I also am far from being an extrovert. It takes me awhile to open up to people, but once I am comfortable with someone all is good. I've been an OR nurse for 6.5 years. Every OR has their fair share of strong personalities. There will be coworkers an...
kinbari08 replied to YouGotNoJams's topic in North Dakota
I worked at St Alexius in Bismarck for a year and a half. I know they hired new grads to mother/baby and labor and delivery. I don't know if they are hiring now though but it wouldn't hurt to apply. They offered some relocation assistance when I work...
kinbari08 replied to pedi_nurse's topic in Pediatric
Hi! I just took the CPN this past Saturday and passed. I used NurseBuilders. They offered a class through my hospital which I took but the exam study guides are available to purchase on their website. I basically studied the exam content outline book...
kinbari08 replied to ColdHandsWarmHeart's topic in Operating Room
I work at a peds hospital where we do lots of ENT elective cases. We usually don't do an IV on ear tubes unless the kid has some reason we should do one. But I've placed an emergent IV in many ear tube cases because the kid laryngospasms and cannot m...
kinbari08 replied to Toast&Butters's topic in Operating Room
I know this thread's a few months old but figured I'd comment. I started off in an adult OR that did some minor peds cases (ear tubes, circumcisions, etc.) and then transitioned to a level 1 pediatric OR. Lots of things are similar but case wise, you...
kinbari08 replied to jinglebellrocks25's topic in North Dakota
Those units always seemed to be hiring actually! And the hospital doesn't just serve the city of Bismarck. People come from all over the Western and Central part of the state, and also Montana and South Dakota to seek care.
kinbari08 replied to jinglebellrocks25's topic in North Dakota
Good luck to you! St A's was a great place to work for my first job. If it wasn't so far away from home I would probably still be there. I still miss some aspects of Bismarck. All the stores I needed were less than a 15 minute drive away, the commute...
kinbari08 replied to jinglebellrocks25's topic in North Dakota
I'm no longer in Bismarck. I found a job back home in my home state. I was at St. A's for a year and a half. I would not recommend living in Bismarck without a car. There is a bus system but I hardly saw the bus around in town. You can walk places I...
I agree with the those saying the coblator. The settings are always in the single digits. One of our surgeon's uses the bovie for his T&A's. The bipolar is set at 12 and the coag at 36. Once he starts the adenoids he asks us to turn the coag dow...
I too was taught that a messy prep is a good prep. And I too tend to get betadine everywhere, but I've gotten better at it. I'm very meticulous about getting all of the surgical site covered with prep and I think that is much more important then kee...
kinbari08 replied to jinglebellrocks25's topic in North Dakota
moongirl250, just thought I'd let you know, I know you said you planned on applying later this year. St. A's is a great place for a new grad to start. I started as one and really enjoy my job. However I was told by my department head that because of ...
kinbari08 replied to Nurse Neddie's topic in Operating Room
You can only take Peri-op 101 if you are a) affiliated with a school that will offer the course or b) you are a new OR nurse and your hospital uses it as part of your orientation. I took it as part of my orientation. It's all online and you complete...
kinbari08 replied to Nurse Neddie's topic in Operating Room
I took it this past September and my test and fellow classmates' tests were all multiple choice. Definetely go over the modules that you are not as familiar with and read the summaries at the end of each module. I missed passing by 1 question the fi...
kinbari08 replied to whatsmyusername_RN's topic in Job Hunt
There was a produce stand in Kmart's parking lot this past summer till early fall. It's the only one I know of within Bismarck. I remember a sign saying they sold fresh corn on the cob. There might be some out of the city limits but I'm not really su...
