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  1. OR RN work schedule?

    linguine posted a topic in Operating Room

    Hello or RNs, Do you mind sharing what a work schedule is like for OR nurses at your facility? From what I have learned so far, it seems that OR nurses generally work every day, start early...

  2. Endo ASC RN, interviewing for two hospital GI Labs

    linguine replied to mcr245's topic in Gastroenterology

    Since you seem interested in long term career growth, maybe you could ask questions of the staff regarding their level of involvement in the GI department. These questions could give you some good...

  3. Anyone else the QUIET nurse?

    linguine replied to Newgrad_STAT's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I just finished a book, "Quiet: the Power of Introvert in a World That Can't Stop Talking" by Susan Cain, an ex wall street lawyer. She said "1/3 to 1/2 of people are introverts." She discusses the...

  4. Is anybody else tired of the nurse practitioner craze?

    linguine replied to WillRegNurse's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Isn't this already occurring in some areas? So do you see this as a possibility and hope for growth of the NP role then? OP, I see some of your points but agree with some who mention that NPs have a...

  5. tips for pediatric OR?

    linguine posted a topic in Operating Room

    hello periop nurses, I am hoping that some nurses on here may have some tips for pediatric perioperative nursing? I have never worked with peds in any setting (under 18) and understand there are...

  6. tips for pediatric OR?

    linguine replied to linguine's topic in Operating Room

    Thank you for those insights. Flavored anesthesia masks? Never knew they had

  7. Helping pts cope with painful procedures

    linguine posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi all, I work in an urgent care clinic and many times, patients come in requiring short procedures (minor burn management, wound care). I am wondering, from your personal experiences (maybe even as a...

  8. Helping pts cope with painful procedures

    linguine replied to linguine's topic in General Nursing

    haha, I remember during my OB rotation, the nurse was working hard to coach the woman through her breathing while the baby was crowning. I felt a little helpless and just kept saying "almost there, I...

  9. Urgent Care Clinic

    linguine replied to finallyRN7's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    It could prepare for working in the ER. The hospital interviews I have been too have asked if I were interested in the ER because of the triage experience in urgent

  10. Private Loan Debt Stressed Out New Grad! HELP!

    linguine replied to LovelyRain's topic in General Nursing

    http://www.hrsa.gov/loanscholarships/repayment/nursing/ 2011 round ended but 2012 may be coming up if the gov renews the

  11. Private Loan Debt Stressed Out New Grad! HELP!

    linguine replied to LovelyRain's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing schools are getting expensive. College overall is getting expensive and an average income has not risen much to compensate for the rising costs. Have you considered the federal loan...

  12. OR RN work schedule?

    linguine replied to linguine's topic in Operating Room

    During the week that you work 12s, does that mean you work fewer days? (3 days vs 5) or do you still work 5 days and count any hours over 12 as

  13. Following up with patients?

    linguine posted a topic in Operating Room

    Hello periop nurses, Is there any way to follow up with patients after their procedures? I see how the surgeons could do this but what about a nurse? As a nurse in a clinic setting, I follow up with...

  14. Breaking In

    linguine replied to SkipBeat's topic in Operating Room

    Hi Skipbeat, I am in a similar situation such as yours except I am coming from another specialty. I signed up for a periop 101 to help with the transition. Some hospitals offer OR fellowships which...

  15. What subject or subjects would you take out

    linguine replied to johnny depp23's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing is a humanitarian service. Studying the humanities, whether in school or outside of school, is a good prerequisite for any human service

  16. outpatient mrsa protocol

    linguine posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello! I work in outpatient and we have been seeing many cases come back MRSA+ (and these are only the cases that the providers attempted to culture.) Patients are given Bactrim as a first line...

  17. For the Clinic/office Nurses

    linguine replied to Juwon's topic in General Nursing

    In a community clinic, nurses are responsible many times for triaging and be comfortable with sometimes sending people home sometimes based on your assessments and nursing interventions because not...

  18. Any Perioperative Nursing Intern Positions In Philly area?

    linguine replied to LuvScrubs2's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Originally poster, it has been a year! any luck? I hope you are at your new OR job

  19. Pediatric vs. Adult OR?

    linguine posted a topic in Operating Room

    Hello nurses! Has anyone worked in peds and adult periop before and able to compare the two? It might be facility dependent but I am curious as to what the differences are from first hand experience...

  20. Nurse residency-should this be mandatory?

    linguine posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hi all, As a new grad, I have been thinking a lot about the benefits of nurse residency programs. The introduction of nurse residencies lately seems to be promoting an inconsistent training of new...

  21. Nurse residency-should this be mandatory?

    linguine replied to linguine's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Johns Hopkins SON has a BSN-MSN with a paid clinical residency (can google the program, not sure if allnurses let us link to schools websites.) According to the website, new grads complete the BSN...

  22. Reasonable Nursing School GPA?

    linguine replied to bearscrubs75's topic in General Nursing

    If you want to pursue further education, especially research, it may be beneficial to keep the GPA high, usually whatever graduating with honors is at the nursing school. For a nursing job, it might...

  23. Nurse residency-should this be mandatory?

    linguine replied to linguine's topic in First Year After Licensure

    From what I have learned so far: Physician residencies are subsidized by the US Department of Health and Human services. Taxpayers pay for medical residencies. Teaching hospitals also receive an...

  24. Urgent Care Clinic

    linguine replied to finallyRN7's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    Many primary care centers have a urgent care service provided along side with it. Depending on the day, you may rotate through the services. As mentioned in the above posts, the responsibilities...

  25. Is it any fun working in a doctors office as an RN? Or something along those lines

    linguine replied to wnb4's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    The main challenge of working in a clinic or medical office is the traffic of patients every day. At my workplace, the nurses alone have to triage 20-40 patients a day (not including the ones through...