granny7

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1. Paging OR team

   granny7 replied to OR nurse nut's topic in Operating Room

   Believe it or not...I have just been asked by the OR manager to sit on a team with the Anes. MDs to combat this very problem. I have worked in 2 other ORs and this one is the only one where we have to...

2. Paging OR team

   granny7 replied to OR nurse nut's topic in Operating Room

   Oh yea that is typical for where I work in the south....I usually take my patient to the room...If the CRNA isn't around, I page the MD. I don't let that delay my case. A few of the CRNA's take breaks...

3. Methodist Hospital in Oak Ridge

   granny7 replied to ocb_dave_ocb's topic in Tennessee Nursing

   well i work at mmc in oak ridge. i am a rn not lpn. but since this is a union hospital it is supposed to have higher payrates. i work 12hrs on evening shift and my shift diff is $2.75/hour. i am also...

4. Scrub clothes vending machines

   granny7 replied to R.T.'s topic in Operating Room

   :melody: i work in a hospital that has the scrubavail machine. we only get 2 sets of scrubs before we run out of credit...i really don't have a complaint except when they run out of my size and i have...

5. Calling family after surgery

   granny7 replied to Hardknox's topic in Operating Room

   I guess I am very lucky. Where I work, the surgeons come out and speak with the family. I call the family to the consultation room and the surgeon talks to them. I also call the family at the start of...

6. Have you worked outside the OR?

   granny7 replied to findingmywayRN's topic in Operating Room

   been in the OR since graduating college. Before I became a nurse I was an aide in home health for 10 years. Thought that was what I wanted to do after becoming a RN. But once I walked into the OR,...

7. Getting Early Experience

   granny7 replied to fleasle's topic in Operating Room

   i did my transistion in nursing school in the or. then i was hired as a float, i worked only in the or and i bid and got a job there after just a few weeks. they train their own here. i have been in...

8. Weekend/Night OR crews...

   granny7 replied to ShirleyM's topic in Operating Room

   we are not a level one trauma hospital. we have 11 ors, 2 are heart rooms. but we staff 24 hours a day 7 days a week. there is a nurse and a tech working weekend day shift and an rn only with tech on...

9. dress codes

   granny7 replied to granny7's topic in Operating Room

   wow purple clogs....i had the hot pink ones and loved them!!!!! no one in the or is allowed to wear a necklace!!!! i used to wear one that my dear hubby got me. earrings are allowed if you cover them...

10. dress codes

    granny7 replied to granny7's topic in Operating Room

    i remember when i started in the or we had to wear white lab coats when ever we left the dept. i thought it looked professional. now we don't have to. but my real problem is that the new dress code...

11. dress codes

    granny7 replied to granny7's topic in Operating Room

    Thanks for the reply. I agree that dress codes in the OR are like the bottom of any priority list. I have had patients and visitors alike comment on my Hot Pink shoes, all positive comments. I really...

12. dress codes

    granny7 replied to granny7's topic in Operating Room

    can you believe it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! my hospital has always had a dress code. now they are changing the policy and it now states that all staff has to wear white leather shoes!!! or all black...

13. dress codes

    granny7 posted a topic in Operating Room

    can you believe it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! my hospital has always had a dress code. now they are changing the policy and it now states that all staff has to wear white leather shoes!!! or all black...

14. dress codes

    granny7 replied to granny7's topic in Operating Room

    can you believe it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! my hospital has always had a dress code. now they are changing the policy and it now states that all staff has to wear white leather shoes!!! or all black...

15. dress codes

    granny7 posted a topic in Operating Room

    can you believe it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! my hospital has always had a dress code. now they are changing the policy and it now states that all staff has to wear white leather shoes!!! or all black...