SandraCVRN

SandraCVRN

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  1. CV OR nurses - what do you want?

    SandraCVRN replied to GJS0221's topic in Operating Room

    My question is what do you want in a CV OR nurse? Are your nurses scrubbing? What kind of call schedule do you have? Do they cover cath lab also? What is the base pay in the rest or the OR? That pay...

  2. OR Specialty With Most Call

    SandraCVRN replied to redraider1977's topic in Operating Room

    Our heart team akes the most call but we don't get called in very often. Level 2 trauma with 3 crews until 7P then 1 crew overnight. Like everyone else said, at most places you can usally find people...

  3. Ekg Leads in all the wrong places

    SandraCVRN replied to wakyone's topic in Operating Room

    We just put new leads where we need them and remove the old one after intubation. If that is my biggeat problem of the day I'm a happy

  4. Call requirements and age

    SandraCVRN replied to Rntr's topic in Operating Room

    55 & 10 years of

  5. Scrub tech school first or straight to nursing school?

    SandraCVRN replied to Brandon72's topic in Operating Room

    We have a CST as our SPD Manager.....IMHO now is not the time to go to nursing school, I'm sure the job market will pick up again but what if it doesn't in 2 years??? Good luck in whatever you...

  6. Which specialty in the OR?

    SandraCVRN replied to ruralgirl08's topic in Operating Room

    :heartbeat:heartbeat:heartbeat:heartbeat Hearts of course!!! :heartbeat:heartbeat:heartbeat:heartbeat Currently CV & cath lab staff get an extra 7% because we have to take about 4 times as much...

  7. How old were you when you finished nursing school?

    SandraCVRN replied to pgray1229's topic in General Nursing

    44 ADN

  8. Need advice...small hospital OR or big hospital OR

    SandraCVRN replied to asdf80's topic in Operating Room

    I was just the opposite, started in a 2 room OR. Got my feet wet with the limited number of docs and procedures, now lees then 6 years later I'm the CV lead nurse at a level 2. Go with your gut.......

  9. OR docs

    SandraCVRN replied to nursing.mypassion's topic in Operating Room

    I really think those days are over, not to say they don't show their behinds every now and then, but to throw something AT someone....they would be making my house payment... Being grumpy in a...

  10. Is working in the or really that stressful?

    SandraCVRN replied to Angeleah's topic in Operating Room

    Yes, it is stressful but so is working on the floor. I have done both, won't go back unless there is REAL change. At times I miss the interaction with pts that are awake, LOL. It's apples and...

  11. orientation length for o.r. WITH experience

    SandraCVRN replied to Lasoniamacaroni's topic in Operating Room

    Seems like I got about 3 months. I only had 9 months experience at a very small OR. Like the others have said, we get someone with LOTS of experience they get from a week to a month depending on...

  12. What computer system do you use in the OR?

    SandraCVRN replied to ShannonRN2010's topic in Operating Room

    meditech

  13. Calling residents affectionate names?

    SandraCVRN replied to LPNweezy's topic in General Nursing

    Iwork with a CRNA (30ish) that calls everyone (female) baby girl...don't know how he keeps doing. I'm sure he has been talked to. Just made me feel ill just thinking about

  14. Best Nursing Salary with the Lowest Cost of Living

    SandraCVRN replied to itsme583's topic in General Nursing

    I'm thinking that sounds about right, maybe a little low but with so many nurses looking for jobs they really don't have to pay much more. Good luck, PS don't think you are going to find anything...

  15. Why aren't there better incentives for obtaining a BSN degree?

    SandraCVRN replied to labelle777's topic in General Nursing

    We have tuition reimbusment & $1 an hour for BSN. Also, with ADN you can only go to Clinician 2, BSN Clinician 3, MSN Clinician 4 all of which have thier own

  16. CNA's/PCTs are worked real hard.

    SandraCVRN replied to Katie5's topic in General Nursing

    This is a never ending battle....Some poeple are lazy, be it PCT or nurses, how many times have we complained about our fellow nurses that take extra breaks, surf the web etc?? Most of us work our...

  17. Did your school discriminate against the elderly? read to find out...

    SandraCVRN replied to LPNweezy's topic in General Nursing

    This is true... Any error on a peds pt can to very dangerous, esp a med error. Not that a med error can't kill an adult but the window for error is much smaller in a peds pt. And usually an inpatient...

  18. Contemplating the OR

    SandraCVRN replied to martymoose's topic in Operating Room

    YES!! Usually rural OR's do limited procedures, it's much easier to teach someone a dozen or so rather then hundreds. I started out in a 2 OR 25 bed hospital.... Good

  19. Pronounce buccal ... help

    SandraCVRN replied to KitkatPRN's topic in General Nursing

    I was in the dental field for 25 years...buckle.....medical people tend to say to say it

  20. Second career nurses: Do you like nursing better?

    SandraCVRN replied to stefanyjoy's topic in General Nursing

    PS Also, I make close to 3 times as much after 8 years then after 20 in the dental

  21. Second career nurses: Do you like nursing better?

    SandraCVRN replied to stefanyjoy's topic in General Nursing

    Second career, previously a dental assistant/oral surgery assistant. It was a good job and I really liked it, but a move left me open to going back to school. (that & a very encouraging husband)...

  22. African Americans as nurses.

    SandraCVRN replied to Daniel Floyd's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I work with 2 African American males that are currently in nursing school. Good

  23. I ask this GREAT Nursing Community to Please Help Me with Picking Up the Pieces

    SandraCVRN replied to To Help and Learn's topic in Operating Room

    I work in the OR and would love to be able to take the scrub tech classes. I think it could only help if you truly want to work in the OR. While doing clinicals you would meet the people you need to...

  24. Tooth extraction before CABG? why?

    SandraCVRN replied to I care there4 I amRN's topic in Cardiac

    I've seen this with valves and only on those with really bad dentition not as a routine

  25. surgeons

    SandraCVRN replied to CNM2B201?'s topic in Operating Room

    Surgeons are like everyone else, some are nice, some are ********. It's a very stressful time, even if they get upset, as long as they are venting about the situation and not about me, I'm