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  1. Questions about OR policies

    Ferret replied to findingmywayRN's topic in Operating Room

    Hey Mike, Please pass on my congratulations to your wife for officially achieving sainthood. She sees you rarely and takes care of all those dogs.. Ouch! I know of quite a few females who would have...

  2. Questions about OR policies

    Ferret replied to findingmywayRN's topic in Operating Room

    Hey Shodobe, I'm sorry to hear that. Have you a dog now that has to deal with your travelling, or are you footloose and fancy-free? Jason

  3. Questions about OR policies

    Ferret replied to findingmywayRN's topic in Operating Room

    I applaud you, mate, you're a braver man than I. Where does your dog live? I love the great outdoors, need to work in the city, but decided to live close to work and go camping when I have the chance,...

  4. Questions about OR policies

    Ferret replied to findingmywayRN's topic in Operating Room

    Hey Shodobe, how often do you go

  5. Questions about OR policies

    Ferret replied to findingmywayRN's topic in Operating Room

    Jeeze Mike, I hope they have call rooms at your hospital. I take it you live closer to work during the

  6. Bovie Smoke

    Ferret replied to stevierae's topic in Operating Room

    G'day All, Today I had a combined diathermy / smoke evacuator pencil, disposable, sleek, quiet and effective. I loved it! If only more surgeons used the things, rather than stuffing around with...

  7. OR nursing QUESTIONS

    Ferret replied to BSN_student2004's topic in Operating Room

    G'day All, What's to be afraid of? With my scouting experience, I started on my first day off orientation for my new course with a D&C, and now, within a month, am scrubbing independantly for...

  8. OR nursing QUESTIONS

    Ferret replied to BSN_student2004's topic in Operating Room

    G'day All, No offence to any individual technicians reading this, but the spread of technicians is like cancer... once you let them get a foothold, you're stuffed. We have tecnicians taking over the...

  9. OR nursing QUESTIONS

    Ferret replied to BSN_student2004's topic in Operating Room

    Hmm, a lot of points there. We count accountable items with the scout as set out by ACORN, our version of AORN. These include sponges, gauzes, needles, blades, haemostats, towel clips, bulldog clips...

  10. OR nursing QUESTIONS

    Ferret replied to BSN_student2004's topic in Operating Room

    As The RN is responsible for ALL the instruments, not just the accountable items, it seems to me that the circulator would find it difficult to do their own job while sitting on the scrub's shoulder...

  11. OR nursing QUESTIONS

    Ferret replied to BSN_student2004's topic in Operating Room

    As The RN is responsible for ALL the instruments, not just the accountable items, it seems to me that the circulator would find it difficult to do their own job while sitting on the scrub's shoulder...

  12. Questions about OR policies

    Ferret replied to findingmywayRN's topic in Operating Room

    I've heard of one nurse who was made exempt from call beause she lived more than an hour away from the hospital, and I'm hoping to try for it at my new hospital, I REALLY don't want to spend call...

  13. Questions about OR policies

    Ferret replied to findingmywayRN's topic in Operating Room

    I've heard of one nurse who was made exempt from call beause she lived more than an hour away from the hospital, and I'm hoping to try for it at my new hospital, I REALLY don't want to spend call...

  14. help with policy and procedure with or preps

    Ferret replied to nursemenow224's topic in Operating Room

    Alexander's care of the patient in surgery would be a good place to start, perhaps, and what are the AORN

  15. Questions about OR policies

    Ferret replied to findingmywayRN's topic in Operating Room

    G'day All, The hospitals I've worked for here have all had 30 min call times, and we were asked to stay at the hospital if we lived outside that area. Call rooms are

  16. dating saline in the warmers

    Ferret replied to calienicole112's topic in Operating Room

    I found a letter form BAXTER dated 1993 saying 2 weeks at work today, and it gave a few reasons like evaporation changing the concentrates of additves. I can give more details if anyone is

  17. OR nursing QUESTIONS

    Ferret replied to BSN_student2004's topic in Operating Room

    G'day All, Hi Ornlorri, believe me, it took me while to understand how you do it too. How can a circulator be responsible for the count and instruments when the nature of scouting necessitates you...

  18. OR nursing QUESTIONS

    Ferret replied to BSN_student2004's topic in Operating Room

    Hi Ornlorri and all, The scrub nurse is a registered nurse and has ultimate responsibility, scout (circulating) nurses can be Enrolled Nurses like LPN's, and we are starting to get technicians in the...

  19. OR nursing QUESTIONS

    Ferret replied to BSN_student2004's topic in Operating Room

    G'day all, Over here the scrub nurse has the primary responsibility, but otherwise it is similar to what Ornlorri said. Try it out, OR nursing is

  20. OR nursing QUESTIONS

    Ferret replied to BSN_student2004's topic in Operating Room

    Theatre nursing is something you either love or hate. whatever your experience, if you love it, you should be there, for it is there that you will achieve your peak performance. Ornlorri, your last...

  21. Bovie Smoke

    Ferret replied to stevierae's topic in Operating Room

    G'day All, While I'm not sure what "bovie smoke" is, surgical plume from diathermy has been known to carry viral microoganisms, such as those causing the anal warts you excised yesterday.... it sounds...

  22. OR nursing possible?

    Ferret replied to marshag's topic in Operating Room

    As with any career, hunt around! If one hospital does not want to take you on, find one that does. I've had enough of the wards, I'd say no questions, give the OR a try. You'll know within a few...

  23. OR nurse role?

    Ferret replied to marshag's topic in Operating Room

    G'day all, I'm doing the Perioperative Nursing course on a pure scrub/scout thread. I believe I'll spend a couple of weeks in the year in recovery and anaesthetics, but that is just to get an idea of...

  24. Radiation Safety in OR

    Ferret replied to BS RT's topic in Operating Room

    Hiya, Males can and do get breast cancer, so it is a problem for all of us. Most males, however tend to have a one track mind, and worry about one area more than others. :chuckle Personally, I worry...

  25. Radiation Safety in OR

    Ferret replied to BS RT's topic in Operating Room

    Ah, but how heavy is it? And do they have a male version with extra shielding in the lower regions?