SandraCVRN

SandraCVRN

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  1. Best and Least Cases?

    SandraCVRN replied to It Takes Heart's topic in Operating Room

    Love-hearts, vascular Like-Lap chole, appy, etc Hate-gyn, lungs, like someone else said anything that starts with I&D of, any procedures where the positioning takes longer then the

  2. MA circulates?

    SandraCVRN replied to kvd_RN's topic in Operating Room

    Do you do OR cases (in the hospital setting)? That is a big help if you want to get into the OR after nursing school. It's nice when someone at least knows sterile technique and what to touch and not...

  3. When surgical tools get left behind

    SandraCVRN replied to lockheart678's topic in Operating Room

    The problem with things like malleables, is that many times they are still "up" when they are counted. Many times when surgeons close there is a malleable, open lap, or fish "in" until the last few...

  4. Call pay?

    SandraCVRN replied to lovey0830's topic in Operating Room

    Now that's how you get people to want to take

  5. Cell saver

    SandraCVRN replied to CarolinaBSN2012's topic in Operating Room

    We do the same as Wild Rose except not all nurses know how to set up. All of us on the heart team can get it setup, but not everyone else in the OR can do

  6. On-call in the OR

    SandraCVRN replied to lozstar's topic in Operating Room

    Call is call...cover it as needed. Not working the next day is about safety for myself and patients. We don't need any more martyrs.....Doesn't have anything to do with working in the OR. We have a...

  7. floor nursing vs. OR nursing

    SandraCVRN replied to fiveoclocksomewhere's topic in General Nursing

    To the OP, the OR as you know is completely different from the floor. In my opinion since you are already on the floor get your year or two then try to get into the OR. Last fall when the OR had me...

  8. Propofol shortage

    SandraCVRN replied to suckulator's topic in Operating Room

    With so many peanut allergies these days I wonder how that is going to work out. It seemed like we had a problem with propofol a while back but I haven't heard anything

  9. HELP! Elective surgery & malignant hyperthermia

    SandraCVRN replied to tram523's topic in Operating Room

    If you do go ahead with the procedure, one bit of advice. Make sure you have 2 large bore IV's in place and that they are well taped and wrapped. When MH occurs patients sweat A LOT. IV fluid s in...

  10. RNs: How much vacation time do you get?

    SandraCVRN replied to SummitRN's topic in General Nursing

    Currently I earn 7 hrs PTO every two weeks which works out to 4 1/2 weeks a year. This is sick time, holidays, vacation all rolled into one. I think it goes up to 8 hrs at 10 years. Vacation or sick...

  11. Nursing in Tyler Texas: ETMC vs. TMF

    SandraCVRN replied to augusta83's topic in Texas Nursing

    Just come to Longview, GSMC is better then both those places. :-) But really I will check with some people that have worked over there. WOW, got that info quick.. She said both places are good to work...

  12. Wars between the specialties

    SandraCVRN replied to Rose_Queen's topic in Operating Room

    Heart call and regular OR call. We are staffed for 3 rooms till 7P, one crew over night. Heart call 3P-7A, OR call

  13. On-call in the OR

    SandraCVRN replied to lozstar's topic in Operating Room

    Anytime I leave after midnight I tell them I'm turning my phone off at 6 AM (when call is over) and will call them when I wake up to see if I still need to come in. IMO if we don't stand up for...

  14. Cardio-Thoracic Differential Pay

    SandraCVRN replied to GarretSTL's topic in Operating Room

    We get 7% were I am at right now. We work regular OR rooms also but our call is 3-4 times more then the regular OR staff. On call we cover hearts and vascular. Where do you work? You can PM me the...

  15. Mission Hospital Asheville or Duke

    SandraCVRN replied to alipetra's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    Hope you had a good

  16. Mission Hospital Asheville or Duke

    SandraCVRN replied to alipetra's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    it would be HR. I don't know if they will or not but never hurts to ask..... all they can do is say no. Do you move an entire household? Yourself or amoving company? How much did it cost?...

  17. Mission Hospital Asheville or Duke

    SandraCVRN replied to alipetra's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    I plan on asking for relocation plus anything else I can get....

  18. What do you LOVE about being an OR nurse?

    SandraCVRN replied to usnwbama's topic in Operating Room

    That I don't have to listen to my pt's or thier families fuss and cuss me all day. When they start fussing..it's a little MJ juice for them then...nighty

  19. Mission Hospital Asheville or Duke

    SandraCVRN replied to alipetra's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    CVOR -Cardio Vascular Operating Room. Looks like they have a huge Heart

  20. Mission Hospital Asheville or Duke

    SandraCVRN replied to alipetra's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    I hope I get to join you two soon. We have been thinking about relocating to Asheville. I put in an app online Saturday and they called me Monday

  21. UT Arlington Partnership Online RN-BSN

    SandraCVRN posted a topic in Texas Nursing

    Anyone in this program? Just signed up for my first class. Was supposed to start in Oct but my computer had to go to the computer hospital for a bunch of new parts.:) This will be my first online...

  22. Something the Lord Made

    SandraCVRN replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Cardiac

    Great movie, just watched it again a few weeks ago. Even better after working in the field for a while and understanding the surgical

  23. OR travel

    SandraCVRN posted a topic in Travel

    Any OR travelers here? I'm still in the thinkng about mode.... I have a little over 6 years in the OR am on the Heart team, we do all the thoracic and vascular cases also. I can circulate most all...

  24. Anyone else giving sign on bonuses

    SandraCVRN posted a topic in Texas Nursing

    We just started giving current staff bonuses for referring experienced RN's. Anyone else doing that? Unfortunately nothing for new grads unless you already work for the facility and have an extern...

  25. New OR nurse needs some advice

    SandraCVRN replied to smiggers's topic in Operating Room

    Don't be hard on yourself. You're still new and even years later you will do some bonehead things, so if you do them now it's just being new. A year or 2 ago my scrub says I think I new some new...