fracturenurse

fracturenurse

2 years school nurse, 15 in the OR!

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  1. I dream of the OR...

    fracturenurse replied to brewerpaul's topic in Operating Room

    Yes, sometimes I wake up and am like, "Do I have to go to work?" I just worked all night!!!

  2. too nice/quiet for the OR?

    fracturenurse replied to QHnurse07's topic in Operating Room

    Do you like the OR? It sounds as if you don't really care for it. I think we all need "mental health days" where we call in because we just need a day off. But, you sound so unhappy. I wish I knew...

  3. What determines school nurse salary?

    fracturenurse replied to amberfnp's topic in School

    In Texas it depends...Most districts require a BSN. The one I worked for had some left over LVN's from years past. I had my ADN, and so did a few others. Most nurses had their BSN. Nurses with...

  4. Start in a lower position (ST) or in a different department?

    fracturenurse replied to kuroroko513's topic in Operating Room

    I don't know, that is so weird that they would have a RN actually be hired as a scrub tech? You do have a license in the US??? I don't know, something seems weird to me. It's up to you, maybe look...

  5. Student Nurses in OR???

    fracturenurse replied to catherine_cardella's topic in Operating Room

    We had a nursing student that worked in our OR while she was going to nursing school. She transported the patients from outpatient to holding, she pulled cases for the next day, she put on sterile...

  6. OR - EENT position

    fracturenurse replied to InnaL's topic in Operating Room

    It must be in ENT speciality. Sinuscopy, tympanostomy, T &A's, etc. That's my 2

  7. Frogleg Positioning Ideas???

    fracturenurse replied to fracturenurse's topic in Operating Room

    We use it in urology, but this happened in a plastics case, for inner thigh

  8. NPO before surgery is nonsense

    fracturenurse replied to Guest219794's topic in Operating Room

    Like the previous post, aspiration is the major deal...Anesthesia providers don't even want to touch that one!!!!! I saw it happen the other day, lady started vomiting after induction, we...

  9. Cases during 11pm to 7am

    fracturenurse replied to linda2097's topic in Operating Room

    Hmmm...what about laparoscopy for eptopic pregnancy? Did we get that

  10. recommend going STRAIGHT to OR (residency)?

    fracturenurse replied to FaLaLa134's topic in Operating Room

    I don't know...I knew in nursing school I wanted to work in the OR. However I listened to my instructors and did a year or so on Med/Surg before moving on. I have never, ever regretted that time on...

  11. Yet another burnout thread

    fracturenurse replied to inspir8tion's topic in Operating Room

    I left the OR too. Just like you I was tired of all the "crap." I did all the sinus cases and nobody ever gave me a break or lunch because they didn't like ENT. I would drink Slim Fast when I had...

  12. Pregnant and no one seems to have any compassion.

    fracturenurse replied to Tiffany, RN, BSN's topic in Operating Room

    We just had a lady have her baby. She took call up to the very end...I did feel sorry for her, but that is part of the job. We always tried to move her out of cases with a lot of flouro, and never...

  13. Poll: Does your O.R. have RN's working 11pm-7am?

    fracturenurse replied to linda2097's topic in Operating Room

    Nope, we have 7-3 and 3-11. We also have 7-7 and 11a-7p shifts as well...One scrub works 1-9:30 I think....Call team kicks in for

  14. Does your OR have an educator?

    fracturenurse replied to linda2097's topic in Operating Room

    OK, we definately could be in the same OR, LOL...She also takes polls on different topics in the OR. I could see the chocolate thing happening in my OR as

  15. Do you know of any RN's who worked in both O.R. and PACU?

    fracturenurse replied to linda2097's topic in Operating Room

    I worked in the PACU before I went to the OR. It has come in handy, I was on call once and the PACU nurse got a flat tire in the middle of the night. She was late coming in, and I started the...

  16. Applying for a job informally

    fracturenurse replied to linda2097's topic in Operating Room

    Linda, I did that once. A rep told me about an opening at a neighboring hospital. I called the nurse manager and she did have a opening. told me to come for an interview. When I got there, I had to...

  17. training to become an perioperative nurse

    fracturenurse replied to bullseye's topic in Operating Room

    I worked in a surgery center for a few years. A lot of small repetetive cases...I got so sick of bunions, I wanted to vomit...LOL Having said that, the cases we did, it would have been simple to...

  18. Positioning Ideas: Lithotomy

    fracturenurse replied to nursinadream's topic in Operating Room

    I agree, if you could give more detail on the eggcrate. I have to agree with Linda, I would be worried about heavy patients sliding right off the table.

  19. What is your OR Time OUT consist of??

    fracturenurse replied to mooneyes65's topic in Operating Room

    OK, so I did a case with a surgeon on Friday. He just had been to the surgery department meeting. He walks in and tells me thathe is supposed to be doing the time outs. Not us. Head of surgery...

  20. Help!Worried about gas exposure while pregnant

    fracturenurse replied to nessa1982's topic in Operating Room

    I worked with a lady orthopedic surgeon who was around bone cement before she knew she was pregnant. She still did total knees after she was pregnant but cut way down on how many she did. She didn't...

  21. Positioning Ideas: Lithotomy

    fracturenurse replied to nursinadream's topic in Operating Room

    I don't know if this will work for you, but when one of our surgeon's does a Lap Nissen, he puts them in Lithotomy so he can stand between the legs. Anyhow, we do reverse trendelenburg with this...

  22. What is your OR Time OUT consist of??

    fracturenurse replied to mooneyes65's topic in Operating Room

    Thanks Linda!!! I agree, what's wrong with being loud? It's better then making a

  23. What is your OR Time OUT consist of??

    fracturenurse replied to mooneyes65's topic in Operating Room

    When I get in the room I introduce the scrub and have the patient say outloud what side we are working on, or what we are doing. "Can you tell Susie what kind of surgery we are doing today?" Right...

  24. Does your OR have an educator?

    fracturenurse replied to linda2097's topic in Operating Room

    We have 1 full time educator. She does orientation and trust me you don't want her in the OR. She very rarely gives breaks or lunches. She follows that AORN manual to a "T", last I heard she got on...

  25. Asked to stay late with call team w/out call team pay

    fracturenurse replied to mooneyes65's topic in Operating Room

    Well, that's just not right...We are asked to stay late if cases are running late. Actually they beg us to stay...LOL. We get OT if we go over 40 hours and if you volunteer to stay, you don't get...