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  1. Shadowing OR nurse

    daVinciNurse replied to LovedRN's topic in Operating Room

    try reaching out to someone through your local AORN Chapter. http://www.aorn.org should have a chapter directory where you can find your nearest chapter and I would suggest joining the chapter...

  2. New grad RN wants to work in OR!

    daVinciNurse replied to jujubee1's topic in Operating Room

    OR Director and/or OR Nurse Educator. Try joining your local chapter of AORN, check http://www.aorn.org for more info, that may help you network and/or meet nurses who can help you get started. Good...

  3. Specialities in the Operating Room...

    daVinciNurse replied to OR/GI Nurse Lisa's topic in Operating Room

    as my name here suggests, I primarily work with the daVinci robotics system for general, urology, and gyn cases. I dabble in everything except hearts. I LOVE plastics but don't get to see much of it...

  4. Being the OR Nurse for Organ Procurement

    daVinciNurse replied to BrooklynATX's topic in Operating Room

    Any procurement I've ever been involved in has been relatively like any other case--still count, prep, document etc as you always would. At some point anesthesia will leave, once all organs have been...

  5. Rude doctors

    daVinciNurse replied to lockheart678's topic in Operating Room

    "hostile work environment" is another key phrase administration does not like to hear. When I get questioned why I'm "late" getting a patient into a room, its usually due to lack of equipment and/or...

  6. Do you write medication orders?

    daVinciNurse replied to Ilovethe80s's topic in Operating Room

    I was once told it is OK to not have a written order for it all because the ordering physician is standing in the same physical space and its under surgeon's direct supervision. Not sure what/where...

  7. Periop 101 w/o a job?

    daVinciNurse replied to Lilme04's topic in Operating Room

    yes, by all means join AORN, it will give you a slight advantage over other applicants for jobs who are not members. and don't just "join" AORN on paper-- get involved with your local chapter to...

  8. counting instruments laparoscopic assisted mini laparotomy

    daVinciNurse replied to scrubs12's topic in Operating Room

    two rules of the OR: 1.) if you think its contaminated, it is. 2.)if you are unsure about doing an instrument count, just do the count!! always better to count if in

  9. I got a job! *happy dance*

    daVinciNurse replied to ChristineAdrianaRN's topic in Operating Room

    Congratulations!! If I may suggest one thing....please ask your educator if for the first month or so you can be paired with just one (or 2) nurses, to learn the basics of how things flow in the...

  10. Trauma case Bypassing preop holding straight to operating room

    daVinciNurse replied to mamamiah's topic in Operating Room

    we document on the "pre-op" paperwork section "Trauma pt taken directly to OR" and we may add any other info as necessary--ID band present on pt's left wrist, pt verbalizes understanding of surgery...

  11. Scrub tech school first or straight to nursing school?

    daVinciNurse replied to Brandon72's topic in Operating Room

    Go for nursing school. The 3 facilities I've worked in all have RNs in charge of SPD, most of whom have an OR

  12. Advice regarding internship in the OR

    daVinciNurse replied to MRN3089's topic in Operating Room

    Sounds like it went well for you. Be sure to follow up with a handwritten thank you note--that will likely set you apart from other applicants. An email thank you is ok, but the handwritten is...

  13. Call requirements and age

    daVinciNurse replied to Rntr's topic in Operating Room

    My facility does not put an age limit on it--it is seen as "age discrimination" by the folks in HR. However, nurses with 25 or more yrs seniority/taking call in the dept are exempt from monthly call...

  14. surgeons preference

    daVinciNurse replied to diva88s's topic in Operating Room

    We try to avoid having the same nurse with the same surgeon every time. We try to keep 2-3 nurses/techs who can rotate in and out of several rooms. This way the surgeon isn't totally dependent on...

  15. Which specialty in the OR?

    daVinciNurse replied to ruralgirl08's topic in Operating Room

    I've spent the better part of the past 4 years in robotics and find it quite challenging--a lot to manage within the OR equipment wise as well as keeping the pt safe. I'm quite comfortable with it...

  16. Please help...Is OR nursing for me??

    daVinciNurse replied to sungrl01's topic in Operating Room

    ALL ORs are NOT the same. :) Keep looking and you will find one with a good educator and solid orientation program. And I'm sorry, but if I am precepting someone and see them position or prep...

  17. orientation length for o.r. WITH experience

    daVinciNurse replied to Lasoniamacaroni's topic in Operating Room

    As an OR nurse who spent over 10 yrs in one facility before moving to a new facility. I got about 3.5 months of orientation at the new place--2 weeks general hospital/nursing orientation. then...

  18. Counting?

    daVinciNurse replied to mercys's topic in Operating Room

    I am pretty sure he lady partsl retractor being referred to here is not your "traditional" type retractor. Its more of an instrument used to manipulate the uterus during a laparoscopic hysterectomy....

  19. orientation length for o.r. WITH experience

    daVinciNurse replied to Lasoniamacaroni's topic in Operating Room

    12-15 weeks, dependent on several factors, individualized to the

  20. Difference b/t OR Med/Surg RN

    daVinciNurse replied to guest1's topic in Operating Room

    trying to delete my post and don't know how

  21. Contemplating the OR

    daVinciNurse replied to martymoose's topic in Operating Room

    If you want to work in the OR, just go for it. No need to get other experience first, unless you have a desire to work in some other specialty. And even if you decide to go right for the OR, you can...

  22. Robotic Surgery

    daVinciNurse replied to Fezmarelda's topic in Operating Room

    The disposabe and the reusable (didn't know they d/c'd them....we just got some in late 2010) are the only 2 options I know of. I know the disposable carries some cost, but I thought they were only...

  23. I ask this GREAT Nursing Community to Please Help Me with Picking Up the Pieces

    daVinciNurse replied to To Help and Learn's topic in Operating Room

    Check with the Saint Barnabas system, I know they used to offer training for the OR, as in a full time paid orientation/training provided you signed a contract to stay a certain number of yrs after...

  24. Surg Tech first?

    daVinciNurse replied to CNM2B201?'s topic in Operating Room

    Its kind of sporadic in how often I get to scrub--this past week I was assigned to scrub 3 days...yet in the 2 previous weeks I think I only got to scrub one day. No rhyme or reason. I just go with...

  25. Surg Tech first?

    daVinciNurse replied to CNM2B201?'s topic in Operating Room

    Its something to consider....you could go to surg tech school and then find a job as a ST at a facility that has tuition reimbursement and then let the facility pay for your nursing school. Though...