valeriern

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1. RN's in the scrub role

   valeriern replied to maryBSN2005's topic in Operating Room

   I am CNOR and RNFA but I have very little scrub experience and I would love to have a seasoned scrub (RN, LPN, or ST) teach me how to scrub. It think it would make me a better circulator and assist. In my hospital we mostly use OR techs to scrub and ...

2. Feeling very sad today

   valeriern replied to maccrn70's topic in General Nursing

   I am glad that there are nurses like you that can take care of dying children. I don't think I could do it. I have two beautiful "babies" (ages 22 and 21) of my own. They, of course, are not considered pediatric pts. anymore but never the less, they ...

3. chemical disinfection of scopes.

   valeriern replied to Lynne@Barnsley's topic in Operating Room

   We are manually cleaning the scope and all channels with brushes and chemical agent whos name escapes me at the moment, and then putting it through a sterilizing cyle in a machine made by Olympus the same manufacturer of the scopes. We then force O2 ...

4. standards of care

   valeriern posted a topic in Operating Room

   Help! I am at my wits end. I am witness everyday to what I consider a major break in sterile technique. I have argued, pleaded, whined, documented, researched, all for not. My manager will not mandate a change in this matter and will not allow me to ...