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  1. Verbal Abuse from surgeons in the OR

    Ferret replied to spineCNOR's topic in Operating Room

    G'day All, I tell my friends that it is when I'm quiet that I most pissed off. I don't talk to anyone, do my job and what I'm told, and that is it. I think it is almost a white mutiny. Sometimes it it...

  2. Verbal Abuse from surgeons in the OR

    Ferret replied to spineCNOR's topic in Operating Room

    G'day All, Australian Surgeons can get nasty, but us convicts have some issues with authority... and "tall poppies". Even in the military ALL our soldiers are encouraged to think for themselves, and...

  3. Radiation Safety in OR

    Ferret replied to BS RT's topic in Operating Room

    G'day All, There are many designs of lead aprons out there, and to date they are the best protection we have against radiation. If you feel you are at risk, why don't you hassle management about...

  4. Experienced LPN but new RN...should I start in PACU?

    Ferret replied to KacyLynnRN's topic in PACU

    G'day All, I"ve been an EN since 1995, in OT since 1999, and just graduated and registered. I've heard a boatload of advice on the subject, taken it all on board, and worked out what I thought worked...

  5. Can Circulating Nurse Sit?

    Ferret replied to inches's topic in Operating Room

    G'day All, Over time i've worked out that if you PRETEND you know what you're doing, people assume you do, there is less pressure, and you have time to work out your next move. I've always been...

  6. OR nursing QUESTIONS

    Ferret replied to BSN_student2004's topic in Operating Room

    G'day All, I'm going straight back to the OR out of Uni, and have received a lot of advice against it. I've been an EN fro years, done my time on the wards, and love theatres. Theatres is an area that...

  7. Mandatory Overtime

    Ferret replied to spineCNOR's topic in Operating Room

    G'day All, It seems to me that unless you agreed to madatory overtime in your original contract it is not "mandatory". Managers need to learn how to cancel cases, and if they don't, the nursing team...

  8. Can Circulating Nurse Sit?

    Ferret replied to inches's topic in Operating Room

    G'day All, I have to say, that once a good level of trust and rapport are built up between scrub and scout, it is amazing what can be achieved in terms of anticipating needs, signalling for ligaclip...

  9. Why is meeting the "minimum standard of care" good enough?

    Ferret replied to stevierae's topic in Operating Room

    G'day All, I'd have to agree with Carsha, The minimum standards are a baseline for everyone to surpass, and it is the no-brainer's that stay there, while anyone who has any real wish to be a nurse,...

  10. dating saline in the warmers

    Ferret replied to calienicole112's topic in Operating Room

    G'day All, In Aus I've dated all fluids in warmers for a two week expiry period in two different hospitals, one public, one private, opposite sides of Sydney, so not assocoated with each other, so...

  11. Aussie RN, WHAT IS TRAVEL NURSING? Sick/Holiday Leave?

    Ferret posted a topic in Travel

    Hi All, I've been reading these forums for a while, and have ideas about individual issues, but not the basic question of assumed knowledge, WHAT IS TRAVEL NURSING? We don't have an equivalent here...

  12. Have you worked outside the OR?

    Ferret replied to findingmywayRN's topic in Operating Room

    G'day All, I'm going home to theatres straight from registration, my uni placements on the wards was enough for me! I've been an Enrolled Nurse on the wards for too long, before getting into theatres...

  13. international nurses please help

    Ferret replied to sjohal's topic in International Nursing

    G'day, I'd be glad to help, I'm a scrub/scout OR nurse in Australia. Email me if you wish,

  14. Can Circulating Nurse Sit?

    Ferret replied to inches's topic in Operating Room

  15. Sponges And That String?

    Ferret replied to carcha's topic in Operating Room

    Hi All, Australian standards use sponges without tapes, but don't cut them off if they are there.... I think they are a throwback to times before

  16. do u sit down when scrubbed?

    Ferret replied to carcha's topic in Operating Room

    Hi All, I really don't think anything it wrong with Scrubs sitting, or Circulators reading, as long as they are listening to the operation and paying attention. Hell, as a scout(circulating) nurse...

  17. How many RN's scrub?

    Ferret replied to Chrislynn2003's topic in Operating Room

    Hi All, WHAT THE???? In Australia, only nurses scrub. In the public system, only RN's scub, and in the private sector some enrolled nurses (I think they are like US practical nurses) but the only...

  18. What part of the country uses RNFA's

    Ferret replied to MisterArnold's topic in Operating Room

    Hi All, Has anyone heard of an OR RN doing a PA course? Sounds like one loophole through the

  19. Surgical PA vs. RNFA?

    Ferret replied to KristinWW's topic in Operating Room

    Hi All, I have been a circulating nurse for 4 years, and just completed my RN degree, and am allowed to scrub, just starting my postgrad perioperative course. Due to staffing shortages, I was asked to...

  20. Sacred cows that need to be laid to rest

    Ferret replied to stevierae's topic in Operating Room

    Hi All, What about face masks? I've heard of research that they are affective for about 10-15 minutes, then useless. When people are scrubbed for 6 hour cases, how effective can they be? A lot of...

  21. Travel

    Ferret replied to jnkcross's topic in Operating Room

    Hi All, Do any travel agencies specialise in OR nurses? I have 4 years experience as a circulating nurse and am commencing a postgrad certificate as a scrub, but trying to work out what to do at the...

  22. Travel nursing with kids along

    Ferret replied to BETSRN's topic in Travel

    Hi All, I'm married to a non-nurse with two kids, 2, & 3 years old. Does anyone have any idea if any agencies help with travel nursing families (accompanied contracts)? Thanks in