nw31705

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1. This can't be safe

   nw31705 replied to nw31705's topic in Operating Room

   Exactly, what they fell to realize is half of us is working for free because 10hrs or 26hrs of overtime my checks are the same and I end up owing the IRS for money I didn't even get to spend.They donskt want to do the work but they force us.

2. This can't be safe

   nw31705 posted a topic in Operating Room

   Our cases began and seem as though they never end.The funny thing is we only have one shift.We are all tired and bured out.We come in, at seven and start at eight.We have 13 rooms on the average we do about 25 cases a day.For some reason at 1530 when...

3. Pain pumps

   nw31705 replied to nursinadream's topic in Operating Room

   This is true according to jacho the pharmacy has to fill the pumps now.All the hospitals here are doing it now.

4. Break room and refrigerators

   nw31705 replied to nursinadream's topic in Operating Room

   Everyone in our OR has some job to do other than nursing and scrubbing.We have our own rooms and the fridges we are assigned to.We do it all ourselves.Believe me it is a burden on us but it makes our work space more comfortable each month we have to ...

5. Does this make sense to you?

   nw31705 replied to linda2097's topic in Operating Room

   I Do agree we have the same problem and it is very scary.We almost had an occurence where an emergency did happen while a breast reduction was still going at 12 that started that afternoon.When tragedy strikes I wonder who they r going to point finge...

6. Moving patient's in the OR

   nw31705 replied to nw31705's topic in Operating Room

   That is a good idea. This place is just not open to change. I am doing an inservice tomorrow about this and hopefully it will give them some kind of insight i'm talking about the sheets.as for the beds, yes they do get them all because that's when ...

7. Moving patient's in the OR

   nw31705 replied to nw31705's topic in Operating Room

   That indeed is true staff short and it's not the bed that they are lying on that I have the issue with it's the green towel that is the problem.Yes I would rather place fractures and lumbar cases and such on a bed, but as you said yourself with the l...

8. Moving patient's in the OR

   nw31705 replied to nw31705's topic in Operating Room

   I do agree we do what we have to do, but i feel that depending on how much room you have in the OR bringing the beds down can be accomplished.Some days recovery have already sent for the beds and there is no room to even put the stretcher the patient...

9. Moving patient's in the OR

   nw31705 posted a topic in Operating Room

   I am new to the sight.I really need help because I am stessing.I've been in the OR now for almost 10years I started out as a scrub tech. I am now a RN. I started at a new hopital last year and when I got there I noticed they did the strangest thing...