CIRQL8

CIRQL8

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  1. Spinal/Epidural positioning device/equipment

    CIRQL8 posted a topic in Operating Room

    I thought that I saw some sort of positioning device in the AORN journal where a patient can lay their face down in a horse-shoe type rest, also has a rest for the arms and feet, and can be adjusted...

  2. daVinci robotic surgery

    CIRQL8 replied to mikethern's topic in Operating Room

    I tried starting a thread like this before - it didn't take off. I think that robotic surgery is going to take off. It will take LOTS of time though. The extra time for docking the robot (even jsut...

  3. What is your weakness?

    CIRQL8 replied to StrwbryblndRN's topic in General Nursing

    yes - eyeballs - definately - gross. Makes me

  4. HELP!!! Ob OR Standards

    CIRQL8 replied to Chrissy24RN's topic in Operating Room

    AORN does not recommend that a case be 'covered' - in fact, AORN recommends that a case should NOT be

  5. Shocked at Surgery

    CIRQL8 replied to LogCabinMom's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not going to say that it's right - but the OR can (and does) get loud and vulgar. Perhaps not a very good excuse, but the OR is a high stress situation, and when we can we try to vent, and deal...

  6. Shocked at Surgery

    CIRQL8 replied to LogCabinMom's topic in General Nursing

    i'm going to state my opinions one question at a time: i'm doing the cut and paste thing, not the quote thing! and, excuse my spelling and typing, please. #1: are surgeons never gentle? i observed 5...

  7. How do OR hours differ from the rest of the hospital?

    CIRQL8 replied to Spartan05's topic in Operating Room

    Our main OR is open 24/7/365 (366 if a leap year!). Able to perform surgeries all day and all night. We are staffed all three shifts. We have call teams to cover emergencies/trauma if the working...

  8. Wrong COUNTS....

    CIRQL8 replied to RNOTODAY's topic in Operating Room

    I'd rather get an X-Ray that not if the count is wrong - I'd rather have a correct count than not. X-ray exposure is the least of the problems if the count truley is incorrect. I'm not advocating...

  9. How do OR hours differ from the rest of the hospital?

    CIRQL8 replied to Spartan05's topic in Operating Room

    At my institution, there are 3 basic shifts: 7-3, 3-11, and 11-7. We have several 10 and 12 hour shift people. There is call, also. All institutions that I know of add a 1/2 hour to your shift (unpaid...

  10. Will I fit in with the other nurses?

    CIRQL8 replied to fascinoma's topic in General Nursing

    Be yourself. Share what you feel comfortable sharing when you feel comfortable sharing it. Don't participate in conversation that offends you or makes you feel uncomfortable. Still, though, don't...

  11. young nurses

    CIRQL8 replied to HHNDON's topic in General Nursing

    I think that it all stems from insecurity. Let it roll like water off a duck's back, and don't act that way

  12. Why is charting so difficult and time consuming?

    CIRQL8 replied to Soup Turtle's topic in General Nursing

    In God we trust - all others must document.

  13. Why is charting so difficult and time consuming?

    CIRQL8 replied to Soup Turtle's topic in General Nursing

    CRAZY!! the more places the same thing is documented (esp. if by different people), the greater the chance of contradiction. THAT is what makes the lawers

  14. HELP!!! Ob OR Standards

    CIRQL8 replied to Chrissy24RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I must disagree with your supervisor. An OR is an OR is an OR. C-Section or laparotomy, it doesn't matter. The patients are all human and as susceptable to infection as the other. A C-Section is...

  15. Working for one surgeon

    CIRQL8 replied to TracyB,RN's topic in Operating Room

    The team concept is pretty new to us (a little over a year now).. Seems to work well (for the most part) and the surgeons like it. Each surgeon is assigned the same circulator/scrub team (for their...

  16. Wrong COUNTS....

    CIRQL8 replied to RNOTODAY's topic in Operating Room

    Old Perioperative saying: A patient never has a retained sponge/instrument if the count is wrong. Why? When the count is wrong, you tear the joint up looking for the thing. You don't find it, you...

  17. Kussmaul's respiration

    CIRQL8 replied to CIRQL8's topic in General Nursing

    Ok, yes, Cheyne-Stokes - correct. Thank you. See what happens when you don't practice it?? This is one reason why I listen to the docs grill the residents and read thsese threads. Keeps my memory...

  18. Reality show(s) that I would watch

    CIRQL8 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Reality show(s) that I would watch: Who wants to marry a surgeon? premise: A whole bunch of women (and/or men) who know nothing real about the medical field, and think how GREAT it would be to...

  19. What are you ??

    CIRQL8 replied to Keepstanding's topic in General Nursing

    I am happy in my role as a circulating nurse - I truly value all the staff that works around me, regardless of the title or the job or the education. I couldn't do what I do without them, and vice...

  20. Question about Perioperative and Anesthesia Software

    CIRQL8 replied to ORtechie's topic in Operating Room

    We use SIS (Surgical Information Systems) software for pre-en, and intra-op use. Soon to expand to PACU. Soon to have a centralized screen, infroming the charge nurse/manager of cases in progress,...

  21. Question of different Personalities NtheOR

    CIRQL8 replied to Anna5M's topic in Operating Room

    I've been in the OR now for 10 years. I'm a little CDO (that's Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, but in alphabetical order - as it should be!) I love the OR. Will you like it? I don't know. Many...

  22. A Quick OR Question:

    CIRQL8 replied to shenanigans327's topic in Operating Room

    At my place, OR nurses do not float to PACU or Pre-An. You will also come to learn that usually there is no such thing as a "quick OR

  23. What does an anesthetic nurse do?

    CIRQL8 replied to PollyPutTheKettleOn's topic in Operating Room

    Maybe they mean that they want to train you for conscious sedation. Some local cases (without general, regional, or MAC anestheisia) like the patients to get some versed and narcotic pain meds. This...

  24. Specialties

    CIRQL8 replied to Guest20074's topic in Operating Room

    For me, Urology is the best! I love endo-uroloical cases, robotic cases, open nephrectomy and prostatectomy, and cysto cases - I guess that I love all the urology cases! I also do some general, ENT,...

  25. JCAHO & Labeling Medications

    CIRQL8 replied to Jemma's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Some of our sterile packs do not have medication or blank labels, in which case we use a 1/2" steri strip and skin marker to label the liquids/meds. I think we are even supposed to mark the exp....