SandraCVRN

SandraCVRN

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  1. Patient requests for gender of OR team?

    SandraCVRN replied to Rose_Queen's topic in Operating Room

    This got me thinking...I wonder if it was the pt or the family that wanted a female doctor? Not saying the pt didn't want it but it reminded me of a couple of times when we had Jehovah Witnesses as...

  2. Patient modesty concerns pertaining to surgery

    SandraCVRN replied to creinkent's topic in Operating Room

    Also, no female gen surgeons. The only female surgeons are neuro and

  3. Patient modesty concerns pertaining to surgery

    SandraCVRN replied to creinkent's topic in Operating Room

    I still want to know where the staff will come from. We have no male RN's right now. No female anesthesia providers MD or CRNA, no female ortho, uro, or cv docs. We have 4 males CST's and 2 male...

  4. Made to float, when I know I will sink.

    SandraCVRN replied to imintrouble's topic in General Nursing

    Do you have something called Safe Harbor in your state? I'm not sure if it's a national thing or not. But here in TX you can decline an assigment by declaring Safe Harbor...it turns into a big...

  5. How do you transfer meds to the field?

    SandraCVRN replied to Mr. & Mrs. RN's topic in Operating Room

    Most of the time we do draw up with the needle, but if I forget and pull the tab I'm not throwing it

  6. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    SandraCVRN replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    I was just getting ready to type this same thing. I have been pondering telling this person how this makes her sound but I don't know if others have noticed since be are here in Texas,

  7. Patient modesty concerns pertaining to surgery

    SandraCVRN replied to creinkent's topic in Operating Room

    I have NEVER been anywere that a pt was left in the OR unattended. PERIOD Draping and prepping are 2 different things. You can't change a gown for a drape and still have a sterile field. If I am...

  8. Help! About to start 1st Lpn job and am unsure of what the meds I am prescribed.

    SandraCVRN replied to angeleyes123's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Our policy is that we have to inform our supervisor about any potemtial side effects of any meds we may be on, but not what they are or why we are on them. Good luck with your new

  9. hand written signs

    SandraCVRN replied to RNOTODAY's topic in Operating Room

    Maybe the seats get peed on faster than they can be kept clean, LOL. It does sound like it would help to have some kind of cleaning

  10. hand written signs

    SandraCVRN replied to RNOTODAY's topic in Operating Room

    I put a sign on our fridge over a year ago and it's still there. DO NOT EAT FOOD THAT DOESN'T BELONG TO YOU!!! I have on many occasions thought about putting up the "tinkle" sign, LOL We have various...

  11. Walking Patients to the OR

    SandraCVRN replied to CanadianOR-RN's topic in Operating Room

    At the last place I worked we brought the stretcher to right outside the room then walked the pt in. It seemed strange at first but now sometimes I kinda miss it. The pts didn't seem to mind. We had...

  12. Taking an unpaid vacation, is it possible?

    SandraCVRN replied to Wheaties's topic in General Nursing

    In most cases holidays and a few sick days are added to PTO, that's how you end up with 30 paid days. Like in the OR if we are closed on a Monday holiday we need to use PTO to get paid for that day...

  13. hand written signs

    SandraCVRN replied to RNOTODAY's topic in Operating Room

    your previous post "there are a couple issues. first, the ora's are required to do too much, and there arent enough of them. but i also dont think that they should be hanging signs up. period....

  14. Taking an unpaid vacation, is it possible?

    SandraCVRN replied to Wheaties's topic in General Nursing

    I would ask, we ARE allowed to take unpaid vacations. BUT if someone else that has PTO available asked for the same time period off the person with PTO gets the first choice. But like someone...

  15. hand written signs

    SandraCVRN replied to RNOTODAY's topic in Operating Room

    HA!!! I have left a note or two in my life. If the squaters don't want to sit where my butt cheeks have been, what makes them think I want to sit in thier pee??? That is nasty and I would talk to...

  16. Posting advice: "I can't do this, ...I don't understand you"

    SandraCVRN replied to cmonkey's topic in General Nursing

    Do you mind if I copy this??? Also, some folks use thier phones to "allnurse" so maybe they need a few short

  17. Can a doctor ask a nurse to write the order when she is standing right there??

    SandraCVRN replied to Parul's topic in General Nursing

    We are not allowed to take verbal orders unless an emergency of the doc is scrubbed in. Some of them will pick up their phones and say now it's a telephone order,

  18. do you skip your lunch break routinely?

    SandraCVRN replied to Leelee2's topic in General Nursing

    When I smoked my breaks were outside now they are in the break room. Why does this ALWAYS come up? If someone is entitled to a break and can get their pts covered what does it matter what they do on...

  19. position 1hr 15 mins away..should I?

    SandraCVRN replied to R.NICU's topic in General Nursing

    Is that 1 ht 15 min drive time or your front door to your unit? That can add another 15 minutes or more depending on the parking. I agree with the others about only working 1 or 2 shifts then a day...

  20. quit nursing after med errors?

    SandraCVRN replied to ris_03tdgz's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Looks like one of the problems is the number of pts you have. That is too many pts even for a more experienced nurse let alone someone with 7 months experience. What shift are you

  21. Do you "allnurse" at work ?

    SandraCVRN replied to Keepstanding's topic in General Nursing

    I used to read while we were doing LONG cases in the OR, but now anything with message boards, games or facebook type sites are blocked. I also have a problem with people posting about pts. Can't...

  22. 2009 On-Call Pay Scales

    SandraCVRN replied to openheartmary's topic in Operating Room

    Now that's just bragging, LOL Your half pay is more than most nurses make in the rest of the

  23. how many nurses have two jobs?

    SandraCVRN replied to smartnurse1982's topic in General Nursing

    Ya'll are crazy.... Maybe if I didn't work 5-8's and be on call 2-3 times a week it would be different.... I like my time off, I started back to school with those 5 week online classes and dropped...

  24. Sharp/Instrument Count Question

    SandraCVRN replied to BeanRN's topic in Operating Room

    We do have a few exceptions: needle 6-0 or smaller (won't show up on xray), We still take an x-ray, even tho we know a 6-0 or 7-0 won't show up. We have to have a radiologist read the film unless...

  25. Low census vs. on call????

    SandraCVRN replied to ontocrna's topic in General Nursing

    If we get low census, we have to be available for the first 4 hours. If we don't get called in by then we are off the hook. No call pay or time and a half. Basically it's just getting the day...