Heogog53

Heogog53

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  1. Something I've noticed about OR nurses...

    Heogog53 replied to keira30's topic in Operating Room

    Thanks so much, Sandra CVRN. Over the years, as my understanding of how things worked in the OR, I worked as a preceptor, and this was the best explanation I could try to come up so that new RN's,...

  2. Confused and upset

    Heogog53 replied to bitbuc's topic in Operating Room

    I don't know why you would have been terminated after only four days, especially since you weren't an RN when you'd previously worked in the OR. You can either file a grievance at the hospital, or...

  3. Computer Pre-Charting

    Heogog53 replied to ashifer22's topic in Operating Room

    My hospital prohibits pre-charting because of the way our system works. Once the patient is in the room, then the case can be opened. If you open the chart ahead of time and the case is cancelled,...

  4. Advanced Practice Nursing in the OR

    Heogog53 replied to sallber's topic in Operating Room

    In small hospitals, some docs hire private scrubs, who act as assistant during the case, may suture and tie under the doc's direct supervision, take histories, remove sutures, staples, etc. In some...

  5. Something I've noticed about OR nurses...

    Heogog53 replied to keira30's topic in Operating Room

    I've worked in five OR's. Either you love to OR or you absolutely hate it. I've been in the OR since 1984. I have had some past illnesses that made me wonder if I'd ever be able to get back into...

  6. This can't be safe

    Heogog53 replied to nw31705's topic in Operating Room

    If you and your co-workers collect your schedules, paychecks and go see the risk management at your hospital, I'm pretty sure that your voices will be heard. If your managers won't respond to your...

  7. Initial/Closing/Final Count

    Heogog53 replied to rn_jr's topic in Operating Room

    I was taught a very long time ago that if there is ever a question about anything in the count, that anyone in the room could request a count at ANYTIME, period. If you are the RN, and YOU feel the...

  8. Will I ever get it?

    Heogog53 replied to oscar6802's topic in Operating Room

    I cane to the OR as a first rate, well recognized by my peer hot shot CCU RN who could get the worst IV's in, etc...you know, really hot stuff. It took me close to two years in the OR to stop feeling...

  9. Why Black Eyes?

    Heogog53 replied to nurseaboveboard's topic in Operating Room

    I'm wondering if the patient had been on any NSAIDS or ASA too close to the time of her surgery, or if some chemo/radiation treatments had made her skin, especially around the eyes, extremely...

  10. Nursing Student Needs to Interview an O.R. Nurse for Mid Term

    Heogog53 replied to Future O.R. Nurse's topic in Operating Room

    Certainly. It might be a great deal easier to do a face to face interview. If I can Help, let me

  11. Bad fit for the OR?

    Heogog53 replied to CTRN2679's topic in Operating Room

    The OR staff, anesthesia and docs become a family of sorts, sometimes the most dysfunctional group you'll ever meet, and sometimes the funniest folks in the world. One thing about being in the OR,...

  12. Nursing Student Needs to Interview an O.R. Nurse for Mid Term

    Heogog53 replied to Future O.R. Nurse's topic in Operating Room

    Sure, I don't mind helping you

  13. What do you think of a NEW RN trying the OR?

    Heogog53 replied to changeofpaceRN's topic in Operating Room

    I do agree with you about having a good nurse educator, a solid orientation program, and as much as is possible, staying with one nurse preceptor. However, due to varying shifts that so many of us...

  14. Bad fit for the OR?

    Heogog53 replied to CTRN2679's topic in Operating Room

    I've been in the OR since 1982, more or less continuously. I tried a small company DON position-hated it. Tried being a private scrub-had to work in the office too- hated it. The first two years are...

  15. What do you think of a NEW RN trying the OR?

    Heogog53 replied to changeofpaceRN's topic in Operating Room

    We have a ton of brand new nurses who come directly to the OR after graduation. They have a 6 month internship plus at least a 3 month orientation to the speciality area they are going to. My...

  16. Why Do People Fail Nursing School?

    Heogog53 replied to Pachinko's topic in General Students

    My Diploma program started with 65 students. When graduation came around, we graduated 25 people. Our class had students as young as 17 and as old as 52. The educational backgrounds of some were...

  17. How old were you when you began nursing school?

    Heogog53 replied to jpearl119's topic in General Students

    I had a BA, had gone to graduate school but decided to do something else, worked for a couple years and started my Diploma course in 1979 when I was

  18. Clinical Doc Abbreviations

    Heogog53 replied to howsoon's topic in General Students

    Most hospital publish a list of THE prohibited abbreviations and then a list of approved ones. As far as I know, my current hospital teaches the residents/interns/medical students the proper ones...

  19. Foley Balloon Test

    Heogog53 replied to OR male nurse's topic in Operating Room

    Was always taught to pre-inflate foleys- and the urologists I work with do the same. All the residents and attendings pre-inflate foleys. The urologists say better to know if there's a hole in the...

  20. Tourniquet Time

    Heogog53 replied to bettyboop08's topic in Operating Room

    I agree with Squirrel- The total TQ time is the total amount of time up and should not be reset until the end of the case, once you've recorded your total

  21. Burned out with nowhere to go

    Heogog53 replied to lockheart678's topic in Operating Room

    I must agree with your concise post(as opposed to my rambles). As an OR nurse, you can travel and get paid a lot for bonuses- or should you choose to move to a place that will pay you relocation and...

  22. Burned out with nowhere to go

    Heogog53 replied to lockheart678's topic in Operating Room

    Ah, my dear young OR nurse. I've worked in five OR's over my career. The medium sized one, which was 12 rooms plus we did the c-sections upstairs was run about as tightly as any place I've seen...

  23. Nurses as Wounded Healer Dr. Marion Conti-O'Hare

    Heogog53 replied to funinsun's topic in General Nursing

    What about wounded nurses who are wounded from career related injuries? Or wounded nurses who have chronic illnesses but HAVE to work anyway. Or the enabling nurses who are trying to break free of...

  24. Anyone know of a good RN/MSN online program and why did you think it was a good choic

    Heogog53 posted a topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I have a BA, half an MA and a Diploma in Nursing. I was an honors student in all those programs, too. What I want to do is to find a good RN(with BA)/MSN program that will help me start a new career...

  25. Injections practice?

    Heogog53 replied to NurseStudentHusband's topic in General Students

    When I was in nursing school, we started small IV's on each other, did sub Q's on each other and gave IM's to the oranges. It's not illegal for a student nurse to give injection once he/she has been...