RickyRescueRN BSN, RN

ICU, Trauma, CCT,Emergency, Flight, OR Nursing

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    Nurse Patient Ratio in Emergency Department

    RickyRescueRN replied to wheatbread's topic in Emergency

    Title 22 in Californias Labor code requires that ERs are staffed 1RN : 4 patients maximum and the ratio is dependent on acuity so if a patient is critically ill then its usually 1 RN to 1 patient or 1...
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    OR Orientation Length

    RickyRescueRN replied to th1011's topic in Operating Room

    Academic Hospital & Level 1 Trauma and Referral facility . ORs currently do no take any new grad/ inexperienced nurses and have not done so ever. Experienced (Outside of OR) orientation...
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    On call pay, called in rate, etc

    RickyRescueRN replied to CHIRN08's topic in Operating Room

    Bay Area , Northern California here. In House Union hospital. Academic Hospital. Base Call rate is 50% of your regular base pay (($40-60/hr) then if you are activated it switches to Time and half for...
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    O.R residency

    RickyRescueRN replied to Galenanurse72's topic in Operating Room

    Hi Jen, Oftentimes the big academic hospitals have nurse residencies / New Grad programs so I would recommend starting to look there. If you are not already a member /student member of AORN,...
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    Hard Time Finding OR Jobs

    RickyRescueRN replied to bdemismi's topic in Operating Room

    Most times, one will just have to be on the lookout for PeriOp 101 training positions or practice transition openings . It's really hard to get in otherwise as most places seem to require 2 years...
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    Origin of Edna Clamp

    RickyRescueRN replied to <3adventure's topic in Operating Room

    It is also called the Lorna Towel clamp. Both names are used interchangeably but arguably , most of us know it as the Edna. I would like to think it was named after a Scrub nurse who invented it as a...
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    RNFAs, what experience did you have prior to becoming a RNFA?

    RickyRescueRN replied to crownsk's topic in Operating Room

    It may require you to go and work for a hospital that encourages and trains their RNs to scrub. More and more are doing that due to lack of surgical techs and the fact that having RN's scrub makes...
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    OR RN scrub hospitals

    RickyRescueRN replied to ornurse8's topic in Operating Room

    I know that in WA, RN's do scrub at University of Washington (UW) hospitals . In California at most , if not all the Large Academic hospitals the RNs scrub and are trained to do so if they do not...
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    New Grad: Did I Make the Right Decision?

    RickyRescueRN replied to ktweis's topic in Operating Room

    Cut yourself some slack. Having been a scrub tech is a huge advantage to you as an OR RN, particularly when it comes to the scrubbing side of OR nursing. Give yourself at least 6months to a year to...
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    Circulator scrub training

    RickyRescueRN replied to JenniJean14's topic in Operating Room

    Hey there, sorry to hear you are in a place that does not want to train you in the OR RN scrub role . Not knowing where you reside in the US, it's hard to recommend alternative employers that will...
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    Hospitals who count all instruments on all surgical cases

    RickyRescueRN replied to LAM2010's topic in Operating Room

    That is absolute madness and definitely not helpful in terms of efficiency or improved workflow/ productivity . Only count instruments on on big/open belly and chest cases. In our ALIFs , we do a...
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    L&D to OR/ED

    RickyRescueRN replied to NICUnLDRN's topic in Operating Room

    I 100% agree with Rosequeen here. Jumping around like this as a new grad is NOT a good look on your resume and yes, even today that is something that is immediately a red flag to a hiring panel when...
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    CVOR Nurse

    RickyRescueRN replied to flowerdeer91's topic in Operating Room

    Hey there, I'm at Stanford and all the CVOR RNs are expected to scrub and if they have not scrubbed CVT before, then they are trained as part of their orientation and ongoing training. Most of the...
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    Should I take the HCA Bonus??

    RickyRescueRN replied to TryingtoTravel's topic in Operating Room

    Be cautious . When hospitals are offering a 10K bonus to a new grad , I'd be very wary. Clearly they cannot hold onto staff. Sad to say , but HCA does not have a good reputation anywhere around the US...
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    To my OR nurses

    RickyRescueRN replied to ktc18's topic in Operating Room

    Sounds like you are not in a great environment. That can break the best and most motivated learners. Sadly many OR staff forget that they were once the new person and relied upon the kindness and...
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    Why Wasn't I Offered the OR Position?

    RickyRescueRN replied to Rose_Queen's topic in Operating Room

    100%. I interviewed an applicant yesterday and I asked what they knew about my institution and our specialty there and their answer was so underwealming and their motivation was so uninspiring that...
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    CGFNS/Credential evaluation service

    RickyRescueRN replied to ScottishNurse22's topic in Immigration Advice

    HI there, American RN here (trained in South Africa). CGFNS is an absolute nightmare to deal with. Sadly, they do not accept e-mailed copies of anything except your High school diploma! The nursing...
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    Australian nurse wanting to work in America

    RickyRescueRN replied to Aussienurse123's topic in Immigration Advice

    HI there, CGFNS deletes ALL documents after 4 years (as I discovered when I wanted to get an additional state license in Oregon) so you literally have to start the whole process again . Did you ever...
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    Orthopedic Surgical Nurse

    RickyRescueRN replied to KristybayRN's topic in Operating Room

    Hopefully your new employer will provide you with a comprehensive orientation including Periop 101 or some other type of residency. Definitely take notes and absorb everything that your preceptors and...
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    Returning to OR circulator position after being NP. Yikes.

    RickyRescueRN replied to Alicia777's topic in Operating Room

    It will come back to you fast. You would be a great asset to any time as you scrub as well . I know many hospitals are looking for nurses who scrub and circulate as traveller. Best of
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    Experienced RN moving to OR

    RickyRescueRN replied to 2ndChance's topic in Operating Room

    I think it can be done. I was an ICU RN, then ER/Trauma RN then for 19yrs a Flight nurse on a helicopter and I decided that I wanted a complete change and so went to my hospitals OR ( Large academic...
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    Which study material for CFRN?

    RickyRescueRN replied to ScottMedicRN's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    I highly recommend Holleran, Frakes and Wolfe' Principles and Practice of Transport Nursing ! Also ASTNA's CFRN/ CTRN exam prep review book with hundreds of questions. BCEN also has Practice exams for...
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    Advice Please: New Grad OR RN Curious About Liability Insurance

    RickyRescueRN replied to thatnurseRN's topic in Operating Room

    As a 27 year nurse veteran, as well as being a legal nurse consultant I do not recommend regular bedside nurses get their own liability insurance. The reason is that the hospital assumes vicarious...
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    What's the biggest difference between a scrub and circulating RN?

    RickyRescueRN replied to mountainhike1999's topic in Operating Room

    The two roles cannot function without one another. The circulator plans the cases of the day right at the start and gets all the equipment and supplies and instruments needed for the case (although...
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    Filling IV tubing drip chamber for flight tips?

    RickyRescueRN replied to Stephanie Marsh's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    If you hang all your IV infusions , getting air in the lines should not be a problem as long as they are kept upright. We used to use IV tubing without drip chambers to reduce air getting in as well...