LAM2010

LAM2010 BSN

O.R. Nursing - ENT, CTC, Vasc.

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  1. OR RN for 5 yrs: Do I qualify for UM?...

    LAM2010 replied to LAM2010's topic in Case Management

    Thanks for the responses. I am just sort of burned out. I don't want to take call anymore because we want to move more than 30 minutes away from work, and I don't know what other area of nursing I...

  2. Overwhelmed

    LAM2010 replied to nurse482488's topic in Operating Room

    It is worth it to hang in there a little while longer! There will be a time when over night one day it will be like 'Aha!' I guess I can't 100% guarantee you will feel that way, but I would feel...

  3. Overwhelmed

    LAM2010 replied to nurse482488's topic in Operating Room

    It is worth it to hang in there a little while longer! There will be a time when over night one day it will be like 'Aha!' I guess I can't 100% guarantee you will feel that way, but I would feel...

  4. Transplant Team in your OR?

    LAM2010 replied to TXPediORRN's topic in Operating Room

    We don't have a dedicated transplant (kidney) team where we are (the VA). There is a specialty team for urology, but the on-call crew who's assigned are the ones who do the transplants.

  5. Hired in VA OR

    LAM2010 posted a topic in Government, Military

    Hi. I got a job in the OR at my local VA. It's in the city, and directly beside another major University med center. It's MD residents and students come to the VA, too. My current boss likes to...

  6. Hired in VA OR

    LAM2010 replied to LAM2010's topic in Government, Military

    I worked at a safety net hospital everyone thought was awful, but I ended up liking it. I figure this can't be worse than that, lol :) Thanks for your

  7. How to prep around infected tissue?

    LAM2010 posted a topic in Operating Room

    Hi, I've been an OR nurse for a year and a half now, and just when I think I know how to do something, I won't get a case like it in months and then by the time I go to do it in a case, someone tells...

  8. VA Nursing

    LAM2010 replied to Islnd_RN's topic in Government, Military

    Wish this got replies, lol.... I am in pretty much the same boat - my spouse who isn't a nurse thinks the "smart" thing to do is take the VA job. When I love my comfy ASC job where my health...

  9. how soon to transfer within VA

    LAM2010 replied to Tammy197378's topic in Government, Military

    I knew what you meant, original poster. Yes, "transfers" in any company I've worked in have to be applied for. Even if you are definitely getting the job, you still have to go through the application...

  10. Leave VA or Stay

    LAM2010 replied to 26.2, BSN's topic in Government, Military

    I am not sure about your VA, but ones with "waiting list" issues are hiring a lot more people... others might be, too... I know mine is. So you might see ICU jobs open up for you when the patient...

  11. On Call ?

    LAM2010 replied to Bell13's topic in Operating Room

    I hate taking call but I deal with it to work in the O.R. :) And I am not the only one like this. And I am a good nurse. My first OR job, I took call one weekend day (usually Sunday) every 6...

  12. Operating Room Nurses

    LAM2010 replied to jamiemiller's topic in Operating Room

    I remember everyone telling me that - "get the med/surg experience". But I went straight to the O.R. and if I had to work med/surg (please, no...), I have no doubts I could pick it up. It's...

  13. Surgical tech to OR nurse

    LAM2010 replied to bluedragonfly13's topic in Operating Room

    I was a circulator straight out of nursing school. You've got half your experience already...lol. Documentation, to me, is kind of the easiest part, because that will be the same for every case (the...

  14. Tristar Centennial Medical Center

    LAM2010 replied to MDMBSNRN's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    How did your interview go? Have you had it yet? (Sorry, I came to his board late.) I did MSICU clinicals there for my Critical Care class in college (2009), and interviewed there in 2011 for their...

  15. vanderbilt pay/benefits

    LAM2010 replied to khood's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    mee9mee9, I think the PCTs and "Care Partners" are the same thing. I have heard these people called "Care Partners", and asked a Vandy employee what that is, and they say "nurse techs" or "CNAs". (I...

  16. BSN Only? Give me a break!!

    LAM2010 replied to michaelvgrigsby's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    It's ridiculous that they're requiring a BSN out of you when you're an RN and already have a BS in something else. And the only difference I see in a BSN versus an ADN or anything else is all the...

  17. CT Supreme Court Decision: Teen can't refuse Chemo

    LAM2010 replied to SC APRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I don't like the coercion, either. Just wish she'd do it; like someone else said - it's so treatable. Another question I have is, why'd her mom take her to the doctor in the first place if, whatever...

  18. Healthcare deductables

    LAM2010 replied to CriticalCareRN1's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Anyway..... :) I think all companies are going the way of the CDHP (consumer-driven health plan) and trying to pressure us into taking them. I hate it. I am going from paying $186 a paycheck for a...

  19. Semester long OR clinical

    LAM2010 replied to livmoore89's topic in Operating Room

    For the OR I'd also read up on (or remember from before) transferring patients from stretcher to OR bed and back - using the roller or slider boards. Make sure the brakes are on the beds and safety...

  20. New Grad w/passion, but NO experience!...Over my head??

    LAM2010 replied to OkieNurse918's topic in Operating Room

    The OR is definitely challenging but in such a good way! I went in straight out of nursing school (I was a customer service rep before I was a nurse). Just take lots of initiative and don't give up....

  21. How to prep around infected tissue?

    LAM2010 replied to LAM2010's topic in Operating Room

    I am back on here, almost 4 years later! LOL But this was good advice! One of my challenges as a "newer" nurse back then, was that *I* wanted to have the knowledge and know the best practices...

  22. C-Section experience count as surgery experience?

    LAM2010 replied to VeniVidiVici's topic in Operating Room

    Hi! Your nursing experience and your OR experience will help. Even with just the 6 months experience - you are not so ingrained in other types of nursing that adjusting to OR nursing would be...

  23. Start new OR RN job in 2 weeks; oops - pregnant...

    LAM2010 posted a topic in Operating Room

    Been a circulator for almost 18 months, right out of school. I just accepted a new job in an OR closer to home. It is 10 minutes away instead of 30, and it pays $2.00/hour more. Pretty sure I'm...

  24. Start new OR RN job in 2 weeks; oops - pregnant...

    LAM2010 replied to LAM2010's topic in Operating Room

    Talk about a late reply!....I'm the OP, heehee!Here I am, 37 weeks pregnant. I took the new job. I told my new team lead I was pregnant when I was about 12 weeks. This was because she assigned me...

  25. Start new OR RN job in 2 weeks; oops - pregnant...

    LAM2010 replied to LAM2010's topic in Operating Room

    I personally haven't seen the discrimination in my OR, but, my mother warned me about it (she is an HR manager). I didn't mention the new job will pay me $13k more per year than I make now, and the...