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  1. Finding a preceptor

    lilla_fjaril replied to JazzyRN's topic in Post Graduate Students

    How does everybody feel about offering to do some non-clinical work for a practice that it willing to give you some hours. I have to do placements in a variety of places so I can't insinuate I might...

  2. What if an ANP wants to add FNP or MHNP certification?

    lilla_fjaril posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Where I live, ANPs and PNPs are more common than FNPs because most offices/EDs specialize in kids or adults. I'm in an ANP program that'll I'll finish in 2011. There aren't any FNP programs in town....

  3. What if an ANP wants to add FNP or MHNP certification?

    lilla_fjaril replied to lilla_fjaril's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Thanks everyone. I will take this information to heart. It may still be more cost-effective for me to get my ANP (basically free through tuition reimbursement) and then pay to complete a...

  4. Waiting for NP job, working as RN

    lilla_fjaril replied to ChapterTwo's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I work in the OR and one of my coworkers is an NP that chooses to work as an OR staff nurse. She said she did the continuing ed because she likes to learn and the hospital paid for it, but at the end...

  5. Why do you put up with the abuse?

    lilla_fjaril posted a topic in Operating Room

    *rant following* Surgeons who swear, throw instruments on the floor, scream at you for giving them what they asked for instead of giving them what they wanted? Backstabbing sabotaging coworkers who...

  6. Why do you put up with the abuse?

    lilla_fjaril replied to lilla_fjaril's topic in Operating Room

    Thanks guys, for your honest opinions. I've been in the OR at a big teaching hospital for a little over a year. I've calmed down some. I may go talk to HR or an EAP counselor about the best way to...

  7. OR Pet peeves

    lilla_fjaril replied to MsLeylaBar's topic in Operating Room

    Ohh my god, so nitpicky but I work in CT and the thoracic surgeons are forever pulling tonsil sponges off on my sponge sticks to use them as ring forceps. They don't even tell me. They just drop the...

  8. Career change advice

    lilla_fjaril replied to anthony02's topic in General Nursing

    On working in school: Sure, it's better not to work if you can afford it, but I actually worked part-time in a hospital that provided tuition reimbursement while completing one of the accelerated 1...

  9. Upward Mobility in the OR

    lilla_fjaril replied to BNE103's topic in Operating Room

    You know, I'm a new nurse in the OR and I got that song and dance about how I would be stuck there because I'd lose my clinical skills, but I really think it's just a matter of how you sell yourself....

  10. C&C Clogs (Scandanavian Company)

    lilla_fjaril replied to dixiemama's topic in Operating Room

    Try Birkenstock--Superbirki. Cheaper than those 'specialty nursing shoes' and sooooo comfortable :) If you've got high arches you may need to pop an arch support over the cork insole. My feet don't...

  11. relatively new and stressed

    lilla_fjaril replied to Ames24's topic in Operating Room

    One more suggestion: massages! :) You think you can't afford them but really at this mst stressful time in your career you can't afford to skimp on taking care of yourself! And if all else fails,...

  12. Shoes?

    lilla_fjaril replied to Aneroo's topic in Operating Room

    Danskos are expensive...and most are so tall! (i have klutz tendencies) I wear Birkinstocks. I think the style is Pro-birkie or something. Costs about 70 bucks. Very wide toe box, non-slip...

  13. Timeout univercal protocol

    lilla_fjaril replied to lavendar's topic in Operating Room

    I suggest you google it. A single search brings up a lot of

  14. relatively new and stressed

    lilla_fjaril replied to Ames24's topic in Operating Room

    Hi Ames! I'm at 5.5 months in the OR at a top ten hospital and I'm right there with you. I did an externship in the ICU where I was treated well and enjoyed the teamwork, but the lure of the OR...

  15. Opening bypass cannulas

    lilla_fjaril posted a topic in Operating Room

    Some of the bypass cannulas are two feet long and unpredictably floppy. Ever since I contaminated one trying to drop it and realized those suckers cost 35.00 each, my new plan has been to wait until...

  16. Brand Spanking New OR Nurse

    lilla_fjaril replied to jnl2000's topic in Operating Room

    Take heart. I was a superstar in nursing school and I, too, am a complete OR retard. Any stupid thing that can be done--I've done it...twice, maybe three times. I now categorize the surgeons as...

  17. Is it appropriate to visit past patients in the unit?

    lilla_fjaril posted a topic in Operating Room

    I interviewed a patient barely out of his teens in the holding area today. He was in for his 4th heart surgery and was understandably not cooperative or pleasant. Still, I left behind an important...

  18. Computer Pre-Charting

    lilla_fjaril replied to ashifer22's topic in Operating Room

    I prechart as much as possible. I even prechart counts, drains, dressings, etc. If we didn't do this we'd never be able to complete the whole chart on short 1 hour cases. We don't have to put times...

  19. What's one thing you wish your preceptor knew?

    lilla_fjaril posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm working on an article for mentors/preceptors--kind of a 'ten things every preceptor should know.' What was/is/will be one or two things you wish your preceptor/teacher knew? For me it was: When...

  20. What's one thing you want your preceptor/teacher to know?

    lilla_fjaril posted a topic in General Students

    I'm working on an article for mentors/preceptors--kind of a 'ten things every preceptor should know.' What was/will be one or two things you wish your preceptor/teacher knew? For me it was: When you...

  21. Is it appropriate to visit past patients in the unit?

    lilla_fjaril replied to lilla_fjaril's topic in Operating Room

    Yeah, that's exactly why I asked Linda--the whole HIPAA thing. I didn't want to bring it up to my charge because she'd probably find it all cute and pathetic that the newbie nurse 'cared' about her...

  22. RN TO CRNA

    lilla_fjaril replied to jontrizzan's topic in General Nursing

    My understanding is that CRNA is a Master's level degree so you can get your ADN but you'd need to then get a BSN before qualifying for a CRNA program. You also usually need a GPA of 3.5 or higher...

  23. Does "your" instead of "you're" drive anyone else nuts?

    lilla_fjaril replied to *ac*'s topic in General Nursing

    Oh my freaking God, and what about people (or brochures or giant billboards) that just sprinkle their advertisement's with load's of unneeded apostrophe's? Make's me nut's!! And today's pet...

  24. Basic question about intraop blood transfusions

    lilla_fjaril posted a topic in Operating Room

    Hey- Newbie RN trying to understand everything there is to know about the CTOR. Our anesthesia docs often ask for us to order 4 RBCs 4FFP and possibly one platelet. If the RBCs are for low crit and...

  25. should patients be able to choose to end their life if they are in pain and dying

    lilla_fjaril replied to melz34's topic in General Nursing

    Also, yes. I applaud Oregon and Washington for allowing this choice. People can say all they want about 'playing God' but last I checked we still had freedom of religion in this country and people...