SandraCVRN

Remember that you are required to do Xx number of hours for "each" class. The hours from the first time you took the class don't count. Not sure if you were adding all hours. Good luck

I agree that it's going to be an RCA but in the end the final question (more than once) will be what could have been done differently? To which the answer is LOOK at armband while asking name and DOB. Which we are supposed to do but admittedly don't always do. I've discharged patients before that had wrong info on armband. They want to hear every encounter every time. I had a pt fall and kept getting the what could be done differently? For that it was 24/7 one on one because pt didn't do as advised. I don't think you need a lawyer but everyone is going to have to do some training. Registration should ask and read while putting on band and we should ask every time. I'm as guilty of not doing it as anyone. good luck

As a new grad at a new facility you NEED to think of the NCLEX world and try to forget the bad habits from somewhere else. Sounds like they used a different dosage of fluids. You always need to check name, dose & strength (mg/ml) etc. They can be different from day to day now with supply chain issues. Try not to let the remarks stick (you did make a mistake) learn from it and move on. Show them you are willing to learn. If it was me I’d say something to her, not necessarily about the remark but ….. they didn’t have pumps at ** I won’t let it happen again blah blah blah. Good luck ?

Yes there may only be 6 patients but there are probably only 2 nurses in the facility. If something goes to the toilet they are on their own. I’m glad you noticed it’s critical access not critical care but still you need skills. She was talking about mandatory OT and breaks. In Illinois there are 25 beds max. At my little hospital that included 2 OR beds, 2 icu beds and about 18 regular beds. We stayed maxed out most of the time taking care of fresh post-op patients as well as folks with other medical issues such as pneumonia.

Are you already experienced or are you still in a very basic orientation? So what I'm asking is are you running a room on your own?

Good luck. Just take it all in. I love new peeps that also know who to be a nurse. Take information from everyone. Focus on the patient and procedures first then the charting. Hopefully they will let y'all just observe before starting peri-op 101. Like everywhere you will run into many different personalities.

I've known OR nurses that worked in the ER. I went back to the floor full time a few years ago but the families drove me crazy. If time permits there is no reason you couldn't do prn on the floor. The hardest part about that is doing orientation part time. Good luck in the OR.

Thank you for this information that I haven't seen before.

I never called in when I lived in southern Illinois and had to drive an hour to work. (Then stayed for duration) I've had to call in twice since moving back to Texas because of ice storms. I live on a hilly dead end road and just couldn't get out. My 4WD didn't help either.

I was 44 when I graduated from nursing school. I'm 59 now. I would still be 59 if I hadn't gone to nursing school. Good luck in your new adventure.

I worked an ortho/medical floor right out of school. It was great, good setup, great teamwork etc. then moved and had a chance to get back into the OR. I had been a private scrub for an oral surgery group before nursing school. Been on the heart team for the last 11 years except for a 7 month stint back to the floor because I missed regular patient care. When I got in trouble for not getting a blanket for a pt wife while I was doing a stat ekg for current chest pain I went right back to the OR. We bust our behinds & it wears me out more physically but I don't think I could ever go back to the floor.

In my opinion it's not that they/we hate bedside nursing we hate all the things that don't allow us to be the kind of nurses we went to school to be. We want to take great care of our patients but we have: Too many patients Patients that think they are in a 5 star hotel Families that think you should also wait on them hand & foot Not enough ancillary help Charting, charting, charting Administration breathing down our necks with scripted care I think you get my point. Most of us thought the way you do when we first started out. I remember thinking what are these nurses griping about their pay (a new grad made at least double what I was making with 15 years experience as an oral surgery assistant) now I realize we don't get paid half of what we should. Good luck in your new adventure.

Our thinking too. Just one more hoop to jump thru. Ugggí ½í¸·

Sorry to be the bearer of more bad news but taking the PerOp101 and passing the test will not make you CNOR. It will just mean you passed the class. Good luck in your future endeavors. I went back to the floor a few years ago because I missed the patient contact. I soon realized I didn't miss the family contact. We have 8&12 hour shifts in my OR!!! I heart my 12's.

Does anyone know of an oxygen cannula that already has an adapter attached. We have recently been told the green Christmas tree has to be changed after every patient. In 14 years this is the first I've heard of this. I've worked at 3 different hospitals in that time. I'm not sure if this is something new since now all of a sudden they are on back order. Any ideas?