CIRQL8

CIRQL8

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  1. attention: senior nurses

    CIRQL8 replied to nar-es's topic in Operating Room

    Refusal to listen to preceptors. Failure to realize there may be more than one right way to do something. Failure to realize what they are doing is poor technique. Doing something three or four times...

  2. New job, questions

    CIRQL8 replied to lockheart678's topic in Operating Room

    Sound like a hospital in Indiana where my friend worked for a very short time. No CRNAs and the MDA often took a break for 10-20 minutes in the thick of the case. With strict instructions to be paged...

  3. chloroprep.. good after sponge touches something else?

    CIRQL8 replied to scrubs83's topic in Operating Room

    You did right! That resident is either ignorant or an imbecile. Sent from my iPad (so excuse any typos and autocorrects!!) using

  4. OR Positions in Southern California

    CIRQL8 replied to mday001's topic in Operating Room

    Long Beach, CA: long beach memorial medical center. The parent company may have several other hospitals hiring as well. Main OR has positions. Not sure about CVOR. You'll have to google it and search...

  5. On-call in the OR

    CIRQL8 replied to lozstar's topic in Operating Room

    It is important to have a culture of safety. 8 hours minimum between shifts is the suggested amount, I think. 20 hours straight? Waaaaay too much. After 14 or so, next call team should have been...

  6. OR Positions in Southern California

    CIRQL8 replied to mday001's topic in Operating Room

    I have an e-mail in to a friend in LA area asking. I'll let you know. Sent from my iPad (so excuse any typos and autocorrects!!) using

  7. Positioning question

    CIRQL8 replied to rnpedinights's topic in Operating Room

    I don't think that it really matters. Like the shiny or dull side of the aluminum foil.... That being said; evidenced based practice is showing that gel padding, rolls, etc are much more effective and...

  8. OR Pet peeves

    CIRQL8 replied to MsLeylaBar's topic in Operating Room

    Been there. Done that. Lol. I've heard "I didn't know that BREAKFAST was included in the NPO order." Sent from my iPad (so excuse any typos and autocorrects!!) using

  9. Magnet or other institutions encouraging or requiring higher education

    CIRQL8 replied to CIRQL8's topic in Operating Room

    LoL. That's exactly what I'm doing. Waaaa. Need time to cool down. Big changes they are a coming. A lot at a time. One at a time I can handle fine. But when they go on and change everything that...

  10. Magnet or other institutions encouraging or requiring higher education

    CIRQL8 posted a topic in Operating Room

    Sorry. Not sure how to word the subject. My institution is moving in the direction to obtain magnet status (or so we're told). Part of this pathway is pay for performance type of raises. I'm not...

  11. Wrong side/omitted procedure

    CIRQL8 replied to guest64485's topic in Operating Room

    The nurse who initially refused to send you along until you signed the wrongly worded consent was (unfortunately) doing what she thought that she was supposed to do. And if not, she was certainly...

  12. Magnet or other institutions encouraging or requiring higher education

    CIRQL8 replied to CIRQL8's topic in Operating Room

    Nice thoughts. Thank you. Yes, I sound childish (don't wanna-can't make me). I hope to use this as motivation to go back sooner rather than later, just to challenge myself,and to keep prospects open....

  13. Magnet or other institutions encouraging or requiring higher education

    CIRQL8 replied to CIRQL8's topic in Operating Room

    I should qualify my statement above and make it clear that I have absolutely nothing against furthering ones education. I am for it. Good for them. I just am not sure what I want for me. I have no...

  14. Sterile nacl or h2o???

    CIRQL8 replied to Lasoniamacaroni's topic in Operating Room

    Well, in neurosurgery, I've never seen water, either. I didn't really separate specialties. I was only referring to abdominal cases. (GYN, general, some URO). Sent from my iPad (so excuse any typos...

  15. Do you let sales reps open items in your OR?

    CIRQL8 replied to rbs105's topic in Operating Room

    Hospital policy prevents reps from opening. RepTrax, I believe, discourages it as well. I wish that I invented RepTrax, but that's a whole other thread. Sent from my iPad (so excuse any typos and...

  16. Fluids used in urology

    CIRQL8 replied to Lorodz's topic in Operating Room

    Cysto: water. Because you're not going Systemic and if you need electricity, the water will not conduct it away as much as saline would. Unless you're doing a TUR, then you want sorbitol or glycine...

  17. TNCC for OR nurses

    CIRQL8 replied to msancheeze's topic in Operating Room

    I had no clue that TNCC was an option for the OR nurse. Sent from my iPad (so excuse any typos and autocorrects!!) using

  18. Skills you don't miss from floor nursing to OR

    CIRQL8 replied to Dove87's topic in Operating Room

    I've never been a floor nurse! I have bathed patients. We've had patients from the floors in great need of a bath (floors never have the time, I suppose). So, I'll bathe a patient if there is time....

  19. Looking for some guidance!

    CIRQL8 replied to JacSeqsurg's topic in Operating Room

    When I graduated nursing school, none of the three hospitals in my area were hiring. I applied to (almost) every hospital in a 120 mile radius. As it so happens, I graduated when almost everyone was...

  20. Looking for some guidance!

    CIRQL8 replied to JacSeqsurg's topic in Operating Room

    Also, I came to the OR straight out of nursing school. No regrets. I love it and I will be here until A) I retire or B) someone wins the lottery and gives it to me (I don't play). Oh. Ya. Or C) I die...

  21. Looking for some guidance!

    CIRQL8 replied to JacSeqsurg's topic in Operating Room

    YES! Well said. I hate it when people think that OR nursing has no (or low) stress or the we do not use nursing skills. Do YOU want a monkey caring for your loved one in the operating room? Sent from...

  22. OR Pet peeves

    CIRQL8 replied to MsLeylaBar's topic in Operating Room

    Love it all!! Well said. Sent from my iPad (so excuse any typos and autocorrects!!) using

  23. Sterile nacl or h2o???

    CIRQL8 replied to Lasoniamacaroni's topic in Operating Room

    We, too, use sterile water in many cancer cases, surgeon dependent. The rationale is sound. It is believed that any free-floating cancer cells would lyse. No worries about RBC's; irrigation is not...

  24. Covering 3-11 shift for a sick call.

    CIRQL8 replied to mbrj's topic in Operating Room

    When someone calls off for one of the off shifts and staffing is needed, first volunteers are asked. If no volunteers, 1st call person must cover. If it is slow and they are not needed they can go to...

  25. My first patient death

    CIRQL8 replied to katielam616's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Sometimes it just feels good to hear your peers tell you that you did the right thing. Well, you did. A first death is one of the many milestones in a nurses career. It doesn't get much easier, but I...