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  1. How did you *know* your specialty and when?

    lockheart678 replied to misscherie's topic in General Nursing

    My first semester of nursing school, I started out on med surg. The second week into the clinical, I got to spend my day in the OR. I knew I hated med surg so I really looked forward to it. It was...

  2. This made me mad when I saw it.

    lockheart678 replied to netglow's topic in General Nursing

    Why do all of that for $10 an hour when you can go somewhere else that requires much less responsibility and only a high school diploma for more

  3. Student loan taking forever to pay off...

    lockheart678 replied to Brian's topic in Nursing Humor

    When I had to take that step and look into student loans when my parents couldn't afford my schooling (yet they made too much for me to qualify for any grants), I kept hearing about how low interest...

  4. Stupid things doctors do?!

    lockheart678 replied to healthstar's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I work in the OR and most of my doctors are smart enough to know not to ever rag on my team. I work in a teaching hospital and there have been so many times the OR staff has saved residents because...

  5. Does OR nurse get paid more than Med/Surg Nurse?

    lockheart678 replied to texas_rn1988's topic in Operating Room

    In my hospital, OR nurses make a little more than medical-surgical nurses based on a loophole that our management found. Plus, that call pay can add up if you need extra money. Remember, when you get...

  6. Need RN's opinion- BIG clinical mistake

    lockheart678 replied to CrazyheadSN's topic in General Nursing

    When I was in nursing school, we weren't allowed to give any kind of medication by ourselves, even if our instructors knew that we knew how to give them. Your instructor is irresponsible by leaving...

  7. No wonder our profession is messed up

    lockheart678 replied to NeuroNP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I work in the OR and this reminds me of a patient I had once who was a nurse. She knew it was a teaching hospital, but she expected that she would only have an attending anesthesiologist and no...

  8. How often do you get called and asked to work on days off?

    lockheart678 replied to limonada's topic in General Nursing

    I'm in the OR and I've always worked 5 days a week, so I don't have to worry about getting called to come in on my day off, but I used to be asked (or forced in many instances in the past) to stay...

  9. Whoever invented the lunch and learn

    lockheart678 replied to MJB2010's topic in General Nursing

    It would be impossible for my department to ever go, so we don't have to worry about those. Our hospital has really been pushing to make sure everyone gets their 30 minutes of uninterrupted time...

  10. New Nurses Precepting Students/New Hires?

    lockheart678 replied to All4NursingRN's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work, pretty much everyone precepts at some point or another, regardless of how much experience they have. It kills me to see the brand new nurses who have been on their own for a month...

  11. Etiquette in the OR?

    lockheart678 replied to trauma_lama's topic in Operating Room

    I once had a 600 lb patient who was going to the OR for a vac change and the CRNA who was working with me repeatedly told me right in front of this patient that I needed to call the surgeons to come...

  12. Who is going to wait on me????

    lockheart678 replied to OhioCCRN's topic in General Nursing

    This is a huge reason I don't think I could ever leave the OR. I'm only with my patients maybe 10 minutes while they're awake, and they're not exactly thinking of many unreasonable demands to throw on...

  13. Nurse on vacation

    lockheart678 replied to Joe V's topic in Nurses Rock

    I've gotten the call when I was out recovering from shoulder surgery. After I told the girl it was not possible for me to work, she calls me back 10 minutes later asking when I would be back. This all...

  14. Let me get this clear

    lockheart678 replied to FutureRN_NP's topic in General Nursing

    At my hospital, they usually start out your salary based on how much experience you have, but then a lot of people end up with under the table raises. I got one after a pathetic annual raise my first...

  15. Specialities in the Operating Room...

    lockheart678 replied to OR/GI Nurse Lisa's topic in Operating Room

    I am very strong in general, and I also do pretty well in gyn, although I hate that service. I can get by in most other services with the more basic procedures except for hearts. I've never even seen...

  16. What exactly is a nurses role in the OR?

    lockheart678 replied to jmokeefe's topic in Operating Room

    I swear you were reading my mind with that, even down to the laparoscopic case where the surgeon hits the iliac artery. That was not a fun experience for me either. Half of the time when I see...

  17. Does facility policy supercede any physcian order? If so, are physcians orders needed

    lockheart678 replied to Ronda121's topic in Operating Room

    My OR is big on using SCDs on all patients. In the few years that I've worked there, our policy is that we don't need a physician's order in order to use them, although 99% of surgeons do have them...

  18. Bouffant Surgical Caps

    lockheart678 replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in Operating Room

    I buy most of my hats from www.sparklingearth.com. A lot of the prints are not what I would wear, but then that's also where I've found my favorite prints as well. Since they have the elastic and a...

  19. CNOR

    lockheart678 replied to mfundis's topic in Operating Room

    Congrats! I really want to become certified as well, but that huge price tag really scares me. Nobody can ever give me a good idea of how hard the test really is, and I'd be really disappointed...

  20. Rude doctors

    lockheart678 posted a topic in Operating Room

    I don't have any issues at all with most of the doctors I work with. We do have a few that just get under my skin though, and I would love to take a mallet and smack them upside the head with it,...

  21. Wrong site surgery - how to prevent

    lockheart678 replied to Sunnyday2235's topic in Operating Room

    The doctor marks the surgical site and initials it, we have the patient verify and match it up with the consent form, and during our timeout, everyone participates. It's usually not a problem, but...

  22. can patients keep their underpants on for surgery

    lockheart678 replied to brownbook's topic in Operating Room

    If it's something like a breast biopsy or a port placement, we let patients keep their underwear on. OPS actually tells all patients that everything has to come off, but we still get patients every...

  23. Rude doctors

    lockheart678 replied to lockheart678's topic in Operating Room

    Wow, you would think these people have never spent one day in the OR before. I love how some of them think that our job is so easy and that we play no part in taking care of the patient. I totally...

  24. On call most of night...work next day???

    lockheart678 replied to SandraCVRN's topic in Operating Room

    Whenever I get called in late at night and get a chance to go back home before my shift starts, I'll let whoever is charge at the time know that I'm coming in late. It's in our policy that we don't...

  25. Burn Out?

    lockheart678 replied to IsseyM's topic in Operating Room

    I have always wanted to work in the OR from the day I found out I was going to observe one day while in clinicals. Now that I've been in the OR for a few years, I haven't changed my mind one bit. I'm...