cdsga replied to Lark Pogue's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Doctors will use less expensive help and will design programs to allow others to take over the RN role. Nurses have yet to define effectively what value we bring to the table on a daily basis. Yes...

13. Nurse Staffing Costs

    cdsga replied to stewstew03's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    To get back on track. The number of patients entering health care with untreated/undiagnosed chronic diseases is on the rise and is expected to increase dramatically with the new health care law...

14. Frustrated with angry, demeaning doctors

    cdsga replied to NurseyNursington's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I have done some legal consultation on cases where nurses were calling the doctor for patient problems and the result was that the patient had a bad outcome due to the lack of physician courtesy...

15. Nurse Staffing Costs

    cdsga replied to stewstew03's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I've worked in many settings and in many different locales and have found paradoxically that appropriate staffing numbers do not always tell the tale. I have seen limited staffing perform better than...