Argo

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  1. From this respose I can tell you that you would have a very hard time making it in the OR
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    San Antonio hospitals

    Don't get me wrong. I know icu nurses that make up to $40/hr but they are very good and got the pay by threatening to leave a year into their employment. Once they have a really good nurse they don't...
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    San Antonio hospitals

    Medical center area is where u should start out at living, that is north central. Most places do offer higher pay in town for
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    San Antonio hospitals

    The city is huge and very spread out. If you work in the medical center area then that area would be good to live in. There is a santa rosa location in downtown san antonio and if you worked there I...
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    San Antonio hospitals

    Methodist specialty and transplant hospital is one. Christus santa rosa is another major one. Pay rate depends on what kinda nurse you
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    Charge nurses in the OR

    Also, after doing it for a while you will just kinda know what assets you have and where you should use them and how long you have them.... it takes a little time but it eventually just becomes...
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    Charge nurses in the OR

    I have always used dry erase boards for the day of surgery schedule and board running. I really. Liked using a plain excel spreadsheet for my surgery scheduler... we currently hve a scheduling system...
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  9. Unfortunately stuff happens like that and i would just have told the student to stand back, take it all in, write down what they have some questions about and tell them you will get with them after...
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    Moving to Northwest Oregon

    I say dont discourage the people coming to the area. It is obvious that they dont want fresh meat(grads) in the positions at the area hospitals, wouldnt it be nice to have some experienced RNs to fill...
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    The Great Double Standard?

    I have never had a female patient aske for a female nurse. Never while in OR or working on a floor nursing unit.... I always ask before doing any sort of peri care or catheters if the patient has any...
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    Men in Nursing Calendar

    lmao.... I find posts like this hilarious.... I probably would not buy one but I would pose for it if asked to do
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    Watching Procedures vs Doing Them

    freaks.... lol... j/k That is pretty weird
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    Not scared of the doctors

    lol, there is one old jerk of a surgeon that is half deaf that called me one day, I always answer the phone(which is forwarded to my cell phone) "Surgery, this is argo...." He replies "whos...
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    Not scared of the doctors

    Doctors call me all the time to post cases and add on emergencys in the middle of the night. They are almost always apologetic for waking me up or bothering me even though its my job. I tell them no...
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    orientation length for o.r. WITH experience

    I prefer about 1 week of orientation. show me where the equipment and supplies are, how to print/access preference cards.... Im good.... Ill just go on the assumption that the week of orientation...
  17. here is an email i sent to someone this week regarding my experience with eline. the black was her questions, the blues were my response..... please note that i did the program 4 years ago and was the...
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    Nursing jobs in FC/Loveland area

    Personally I would get a job wherever you can find one, anywhere in the country in your desired specialty. Then I would move where I wanted to after a year or
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    orientation length for o.r. WITH experience

    With OR experience. They get 8
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    Management Pay

    No salary for me. Hourly
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    recapping saline bottles?

    Sounds not too sterile or clean.... we all reconstitute the baci in the vial with 10cc saline then use syringe and needle to draw up and squirt into the basin on the
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    Death in the OR vs. ICU

    All three of my times with death in OR/SICU was the same as canes, ruptured AAA , major closed head injury, ruptured uterus during delivery. AAA dude had dead bowel also, double edge sword with the...
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    CTOR or Neuro

    If you can do a AAA you can do a heart.... dont let people scare you out of trying it... The main key for me when I take someone new in to try them out on our heart team is the willingness to learn....
  24. Lol.... I hve never worn a suit to a job interview. I got my current job as a clinical manager in a large health care system after interviewing with scrubs on, scruffy facial hair and a baseball cap...
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    Metropolitan Hops. in San Antonio

    I have not worked there. I worked down the street though. It is in a rough neighborhood right on the edge of downtown SA which is not a bad area in general. They have a new ED if I remember right....