ShirleyM

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  1. Student observers in the O.R...

    ShirleyM posted a topic in Operating Room

    Just curious... What's your policy regarding students observing in the OR? By students I mean high school students who are interested in pursuing health care professions. Our patients must give...

  2. Holiday call...

    ShirleyM posted a topic in Operating Room

    I don't know if this topic has been brought up on this board... How do you handle holiday call where you work? Do you sign up for holidays or does it go by seniority? We're trying to figure out how to...

  3. UT Southwestern (St.Paul)

    ShirleyM replied to PediRN2B2006's topic in Texas Nursing

    I worked at Zale Lipshy for 3 yrs, including the first 8 months that St.Paul and Zale went under the UTSW umbrella. I did Zale's O.R internship program and worked 2 yrs afterwards. Which internship...

  4. Bono praises nurses

    ShirleyM replied to AllyRN82's topic in General Nursing

    I was also at the Dallas show (section 116) and I was delighted to hear him give kudos to nurses. If you haven't been to a U2 show, I encourage you to go, it's an experience you will never forget...

  5. Night & Weekends

    ShirleyM replied to KES's topic in Operating Room

    Usually trauma centers have ORs that run 24/7, including holidays,nights and weekends...you can scroll down the topics for a thread on night/evening crew for more info(I started that one). Where I...

  6. Will circulators be RNs in the future?

    ShirleyM replied to opus's topic in Operating Room

    For the record, AORN is and has been adamant that the circulator be a RN. They feel so strongly about this that they have been instrumental in a couple of states (Texas is one of them) passing bills...

  7. Difficulty/Competitiveness for Admission to RN/BSN programs in the GTA area.

    ShirleyM replied to texancanadian's topic in International Nursing

    I'm impressed, it sounds like you've really done your homework! Let me just say this...Toronto is a great city to live in. Make good use of the time your're there, there are lots to do and see. One of...

  8. Last day at work...and I feel great!!!

    ShirleyM posted a topic in Operating Room

    Anyone else ever feel this way or am I just the oddball in this bunch? I'd been in the market to change jobs for the past year. The right time finally came for me to find me another job and so I was...

  9. Looking for new Shoes...

    ShirleyM posted a topic in Operating Room

    I am looking to get new shoes..does anyone have suggestions for me? I'm looking for leather, something with great support that comes in colors other than white, is lightweight, not hard to care for...

  10. Policy for ICU patients going to surgery, are they put in holding area?

    ShirleyM replied to thlnc's topic in Operating Room

    Where I used to work, the only ICU patients that would be in pre-op holding were patients not on ventilators or on drips like Propofol. The place where I'm at now have all their ICU patients go from...

  11. Relocating to Raleigh-Durham area.....

    ShirleyM replied to EricG's topic in Operating Room

    I don't know how far Chapel is from Raleigh-Durham is, but Duke and University of North Carolina are in Chapel Hill. Good

  12. scrub hats

    ShirleyM replied to scrubnurse's topic in Operating Room

    Have you checked out patterns by Mc Call? I had a pattern for scrub hats but I recently gave it to a former co-worker. I can't remember if the pattern I bought was for elastic all-round or the ones...

  13. Full time RN-->BSN Programs in the Toronto area

    ShirleyM replied to texancanadian's topic in International Nursing

    They definitely have RN-BSN programs in Ontario, it just depends on where in Ontario you plan to live in. FYI, before this year, the College of Nurses of Ontario(the licensing body for nurses in...

  14. Last day at work...and I feel great!!!

    ShirleyM replied to ShirleyM's topic in Operating Room

    Thank you to all who posted encouragement and well wishes on my new job. I started orientation last week and will be on O.R orientation for at least the next couple of weeks. Right now it's tough...

  15. physician abuse in PACU

    ShirleyM replied to lulu220's topic in PACU

    I can't help but feel disgusted,surprised and relieved at the same time. Disgusted because it took involvement with a 'higher-up' for consequences. And, what does that say about how nurses are viewed...

  16. Incident/Occurrence reports & Documentation...

    ShirleyM posted a topic in Legal

    I have a question about Incident/Occurrence reports and documentation... When I was in nursing school (graduated 2000), we were told never to write 'Incident form completed' in our charting. The...

  17. Incident/Occurrence reports & Documentation...

    ShirleyM replied to ShirleyM's topic in Legal

    Thank you Jolie, I've never heard it explained it that way before, that makes total sense to me

  18. Toronto vs. Ottawa

    ShirleyM replied to nurseNB's topic in International Nursing

    Toronto has some good hospitals but since you're asking about hospitals with the greatest respect and opportunities for RNs...I'm hard pressed to give you names. I left Toronto in late 2001 but when I...

  19. paperwork in the or

    ShirleyM replied to diane2's topic in Operating Room

    wait a minute....i thought the whole idea of computer charting was to eliminate paper work? leave it to the higher-ups to find a way of occupying our time with yet more documentation. of course, they...

  20. US nurse wanting to go to Canada

    ShirleyM replied to megs1976's topic in International Nursing

    I had a friend who worked in Mount Sinai's ER for two years before she moved to the US. She really liked it there. Mt Sinai is just one of several teaching hospitals in Toronto. I'm sure Mount Sinai...

  21. Hows Toronto treating all their nurses???

    ShirleyM replied to NurseNewbie's topic in International Nursing

    Please explain further, I'm interested in what you have to

  22. Hows Toronto treating all their nurses???

    ShirleyM replied to NurseNewbie's topic in International Nursing

    Congratulations to your friend...had she tried to get a job there back in the 90s she wouldn't have been so lucky. Apparently they've learned they can't be picky with a nursing shortage now, too bad...

  23. Hows Toronto treating all their nurses???

    ShirleyM replied to NurseNewbie's topic in International Nursing

    UHN= University Hospital Network. UHN is made up of the 'old' Toronto General Hospital(aka The Toronto Hospital), Princess Margaret Hospital and Toronto Western Hospital. Those three hospitals merged...

  24. Call Back Pay

    ShirleyM replied to ORSmurf's topic in Operating Room

    Where I work, you're paid $2/hr if you're on call (aka, carry the pager). Now, if you get called in, then you get paid time and a half for a minimum of three hours. So if you get called in for an...

  25. Hows Toronto treating all their nurses???

    ShirleyM replied to NurseNewbie's topic in International Nursing

    I worked at Sunnybrook for 1 1/2 yrs before I got married and moved to the U.S. Although I worked hard there, I liked where I worked, and I have a friend who worked at UHN for a couple of years...