Cyan8181

Cyan8181 has 7 years experience.

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1. Should I Go From RN to Scrub Tech?

   Cyan8181 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Nurse Beth

   Another thing to think about is how physically demanding scrubbing is. I scrubbed as a CST for 6 years and then circulated and scrubbed as an RN for another six. I work in a 31 room OR that is staffed 24-7. Even with that amount of staff on, there...

2. New grad RN taking CST courses

   Cyan8181 replied to jas_25's topic in Operating Room

   That's an interesting idea. Will you be doing any nursing at all over the next year? I went through an accelerated one year CST program myself and know how demanding they are, but I was able to work at the same time.

3. New grad RN taking CST courses

   Cyan8181 replied to jas_25's topic in Operating Room

   You could not be hired as a CST if you have an RN license. Are you doing any nursing at all? How long is your CST program?

4. OR Oops

   Cyan8181 replied to 2001ORRN's topic in Operating Room

   My nurse manager once told me after a particularly bad experience that we work in a field where mistakes are going to happen and that some of them are going to be big ones, but that she decided early on that if she were going to be an effective nurse...

5. Advanced Practice Opportunities for OR Nurses. What to do!

   Cyan8181 replied to The Guy's topic in Operating Room

   We don't have any NPs who work exclusively in our OR, nor do we have any positions that I know of that are targeted at advance practice nurses specifically. Our nurse managers and clinical leaders all have a minimum of a BSN, and our staff developme...

6. Abdominal Vaginal Preps?

   Cyan8181 replied to kpoguern2960's topic in Operating Room

   We open both a vag washoff kit as well as a foley kit. I frog-leg (or stirrup for some of the docs doing a TAH) and use the 6 sponges with scrub, dry and follow with the 3 sponge sticks and paint. I prep from the symphysis pubis to the inner thigh...

7. New grad in the OR

   Cyan8181 replied to new grad or's topic in Operating Room

   Acclimating to a new area is always tough, but I'm sorry it's so hard going. Does your OR have a formal periop program? How long is the average orientation? How long have you been there? Do you have any sort of schedule that tells you how long yo...

8. OR Specialty With Most Call

   Cyan8181 replied to redraider1977's topic in Operating Room

   They'll be staffed 24-7 then so there might not be a lot of call. You could always see if they train and have call for laser or cell saver though.

9. OR Specialty With Most Call

   Cyan8181 replied to redraider1977's topic in Operating Room

   The only specialty at my hospital that covers their own area exclusively, and so takes call, is Open Heart. Other than that we are staffed with three teams on the weekends and two teams overnight so we don't normally have any call.

10. Trying to get my foot in OR door

    Cyan8181 replied to yoland's topic in Operating Room

    yoland, use your resources. How are your relationships with the surgeons and PAs who round on your floor patients? My boss (in charge of the neuro area of the OR) interacts with the surgeons and PAs all day. Can one of them introduce you? When I...

11. Scrub tech school first or straight to nursing school?

    Cyan8181 replied to Brandon72's topic in Operating Room

    Is your surgical tech program one or two years? If you went to nursing school, ADN or BSN? Is there a wait list for either? I know two people who are on the waiting list for nursing school (about two years out) and went to tech school in the meant...

12. Raise your hand if you're about to graduate!!!

    Cyan8181 replied to ambirrgrrl's topic in General Students

    That sounds so awesome! It's going to be really hard not to see my school peeps all together in one place every day.

13. Raise your hand if you're about to graduate!!!

    Cyan8181 replied to ambirrgrrl's topic in General Students

    Yay us! NCLEX tomorrow morning and graduation Thursday night, in a white nursing dress with hat, no less. Ugh. But after that it's on to the surprise vaca to Europe my spouse planned and hid from me for months. I start my new job May 6, but have deci...

14. I made it!!!! I am a nursing Graduate!!!

    Cyan8181 replied to morningland's topic in General Students

    Congratulations! I passed my final today as well, but my school doesn't have graduation until next week. That's okay, it will be a week and a half of bliss! What are your plans after next week? Job yet?

15. Which specialty in the OR?

    Cyan8181 replied to ruralgirl08's topic in Operating Room

    The only difference in pay at our place is between the Open Heart team and the non Open Heart team, ie everyone else. Because we're staffed 24/7 there is generally no call for any of our OR staff with the exception of OH. Because they cover their own...