fracturenurse replied to MsLeylaBar's topic in Operating Room
House supervisors who call you and don't know anything about the call case or who to call. I recently had one ask me for a bowel resection, "Do you need anesthesia for this?" Where do they find...
fracturenurse replied to BookwormRN's topic in Operating Room
I worked on a Med/Surg floor for a year and a half before going to the OR 10 years ago. It's really a different type of nursing, but I wouldn't do anything else. I agree with the above post, if you...
fracturenurse replied to richardsrl's topic in Operating Room
Get the AORN's standards book, and read it cover to cover. Alexander's helps too...Good luck! Just took it the other day, it was my second time, I let it expire the first time. Don't do that...Just...
Ugh, we use the hovermats in our OR. I hate them...Several reasons. I don't think they are disinfected correctly. Also, they want us to use them in lithotomy. Nasty. I tuck the lower part in when...
fracturenurse replied to IsseyM's topic in Operating Room
I've been in the OR for 10 years, and I felt burned out a couple of years ago. I went and did school nursing for 2 years. That did it for me. I went back to the OR and am so happy now. Didn't know...
fracturenurse replied to IsseyM's topic in Operating Room
Yup, a podiatriast threw me out once. Someone transferred a personal call to my room from my son's school nurse. Long story short, I was trying to talk to her about my child, and he threw me out. I...