cdsga

cdsga

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  1. RN in the OR?

    cdsga replied to 2bDocOc's topic in Operating Room

    This is what a competent OR RN provides to patients, families/sig. others/physicians/coworkers/facility. 1. Provide proper brief assessment of the patient-knowledge deficits included, medications...

  2. RN in the OR?

    cdsga replied to 2bDocOc's topic in Operating Room

    What I have learned and witnessed is that changes in scope of practice have to do with many variables. If you look at the history of Surgical Techs-it came from the doctors lobbying to have that...

  3. RN in the OR?

    cdsga replied to 2bDocOc's topic in Operating Room

    Yes-let's state it this way. In the field you are instructed on life-saving maneuvers limited by your standards of practice. A surgical tech also has to maintain their practice within their limited...

  4. RN in the OR?

    cdsga replied to 2bDocOc's topic in Operating Room

    Doc Oc: I respectfully hope that you are not in an OR without an experienced OR RN in the room with you. I think you are seriously misinformed and as the tip of the iceberg of this new healthcare...

  5. Refusing to do a surgery?

    cdsga replied to michele742's topic in Operating Room

    No problem-glad to be of help. Life is tough enough-don't need to be tough with each

  6. Refusing to do a surgery?

    cdsga replied to michele742's topic in Operating Room

    Check with your hospital. We have a form that we have the employee and the manager complete that states what case you would not like to do due to moral, religious beliefs. There are other cases...

  7. RN in the OR?

    cdsga replied to 2bDocOc's topic in Operating Room

    I don't think you can oversell patient advocacy as the core of nursing practice. In it's vernacular it is oversimplified. A lot of good OR team members advocate for the patient no doubt, but the...

  8. RN in the OR?

    cdsga replied to 2bDocOc's topic in Operating Room

    Wow: I appreciate your candor. I have been an ICU nurse, PACU nurse and OR nurse as well as home health and office nurse over my 35 year career. The OR is a place for a vast number of potentially...

  9. A Changed Heart

    cdsga replied to jaelpn's topic in General Nursing

    It's important that you recognize that you can only do YOU! You cannot worry about what others do or say unless it effects you. You being YOU influences others. The way you care for your patients,...

  10. Terrible orientation experience

    cdsga replied to Anomalies's topic in Operating Room

    How sad. It's amazing but some nurses continue the same treatment they received. It's an abusive cycle that should have been addressed by the manager. Try somewhere else if you can and work on...

  11. Nursing Strike

    cdsga replied to Testa Rosa, RN's topic in California Nursing

    I tell you what-let the patients bring in their own meds, give them like they are used to. Check their own blood sugars on their own meters. Being their own epi pens if they have an allergic...

  12. Nursing Strike

    cdsga replied to Testa Rosa, RN's topic in California Nursing

    I guess we will be so dumbed down we'll have to ask whether we should use a regular bedpan or a fracture pan. I'm sorry, but you that are posting double checks on things should hopefully never be...

  13. Nursing Strike

    cdsga replied to Testa Rosa, RN's topic in California Nursing

    Gosh no wonder we get no respect. If you can't calculate meds-then you should get someone to double check your medications. If you consistently make calc errors, then you need not be in the nursing...

  14. Nursing Strike

    cdsga replied to Testa Rosa, RN's topic in California Nursing

    As should we all-we are one mistake away from something happening to our job or license. It's a sobering thought and if anything comes from this, it should make us all aware of the need for proper...

  15. Nursing Strike

    cdsga replied to Testa Rosa, RN's topic in California Nursing

    I have been a travelling nurse and I liked it alot. Did it for 4 years and learned alot. I have also met some of the best nurses that were travelers. Like everything else, judging these nurses is...

  16. Nursing Strike

    cdsga replied to Testa Rosa, RN's topic in California Nursing

    You and I are replaceable. If you were not able to work for whatever reason someone would fill the gap. I understand your concern, but it's not your fault that a traveler made a mistake, you could...

  17. ICU to OR

    cdsga replied to ICURN099's topic in Operating Room

    Most specialty units will require an internship and a commitment from you for at least one year or more. It takes about 2 years to feel somewhat comfortable in the OR because it is a lot of...

  18. ICU to OR

    cdsga replied to ICURN099's topic in Operating Room

    Hold you back? I don't think so. You will learn quite a bit. I started in ICU and went to PACU and then to the OR. You will learn so much to be able to teach your patients, not to mention the...

  19. why did you choose perioperative nursing?

    cdsga replied to rncoco's topic in Operating Room

    I agree with DeLynn-even if you do the same type of surgery repetitively you still have unique situations based on the patient. It is a field where you cannot become complacent. Each case is like a...

  20. Abdominal Vaginal Preps?

    cdsga replied to kpoguern2960's topic in Operating Room

    AORN magazine this month discusses this. lady partsl prep first to prevent splashing, then abdomen. But the key to remember is to think of this as two separate sites. I always think of the...

  21. Old argument, needs new life

    cdsga replied to staceyp413's topic in Operating Room

    We are a high risk perinatal hospital and the general OR does the accreta percreta cases. These involve lots of team members. We do a C-section first followed by a hysterectomy and other organ...

  22. 1/2 nursing class cut, WHY??

    cdsga replied to Aka Mommy's topic in General Students

    We need good nurses who know the basics because when you get out of nursing school, boy does the true learning begin. If you don't apply yourself, you waste your time and money (maybe your parent's),...

  23. 1/2 nursing class cut, WHY??

    cdsga replied to Aka Mommy's topic in General Students

    That's the saddest fact of it all. You go through all that and can't get

  24. 1/2 nursing class cut, WHY??

    cdsga replied to Aka Mommy's topic in General Students

    Standards should be high--I don't want a dumb dumb taking care of

  25. 1/2 nursing class cut, WHY??

    cdsga replied to Aka Mommy's topic in General Students

    Nursing school is not that easy, and alot of people don't realize what's involved until they are in it. We are talking about caring for humans-that means life and death situations and all the stuff...