ShirleyM

ShirleyM

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  1. PACU nurse training programs

    ShirleyM replied to malusport's topic in PACU

    I know that some PACUs ask for ICU experience, just a

  2. Have you worked outside the OR?

    ShirleyM replied to findingmywayRN's topic in Operating Room

    I spent 1 1/2 yrs on a post-surgical floor. I had been told by my teachers at the time that I needed some experience on the floor before going into the OR, plus the schools in Toronto that offered the...

  3. Textbooks websites...

    ShirleyM posted a topic in Operating Room

    Hey everyone, Does anyone know of any websites that sell textbooks for cheap(like lower than what the bookstore would sell?) I start a RN-BSN program in two weeks and I want to buy my books online....

  4. Same Day Discharge

    ShirleyM replied to nurselily3's topic in Operating Room

    Where I work parents are allowed to join minor children in PACU. They're brought to PACU by the Waiting Room secretary when the PACU are ready for the parents to be brought in. The Waiting Room...

  5. 'Difficult' co-workers...

    ShirleyM posted a topic in Operating Room

    I would love any advice and resources you all can give me on how to handle co-workers who would be deemed difficult. My patience is slowly running out on my main scrub person. I enjoy working with her...

  6. Help - Blanket Warmers

    ShirleyM replied to sgagnard's topic in Operating Room

    I don't know the brand of the warmers we use but they're like the size of a big fridge with two doors. The top door opens to a medium size compartment where we put blankets. The bottom door (which is...

  7. I was punched

    ShirleyM replied to Still Riding's topic in General Nursing

    You mentioned you're from the western part of Canada. I know that several provinces have their own nurses unions and professional nursing organizations, some of whom serve nursing students and...

  8. Surgeon's hand-picking favorite nurses

    ShirleyM replied to jpellegrino, RN's topic in Operating Room

    We have surgeons (3 come to mind)who request certain nurses or scrub techs for their cases. For these three, our office will accommodate, for the sake of the surgeon and everyone else, since these...

  9. Texas OR internship for new grads???????

    ShirleyM replied to moliuchick's topic in Operating Room

    The only way to know is to contact the hospitals with OR internships. To my knowledge, you are committed to a fulltime contract after the internship. Now, the kind of shift you have after the...

  10. A Tech Made Me So Angry, I was ready to choke the tech (rant)

    ShirleyM replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in Operating Room

    Marie, every now and then I get those days like your thread title, it's usually because my scrub will get extra needy and ask for stuff the attending didn't even ask for. I work in a teaching...

  11. Intraoperative nursing and pregnancy

    ShirleyM replied to Nellie Nurse's topic in Operating Room

    I agree with the others. Where I work, we've had several girls be pregnant and go on to have healthy babies. I don't know where your teacher got her info from (I would ask her about her source of...

  12. latex allergy info question & question on shellfish allergy

    ShirleyM replied to nursebetti2001's topic in Operating Room

    I don't have any lit on latex/shellfish allergy, have you tried the AORN website or an Immunology journal? Have you done a Google search on it? With latex, I know that those who have latex allergies...

  13. Texas OR internship for new grads???????

    ShirleyM replied to moliuchick's topic in Operating Room

    Firstly, I had the chance to pick and choose my job because I had gotten married like 4 mos before I wrote the NCLEX and got my license and then waited for endorsement, plus my husband being the...

  14. Texas OR internship for new grads???????

    ShirleyM replied to moliuchick's topic in Operating Room

    There are quite a few hospitals in North Texas that hire new grads as OR nurses. I know because I interviewed at most of them when I was looking for an internships 3 yrs ago. I had the opportunity to...

  15. Weekend/Night OR crews...

    ShirleyM posted a topic in Operating Room

    I have a question and anyone is welcome to answer... Are there hospitals with weekend or night OR teams anymore? I don't mean those with a pager during that time, I mean people who actually in the OR...

  16. Looking for new Shoes...

    ShirleyM replied to ShirleyM's topic in Operating Room

    Marie,Do a Google search for Plogs. I found allheart.com. They had easyplogs in different

  17. dress codes

    ShirleyM replied to granny7's topic in Operating Room

    Ethel, these people had their feet soaked in blood because they were wearing canvas...not a wise choice of footwear, although that case sounded pretty bloody. Exposure to blood and bodily fluids is...

  18. On-Call Pay

    ShirleyM replied to nellie_nurse812's topic in Operating Room

    RNs and STs who carry the pager: $2/hrGetting called in: time and a half for a minimum of 3hrs (if case is less than 3 hrs, you still get paid for 3hrs) No travel

  19. Trinity Medical Center- Dallas O.R.

    ShirleyM replied to chongalo's topic in Operating Room

    Chonga, that hospital is literally down the street from my house. I am contemplating looking into positions there once my contract expires. All I know is that that hospital is part of Tenet...

  20. OR Internship. Need your Advice!!

    ShirleyM replied to Ari RN's topic in Operating Room

    Ari, Did you interview anywhere else? In Dallas, the hospitals that offer O.R nurse internships run their programs anywhere from 4-9 mos long with a combination of classroom and clinical training. Of...

  21. Who controls the certification of scrub techs?

    ShirleyM replied to at your cervix's topic in Operating Room

    Sorry, but I'm a bit confused. I thought RNFA's and Surgical First Assistants were the same but it's starting to sound from the previous posts that they aren't. All the scrub techs and CSTs I know...

  22. I want to be an OR nurse in Tampa, FL

    ShirleyM replied to tampakay's topic in Operating Room

    I don't know of any place in Tampa but what you could do is go to the AORN website and go to their Education section. Just answer their questions and they give a list of places that have training...