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  1. Illegal Alien- frustrated!

    CIRQL8 replied to SaderNurse05's topic in General Nursing

    If it weren't for this wonderful country of ours, accepting of all nationalities, races,religions, and creeds (melting pot), my family would have perished in the Holocaust, and I would not be able to...

  2. Abd Hyst Preps?

    CIRQL8 replied to Snowshooz's topic in Operating Room

    Vag prep first, insert foley, then do abdominal prep. Vag prepping can aerisolize and get on abdomen, contaminating your abd prep. Use new gloves for abd. (we use DuraPrep for

  3. Surgical &/or Operating Room Nurse

    CIRQL8 replied to BERMY-dmg's topic in Operating Room

    If you want to be a perioperative NURSE, you must go to nursing school, pass the curriculum, and pass the boards. If you want to scrub in the OR, you can do the above (dependant upon institution), or...

  4. Foley balloon, test or not to test

    CIRQL8 replied to mcmike55's topic in Operating Room

    The one and only time that I did not test the balloon, the surgeon bent over the patient to do an exam after I inserted the foley, and there was a little hole in the catheter. The water was squirting...

  5. "Med-Surg first"..need advice from a student RN

    CIRQL8 replied to StakRN's topic in Operating Room

    I went into the OR right out of school. 10 years later, and it is the best decison regarding my occupation that I have ever made! Will med-surg help you in the OR? I don't think so. Maybe it will,...

  6. question about devices that measure bloodpressure

    CIRQL8 replied to stpauligirl's topic in General Nursing

    A device that measures blood pressure is called a sphygmomanometer (sfĭg″mō-măn-ŏm′ĕt-ĕr) (I copied this out of Tabers.com). Brand does not matter in my opinion. If this is for practice on...

  7. Please share your experience as a new nurse

    CIRQL8 replied to jon_29's topic in General Nursing

    As a perioperative nurse (right out of school), orientation was a bit over 6-7 months. I was nervous, apprehensive, and timid. A barking surgeon had me standing in a single spot in the corner of the...

  8. How do nurses know all of these diseases?

    CIRQL8 replied to bcskittlez's topic in General Nursing

    If I may paraphrase and add to the above: Nursing school (Note: School - not training! Dogs are trained, Nurses are educated) is a great foundation. You learn basics, and how things are related to...

  9. TUR-P v. GreenLight/PVP v. HOLAP

    CIRQL8 posted a topic in Operating Room

    Any surgical urology nurses/techs out there with experience in all 3? I do TUR-P and PVP (greenlight laser), but I have never seen a HOLAP (holmium laser). My product rep is bugging me to educate...

  10. OR course

    CIRQL8 replied to avimom's topic in Operating Room

    AviMom, At my institution, if you work full time and take 10 hour shifts (or part time, only work 304 days/week), it IS possible to get Fridays off - but not always easy. And then, as said before,...

  11. Anyone pregnant or have been preg in OR?

    CIRQL8 replied to melnurse1's topic in Operating Room

    Allow me to add to MissJo's reply - apparently nitrous oxide is also harmful to a fetus. Avoid being near the patient when they are being 'masked' to sleep by N2O (pedi, etc.) We've had several women...

  12. Robotic assisted surgery

    CIRQL8 replied to CIRQL8's topic in Operating Room

    We, too have dedicated staff for robotics. We really vary with the quantity of cases. As little a 3 in a month and as much as 2 in a week. (still not alot, I know) Slow to catch on here for some...

  13. Treating the symptoms vs treating the cause

    CIRQL8 replied to AmericanChai's topic in General Nursing

    I am so sorry for your experiences. Please know, sometimes only the symptoms can be treated, because there is no treatment for the disease process. Sometimes you must treat the symptoms until the...

  14. Nursing wages - differentials

    CIRQL8 replied to australianrn's topic in General Nursing

    You are correct - differentials is an amount earned above base salary, usually awarded for working off-shifts or weekends. Example at my institution in central Illinois, USA: Weekday 7 am to 3 pm - no...

  15. Using the Bathroom after Episiotomy/Perineal tearing

    CIRQL8 replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    I would just like to say that when (if) you get evaluated for treatment, and you choose to get a second opinion, remember that GYN is not the only specialy that performs procedures for this type of...

  16. in house job transfers

    CIRQL8 replied to irmaRN's topic in General Nursing

    Managers share information "under the table" - if you think that they don't then you are comfortably ignorant. (Sometimes even between differing institutions.) Here, managers can delay an in-house...

  17. Another Five Star Visitor Thread

    CIRQL8 replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    I must agree w/ Tess - I am soooooooo glad that I am in the OR. A call to family every 1 to 2 hours and they are happy that they are kept in the

  18. Opinions please?

    CIRQL8 replied to Soon2BNurse's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Are you concerned about the financial aspect of nursing school or the time to complete? Have you checked out ADN programs in your area (2 years) or Diploma programs (few and far between these days,...

  19. how do you introduce yourself to patients?

    CIRQL8 replied to panamama's topic in General Nursing

    OK - I read page one of the thread, then skipped to page 6 and simmed... but here it goes.... I work in the OR and I always introduce my sekf as "Dave, one of the nurses caring for you insurgery...

  20. VRE and MRSA screening

    CIRQL8 replied to ragingmomster's topic in Ob/Gyn

    My institution is doing that in ICU only (at this time). Assumed isolsation until proven

  21. Do nurses get MRSA easily?

    CIRQL8 replied to RNcool's topic in General Nursing

    If my information is correct (feel free to double check): MRSA/MRO and VRE/VRO is more of a problem in those with large histories of antibiotic therapies, and those in the hospital for extended...

  22. Laser in the OR

    CIRQL8 replied to staceyp413's topic in Operating Room

    We use laser in the OR. We own our own lasers, but lease as needed (if a michine is down, or we need more than we own). I am the team leader for lasers in the OR, my department has a LSO, and we have...

  23. Advice needed about co-worker issue=LONG

    CIRQL8 replied to Nightcrawler's topic in General Nursing

    If she had a BSO, then she IS going through menopause! Anyway - Around her, what I would do is: Be only professional, only business. No personal, no jokes. 24/7. That's all. Maybe (maybe not) she...

  24. Questions about ER

    CIRQL8 replied to elliesmom's topic in Emergency

    There is one other thing that I'd like to say about the OR... The Nay-sayers will tell you that we do not utilize the nursing process in the OR, and that you will not be a 'nurse.' Nothing is farther...

  25. Questions about ER

    CIRQL8 replied to elliesmom's topic in Emergency

    I know that you specifically asked about the ER, But..... I work in the OR, and started right out of school. When I was putting in applications to hospitals, I was asking for ER or OR. I was told the...