SandraCVRN

SandraCVRN

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  1. School is unfairly not letting me pass

    SandraCVRN replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    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

  2. Do I need a lawyer?

    SandraCVRN replied to Bricksoup3's topic in General Nursing

    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....

  3. New Grad Med Error in ED

    SandraCVRN replied to Newgradacutern's topic in Emergency

    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...

  4. Playing Cards

    SandraCVRN replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    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...

  5. Need some advice/opinions please!!

    SandraCVRN replied to ORGeek's topic in Operating Room

    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

  6. New to OR, need advice on resources

    SandraCVRN replied to EmergencyNurse2012's topic in Operating Room

    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...

  7. OR nurse full time, Floor nurse PRN? Can it be done?

    SandraCVRN replied to msesay91's topic in Operating Room

    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...

  8. Tennessee Nurse RaDonda Vaught - Legal Perspectives of Fatal Medication Error

    SandraCVRN replied to Lorie Brown RN, MN, JD's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for this information that I haven't seen

  9. Coming home (aka) returning to OR

    SandraCVRN posted a topic in Operating Room

    So 7months after returning to floor nursing I am coming back to the OR. I give floor nurses a lot of credit. I can do the job well but the bad outweighs the good on the floor. (For me anyway)...

  10. Calling Out for EXCEPTIONAL Snow Conditions

    SandraCVRN replied to River&MountainRN's topic in General Nursing

    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...

  11. Nursing @ 32?

    SandraCVRN replied to Firstina's topic in General Students

    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

  12. Green O2 Christmas trees

    SandraCVRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    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...

  13. Student nurse dismayed by bedside nursing attitude

    SandraCVRN replied to new gal's topic in General Students

    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...

  14. Student nurse dismayed by bedside nursing attitude

    SandraCVRN replied to new gal's topic in General Students

    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...

  15. Green O2 Christmas trees

    SandraCVRN replied to SandraCVRN's topic in General Nursing

    Our thinking too. Just one more hoop to jump thru. Ugggí

  16. Periop course money back

    SandraCVRN replied to Nicole3d's topic in Operating Room

    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...

  17. I am not proud of my track record.

    SandraCVRN replied to STARL's topic in General Nursing

    Please don't tell me this is the millennial generation coming into nursing!! I didn't know I would have to follow the rules to a T. These were not mistakes they were lies & falsifying documents....

  18. Will my personality work will in the OR?

    SandraCVRN replied to treatjoa's topic in Operating Room

    Nothing wrong with being a nice person in the OR. We actually have one of the nicest sweetest people on the heart team. Like most things in life it is what you make of it. Good

  19. cloth hats

    SandraCVRN replied to iverina's topic in Operating Room

    We used to be able to wear without an extra cover. Then changed to disposable over. Now no cloth & no skull caps for the men cloth or disposable. I'm with the others, my hair stay better in my...

  20. CVOR

    SandraCVRN replied to brighidh's topic in Operating Room

    I'm with LovesToScrub. Small tight knit group. Most of us get 7% ❤️ differential but the 2 newest members do not since it was stopped about a year ago. Personally I find it less stressful to...

  21. OR consent

    SandraCVRN replied to Jordan23RN's topic in Operating Room

    Whatever your policy states is the rule you need to follow. Sent from my iPhone using

  22. Standard Orientation?

    SandraCVRN replied to Moochini M's topic in Operating Room

    So how's it going? Sent from my iPhone using

  23. How helpful would be to go surgical tech before nursing school to get a job as an OR Nurse

    SandraCVRN replied to sadbuthappy's topic in Operating Room

    If you are waiting at least a year to go for your RN (that's how I read it) then I would say go for it. I'd love to be able to do more then just hold retractors. If you are a good scrub tech student...

  24. Warm up jackets mandatory

    SandraCVRN replied to Junebug59's topic in Operating Room

    We just started this too. Sent from my iPhone using

  25. SHOES??

    SandraCVRN replied to BarbaraNM's topic in Operating Room

    I like the sketchers shape ups. Sent from my iPhone using