md979

Exactly! If you need something from that tray, then just take the graspers & get rid of the rest. I was just shocked that the other nurse in the room didn't understand why I thought we should count everything.

My issue isn't with whether to count or not. My issue is the tech only wanted to count 60% of the instruments on his table. If you're counting, you should count all the instruments. Not just some of them. Right? I've only worked in one other OR & we counted all the instruments when counting instruments. We would never count only some of them. I'm just wondering if I'm crazy for thinking they should all be counted when counting instruments. í ¾í´”

Hello, I have a counting question. I recently started working at a new facility in the OR. I was counting the other day for a laparoscopic bowel rsxn, possible open. The scrub tech had a major set & a lap chole set on his table. The lap chole set included a stringer of about 20 instruments plus forceps, retractors & knife handles. When we counted, he told me that they only count the major set and not the lap chole set. I said but if there are other instruments on your table & we are counting instruments, they should all be counted. He said that he won't use anything from the lap chole tray; the lap chole tray had the same instruments as the major tray just not as many of them. I said but if there is a discrepancy at the end of the case, we won't have a true baseline count if we aren't counting all of the instruments. I was still met with resistance after explaining why we should be counting all of the instruments on the table. Also, the procedure included about a 6 cm incision to bring up the colon & do the resection. Am I wrong for wanting to count all of the instruments? I'm just confused bc the other nurse in the room didn't really agree or disagree with me so now I'm second guessing my thought process.

hi, i applied for jan 2010 in march and was accepted in april. but i think they take the best applicants 1st. if they reject you, you probably won't know until october. if you haven't heard anything yet, don't worry because you still may be in the pool for consideration. i have a 4.0 and my net scores were pretty good... so that's probably why i was accepted so quickly. You should shoot them an email every once in a while... that might help you stand out and let them know that you are serious and determined. good luck!!