Stacey30

Stacey30

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  1. You know you're an OR nurse if...

    Stacey30 replied to Rose_Queen's topic in Operating Room

    You know you're an OR nurse if... ...you open your child's package of string cheese and let them pull it out as if it's suture. ...your hands are spotted with Dermabond to cover little cuts and...

  2. How do I become a perioperative nurse?

    Stacey30 replied to dhickey5's topic in Operating Room

    OR nursing isn't normally taught in nursing school because they want you to learn the basic skills necessary to become a nurse. Sometimes students get to follow their patient down to the OR if they...

  3. Curious About Pediatric Surgery

    Stacey30 replied to lindsey.denning's topic in Operating Room

    I work at a level 1 pediatric hospital OR (first nursing job out of school) and I love it. jdsmom pretty much covered the jist of the procedures we see except we also have opthalmology in my OR so we...

  4. circulating nurse = "go-fer" with no use for "real" nursing skills?

    Stacey30 replied to RunnerRN2015's topic in Operating Room

    I can understand why you may feel this way, because as a new OR nurse you do run your *** off at first. But pay attention to the experienced OR nurses around you and you should see that they're not...

  5. How many of you both circulate AND scrub?

    Stacey30 replied to Nolander's topic in Operating Room

    I'm a new OR nurse on orientation and I'm learning to scrub and circulate (1 week scrubbing and 3 weeks circulating through each service). We are taught to scrub so that we can do so on days when...

  6. Other nurse moms how am i going to do this? My heart hurts!

    Stacey30 replied to mommynurse25's topic in Nursing Career

    If this is your first RN job in the hospital then it's unlikely that they'll let you do weekends only at first, as you lack the critical thinking skills necessary for the job. Traumas are most likely...

  7. ESU Pad Documentation - What is your policy?

    Stacey30 replied to lymac10's topic in Operating Room

    We do this as well. We document lot #'s in the event of a

  8. Alexander's Care of the Patient in Surgery 13th or 14th edition?

    Stacey30 replied to silkysteph's topic in Operating Room

    I have the 14th edition and this is what the Preface says: "The fourteenth edition of Alexander's Care of the Patient in Surgery has been updated to reflect new concepts in perioperative nursing...

  9. Nursing Interview Questions (Part 2)

    Stacey30 replied to TheCommuter's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Sure do, I interviewed twice for the OR position that I applied for (which I got, by the way!) and both times I was asked this question! So I used two different examples. Example 1: I completed my...

  10. New to the operating room!

    Stacey30 replied to born2circulateRN's topic in Operating Room

    Oh yeah, hoods too :) also a lot of our attendings have accents so you have to get used to that as

  11. New to the operating room!

    Stacey30 replied to born2circulateRN's topic in Operating Room

    I had to buy Alexander's Care of the Patient in Surgery as part of my Periop 101 class. I have not yet picked up the pocket guide yet but plan on it. Right now my biggest challenge is trying to...

  12. New to the operating room!

    Stacey30 replied to born2circulateRN's topic in Operating Room

    Congrats! I'm 3 weeks into an OR fellowship program (it's basically Periop 101) and am loving it. There is SO much to learn though! Get yourself some spiral-bound note cards so that you can take notes...

  13. New grad L&D interview this Thursday...

    Stacey30 posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Hello all! I graduated in May '12 and got my license in July, but I was pregnant at the time so I waited to look for jobs until after I had my baby. I applied for an L&D position 6 weeks ago and...

  14. OR Internships, Residencies, Fellowships?

    Stacey30 replied to ijuanabhappy's topic in Operating Room

    I just began an OR nurse fellowship program for UPMC in Pittsburgh. It's 5 weeks long and takes you through Periop 101 and counts toward your 6 months of orientation. I have both new grads (must be...

  15. Dilemma - what to do...

    Stacey30 replied to Stacey30's topic in Ob/Gyn

    You both made some good points. I had orientation today and I explained my situation to the HR lady. She said it wouldn't be an issue if I get offered L&D and accept it since obviously it's a...

  16. Dilemma - what to do...

    Stacey30 posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    First of all, I'm thankful to even have this as a dilemma since it's so hard for new grads to even find a job, let alone a specialty. I recently interviewed for two awesome specialties. One was for an...

  17. Salary?

    Stacey30 replied to __patiently_waiting's topic in Ob/Gyn

    This is dependent upon where you live as well as experience. I'm in southwestern PA and in the hospital system in which I just got hired all grad nurses start at $22/hr no matter what specialty you're...

  18. Any ADN-BSN programs without ridiculous papers?

    Stacey30 replied to adnrnstudent's topic in Online Distance Learning

    No offense, but if you don't want to do the work, don't pursue nursing. Period. I completed an ADN program and I had to write a group concept analysis that was 35 pages long and comprised 20% of our...

  19. Hepatitis B Vaccine for nursing program

    Stacey30 replied to mmedlen2's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Have you checked with your parents to see if they kept your childhood vaccination record? When I started nursing school I had to either provide documentation of my childhood immunizations or get...

  20. Question About Required OR Experience

    Stacey30 replied to SoonjaHeber's topic in Operating Room

    Do hospitals in your area offer fellowship programs? I just interviewed for an OR nurse fellowship on Monday, it's for new grads who have passed the nclex. Since OR isn't typically offered as a...

  21. Landed my dream job - gonna be a L&D nurse! :) Do you have any advice??

    Stacey30 replied to punkydoodlesRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Hey, congrats! My interview was yesterday and it was difficult but I think I did pretty well. They want me to come back and shadow this coming Tuesday, which I am told by fellow RN's that that's a...

  22. Nursing Interview Questions (Part 2)

    Stacey30 replied to TheCommuter's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I just interviewed for an OR nurse fellowship on Monday and I was asked the critical thinking question. I'm so glad I saw this thread last week because I was prepared with a good answer. I was also...

  23. New grad L&D interview this Thursday...

    Stacey30 replied to Stacey30's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thanks ladies, that's great advice! @ punkeydoodles- I did see your post about what to ask the interview and I wrote some of those questions down already :) I interviewed yesterday for the OR nurse...