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Hair can most certainly would not be considered sterilized because it is biological material and would need to undergo a different sterilization process than surgical instruments. You did the right thing by breaking the table down although you seem t...

CVOR is a separate entity from the main OR at my facility, so they have their own call. In the main OR we have 2 call teams - general call and liver call (which can be transplants, washouts, etc).

We have a liver transplant team consisting of six nurses and techs who take rotating call. Our facility currently expects all staff to be able to do kidney/panc transplants and get oriented during their initial orientation period. Currently our surge...

$4/hr on call and time and a half when called back in - Atlanta.

Perhaps your scrub was angry at herself for getting an incorrect count? It takes two to tango/count, so the fault cannot solely be placed on you. I disagree with the previous post about fiscal responsibility. To me, patient safety is far more import...

Hello. This seems like a really simple topic, but I know it's an important one. When I started learning the urology service, I had a hard time getting a straight answer regarding which fluid to use during which case especially when doing scope case...

To find the application on 3/7, simply go to: http://jobs.healthcare.ucla.edu/02_home_app.html and click on job search and apply. Then click on find jobs (you do not need a login here) , and the application will be found under the Nursing link. The ...

Um yes it's illegal. Felony = crime = against the law = illegal. But of course there's no "false nurse" department of law enforcement that can prosecute such offenders. Such people have to be reported to the California Medical Board and the BON in or...

It's actually illegal in the state of California to describe yourself as a nurse when you are neither an RN or an LPN. We worked hard to get our licenses, and it just bugs me when people call themselves nurses when they are not. I'm sure people coul...

I agree with HP. Honestly, with the shifts we'll be working, we'll be missing the bulk of the traffic. While it is a good idea to be within 10-15 miles of the hospital (especially when you're on-call), it's not a must. Rush hour is usually between 7...

Got tired of waiting to hear back from the OR, so I called and was offered a position! Won't start til 3/28 but I couldn't be more excited!

Interviewed with OR... and it is officially "early February" so I am glued to my phone waiting for ANY news. UGH.

So what units haven't made decisions yet and/or who is still waiting to hear from these units? I know the OR won't until "early February" - keeping my fingers crossed! This wait is obnoxious!

Interviewed today for the OR with FIVE ladies - wow was that intimidating! Probably won't hear back until February - this wait is going to kill me!!!

Hello, I have an interview in January for UCLA. I was nor hired for the Fall 2010 cohort even though I interviewed with one unit manager. Some advice - even though your dream job might be in the ICU or ER, you'll only get hired to the unit you have...

I wouldn't hold my breath for an updated status on their website. I applied for the last new grad program (Fall 2010) at UCLA and it still says "we have contacted you for an interview".

That's interesting that they decided to forego the Nurse Recruiter interview and go straight to the unit managers.

The X was a link for you to click if you wanted to withdraw your application, which you could only do up until HR received and processed your application/documents/survey (which from my experience was only a few days). Don't be too quick to assume y...

The application closes November 1st, but I have a suspicion that it will go into a waitlist soon. Apply now and hopefully by the time you have your HR interview (end of November) you can proudly let HR know that you passed your NCLEX and have your li...

No - you only need to have your RN by the time the program would start (Feb/March), but having it at the time of applying/interviewing probably looks good.

Bedside report in a roomful of other patients IS a violation of HIPAA guidelines because it gives detailed information about a patient's diagnosis, treatment, and plan of care while it is linked to a specific patient name. I can understand your conc...

I must post in the hopes that I can help allay some degree of anxiety for those who took the NCLEX and waiting to hear their results. I took the exam last Saturday in CA. I got about 10 SATA questions, along with A LOT of questions that I thought w...

It is my understanding that the only ICUs that have interviewed individually were PICU and NICU, so all those who applied to ICUs other than that can still keep waiting for that phone call....

Hello Prospective UCLA New Grad RNs! I just called the HR department because it's been a month since I've interviewed with the senior nurse recruiter, and I just wanted to let you all know that they have not started unit interviews yet. They are sti...

If units don't have the time/manpower to interview us individually, then they certainly could. Wouldn't that be wonderful? I'd imagine any further interviews would be much more stressful. But again, the recruitment office wasn't sure what would be ha...