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  1. Flipping supplies/instruments

    penny77 posted a topic in Operating Room

    What is your take on flipping sterile items onto sterile fields? I avoid is as much as possible however the culture in our OR is to flip almost everything, including instruments.. How is this practice...

  2. Finding fetal heart via doppler

    penny77 posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Hello all, I'm new to labor and delivery and would like to know if you guys can share any tips on finding the fetal heart using the doppler? Are there any locations on the abdomen that you find...

  3. Finding fetal heart via doppler

    penny77 replied to penny77's topic in Ob/Gyn

    thanks for the advice! I'm starting off on an antenatal, high risk pregnancy unit and was wondering if there was any contraindication to palpating the abdomen of a women with PPROM or placenta...

  4. Any tips for setting up my table/instruments please?

    penny77 posted a topic in Operating Room

    Hi, So I have about half a year's experience in the OR and it's been a steep learning curve! Currently I'm trying to hone my skills as a scrub nurse and am experiencing a bit of difficulty as I do...

  5. how to retain knowledge and skills when working in a specialty?

    penny77 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello everyone! I'm a relatively new grad of '08 with 6 months experience on an orthopedics floor. I will soon be starting a new job in the OR at a pediatric hospital. While I am truly excited to...

  6. how to retain knowledge and skills when working in a specialty?

    penny77 replied to penny77's topic in General Nursing

    hmm. good suggestion, maybe i will try to take a few overtime shifts on another

  7. how to retain knowledge and skills when working in a specialty?

    penny77 replied to penny77's topic in General Nursing

    I'm hoping that I can still get those opportunities :) I was an OR nursing student and my experience was that basic care (hygiene) was often delegated to orderlies, meds were given only by RT or...

  8. how to retain knowledge and skills when working in a specialty?

    penny77 replied to penny77's topic in General Nursing

    hmm.. i apologize if my post came off offensively to OR nurses. You could simply have responded "don't worry, you won't lose any skills or knowledge because you will still be performing them, and...

  9. how to retain knowledge and skills when working in a specialty?

    penny77 replied to penny77's topic in General Nursing

    thank you for that :) I thought of this while I was writing the original post, that I won't know what I'll want in years to come.. I guess I am looking for some comfort that the transition will not be...

  10. peds or adults.. what is your preference?

    penny77 posted a topic in Operating Room

    I have to make a decision.. to work in a pediatric OR or an adult. the nurse interviewing me told me that I may be better suited for the peds OR because I am soft-spoken, and because their adult OR...

  11. breaking sterility question

    penny77 posted a topic in Operating Room

    Hi everyone! I have an interview for the OR this friday.. i'm very excited and nervous at the same time! One of the questions I am anticipating in the interview will be something along the lines of...

  12. peds or adults.. what is your preference?

    penny77 replied to penny77's topic in Operating Room

    Thank you for your informative response :) I have more hope for being a good OR nurse despite being "quiet and

  13. new york or canada?

    penny77 replied to kaye09's topic in International Nursing

    My mom came here in the late 70's with one of her friends... at the time it wasn't necessary for her to pass another board exam (she only took the one in the phils) she had to take a french test. I...

  14. Dilemma.. need opinions please!

    penny77 posted a topic in General Nursing

    where do i start. I graduated last may 08' with my BSN and worked half a year on the floor of Hospital A. didn't find it to my liking, so i took a few months off. I decided that I wanted to try OR...

  15. Dilemma.. need opinions please!

    penny77 replied to penny77's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks to everyone who posted! I really took what each of you suggested, and along with my own personal reasoning... chose hospital B! I got offered a job at their peds hospital in the OR. so it works...

  16. peds or adults.. what is your preference?

    penny77 replied to penny77's topic in Operating Room

    thank you for your input! Today, I had a tour of the peds OR unit, and by the end of it.. I was sold! Really kind and patient Nurse manager and Nurse Educator.. The orientation sounds very organized....

  17. new york or canada?

    penny77 replied to kaye09's topic in International Nursing

    Hi, Just wanted to give you some hope.. My mom is a filipino nurse and she managed to pass the french exam (her french is not that great)! you can do it! maybe while u are a caregiver here, you can...

  18. pros and cons of PEDS vs ADULTS

    penny77 posted a topic in General Nursing

    hi everyone, Ok.. my question, short and sweet is : What is the major differences (pros and cons) between working as an OR nurse in a pediatric OR vs Adult OR? And if you have the time and interest...

  19. breaking sterility question

    penny77 replied to penny77's topic in Operating Room

    hey! I answered this exact question just today on another person's thread..my answer is here: https://allnurses.com/operating-room-nursing/job-interview-for-390525.html GOOD

  20. Job Interview for OR.

    penny77 replied to c_loveya's topic in Operating Room

    Hey, I just interviewed twice for two different ORs so I'll share what I experienced. The questions i was asked were. - why do you want to be an OR nurse? - what is the role of the OR nurse? - Who do...

  21. Has anyone ever failed out of nursing school? and what are other options?

    penny77 replied to believeallispossible's topic in General Nursing

    hey.. so sorry to hear this happened to you my boyfriend and I were in the same nursing class.. but in the second to last year, he did not pass clinical stage and consequently was asked to leave the...

  22. Dilemma.. need opinions please!

    penny77 replied to penny77's topic in General Nursing

    hahah, absolutely.. if worse comes to worse, I will absolve myself of all responsibility by doing the toin

  23. Dilemma.. need opinions please!

    penny77 replied to penny77's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for your response, those are good answers to think about :) What I intended to say by "taking" my boyfriend's spot, is that I if I work in OR A, he will feel uncomfortable returning to work...

  24. breaking sterility question

    penny77 replied to penny77's topic in Operating Room

    Thank you, Scrubby! Yes, this is exactly the type of situation I was concerned about, when the surgeon insists on using the instruments despite contamination. What did you do in that situation? Was...

  25. breaking sterility question

    penny77 replied to penny77's topic in Operating Room

    I had my interview and this questions was asked. Thanks to all of you, I had a well thought-out, confident answer.. and i got the job! thanks again for everyone's