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  1. Need advice

    DNRme replied to Apollonia's topic in Operating Room

    It sounds like you are off to a smart start, working there as a student. Good

  2. Can't do TOP

    DNRme replied to spiritNursehealer's topic in Operating Room

    I also work in NJ. I have provided written documentation of my refusal to participate in TOPs and DCD harvests. I am pretty sure that once you inform them of your religious objection (I'm also...

  3. Need advice

    DNRme replied to Apollonia's topic in Operating Room

    After working in the OR >20 yrs, I think the place to start is the trauma center. It will be much harder to go the other way. As a new grad, you will learn sooooo much more in the trauma center....

  4. Pay for carring the beeper

    DNRme replied to SandraCVRN's topic in Operating Room

    Region -Northeast-Level 2 Trauma Center-Cardiac Surgery # of OR's -11 $$ for being on call only -3.00 weekdays, 3.50 weekends specialty get extra?? -

  5. Child Restraint During Induction ?

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

    No parents in the OR... in >20 years of experience is the best policy. Did trial it once and the nurse in the room wound up with 2 patients, with the mom feeling lightheaded. I work nights now,...

  6. Favorite specialty and why?

    DNRme replied to IsseyM's topic in Operating Room

    Trauma, esp ortho. You see something broken and you fix it. No bad smells, the docs are not weenies and you get to use power

  7. Things nursing school FAILED to tell us

    DNRme replied to Debbie_LPN's topic in Nursing Humor

    That the stable patient who tells you they feel like they are going to

  8. SCD orders

    DNRme replied to inspir8tion's topic in Operating Room

    We consider SCD's a nursing intervention, kind of like turning your patients on a schedule or using padding wherever you feel necessary when positioning. Everyone gets them unless there is a specific...

  9. ICU nurse turning over new leaf in OR

    DNRme replied to Memphis_RN's topic in Operating Room

    I also went from critical care to the OR (many years ago). To me, the OR is another critical care area. All of your experience in the unit will serve you well in the OR. I found I had a better...

  10. When to bring a patient into the OR...

    DNRme replied to brewerpaul's topic in Operating Room

    Kudos the the CRNA. The policy seems to go against standards. How can the patient be marked before going into the OR if the surgeon is not there? No one else is supposed to mark the site where I...

  11. A Good First Impression

    DNRme replied to EvaJ's topic in Operating Room

    It's not so difficult. Eyes and ears open and mouth zipped for the first few weeks(during cases). Just absorb as much as you can. A pocket notebook is a great help. Buy a good OR resource...

  12. NJ regs re NURSES AND MANDATORY OVERTIME

    DNRme replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    We all cheered for this legislation initially. The hospitals just put you "on call". Someone call out sick, the call person is brought in. There is always a way for the employer to get around the...

  13. a little help on commonly used medications

    DNRme replied to StakRN's topic in Operating Room

    While you will not be administering anesthesia meds, it is your responsibility to know the effects of the meds to the patient. You cannot assist with induction/emergence, give report to pacu, etc. if...

  14. Worst Surgeries to deal with?

    DNRme replied to sp1nter's topic in Operating Room

    Without a doubt, after >20 years in the OR, pedi organ procurements are the

  15. What are the best hospitals in NJ? (in terms of conditions,insurance and payment)

    DNRme replied to portal18's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    Jersey Shore Med Ctr in Neptune. Mgmt is more foreward thinking than other places I have worked. UNION!. Salary depends on experience. Certification pay. fyi, I live 5 min from Centrastate and...

  16. Hospitals with On-Site Day Care?

    DNRme replied to nycNurse2b's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    Jersey Shore Medical Center in Neptune has one. I don't know the cost since I work nights, but everyone seems happy with it. They also do lots w/the hospital, like halloween parade and stuff. JSUMC...

  17. Surgeons who make me cry!!!

    DNRme replied to pamc217's topic in Operating Room

    WHAT IS GOING ON HERE???? Are we in the stone age? This bozo is creating a "hostile work enviornment" If the mgmt in the OR knows about this problem and does not address it, go wherever you must....

  18. Skirts in the OR

    DNRme replied to MoriahRoseRN's topic in Operating Room

    Many moons ago I worked in an OR where the female staff was not provided w/pants. We had to wear dresses. It was a real joy to try to not provide entertainment while crawling on the floor for cords...

  19. nursing or teaching??

    DNRme replied to SamanthaLu's topic in Nursing Career

    It's good that you are looking before you leap. I cannot go back to school right now(little ones at home). When I can, I think I will return for teaching. In NJ, teachers, after about 5 years, make...

  20. age for not taking call

    DNRme replied to callbabe's topic in Operating Room

    The only staff who don't take call are night shift. Otherwise if you get a check, you get the call. (trauma center w/24 hr.

  21. burnout in the OR

    DNRme replied to cindybeth's topic in Operating Room

    Don't be in such a hurry to blame the OR. The facility may be to blame. After working in the same OR for 12 years, I finally had enough. I found a better paying position in a busier OR about 10...

  22. ER episode on Thursday

    DNRme replied to 68RN's topic in General Nursing

    LOVED it....I boo-hoo-ed through most of it. I know it's not always realistic (talking during an esophagoscopy), but it's just

  23. hostility in the OR

    DNRme replied to laughnsmile's topic in Operating Room

    Clearly, HR knows about her history. If she was already suspended once for this and was not fired for a repeat I would think you have a strong case to seek legal advice. You will probably want to...

  24. need information regarding order of cases

    DNRme replied to laughnsmile's topic in Operating Room

    I wonder what the surgeons would think if they knew that the total was following a pilonidal cyst. The MD's I work with would go ballistic. We all know about air exchanges and universal precautions...

  25. Weird, Odd Nurses Behavior.....

    DNRme replied to cre8tivRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not sure if this is good or bad, but I feel so at home in this post..... 1-NO shoes in the house. I'm sure i just stepped in some resistant tb mucous on the sidewalk. Now my kids are playing on...