MamaCheese

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  1. Pay for carring the beeper

    MamaCheese replied to SandraCVRN's topic in Operating Room

    Region: Central Mass # of OR's: 17 $ for being on call: $4 no extra for

  2. Male OR Nurse

    MamaCheese replied to ib4au's topic in Operating Room

    And I'm also going to hijack this thread for a moment to give a shout out to brewerpaul from Cohoes, NY :) My mother was born and raised in Cohoes and we moved back there in my teenage years and spent...

  3. Male OR Nurse

    MamaCheese replied to ib4au's topic in Operating Room

    We have about half a dozen male nurses in our OR. I haven't heard of any having a problem with the female patients even in the GYN services. If we had a special request from a patient for a male or...

  4. Is CNOR worth it?

    MamaCheese replied to rbs105's topic in Operating Room

    My facility offers no incentive for the certiifcation but encourages us to pursue it. That probably explains why only 2 or 3 nurses out of our 50+ have the certification

  5. New Grad wanting OR job: Suggestions?

    MamaCheese replied to Acouda's topic in Operating Room

    Start by checking the hospitals in your area to find out if they offer a OR Nurse Residency Program. Many larger hospitals are now doing this to recruit new talent for their OR's. Or you could look...

  6. Child Restraint During Induction ?

    MamaCheese replied to OR male nurse's topic in Operating Room

    This is the way I like to do it. Our facility does allow one parent to accompany the child into the OR. It's usually more traumatic for the parent than it is for the

  7. How long for orientation?

    MamaCheese replied to RNBelle's topic in Operating Room

    My orientation was 4 weeks in the classroom doing the AORN periop program and 6 months in the OR of just circulating, no scrubbing at all. It was very intense and although I've been off orientation...

  8. Flashing instrument trays

    MamaCheese replied to Circl8r's topic in Operating Room

    The majority of time we're flashing entire trays due to holes in wrappers. So very frustrating when you're struggling to keep turnover times down. We're in the process of converting to a closed...

  9. Belly Button Gunk

    MamaCheese replied to Squaw's topic in Operating Room

    We call them bellybuttonectomies. I'm constantly trying to convince my surgeons that they are outside my scope of practice and they should really be performing the procedures

  10. Turnover time between cases

    MamaCheese replied to lc4043's topic in Operating Room

    Our goal is 19 minutes or less. It rarely happens

  11. OR Nursing - what are your hours?

    MamaCheese replied to k8dubcoran's topic in Operating Room

    I also do mon-fri 7a-7p. Our OR offers 4 10s (7a-5p), 3 12s (7a-7p), and 5 8s

  12. At what point are you too old?

    MamaCheese replied to cinja's topic in Operating Room

    One of our per diem nurses is 70 and she's still doing one heck of a job

  13. As on O.R. nurse, how often do you start IV's?

    MamaCheese replied to mikethern's topic in Operating Room

    Never. They are started by the holding area nurses or

  14. count sheets

    MamaCheese replied to joeshaf's topic in Operating Room

    Ours are in the tray with the

  15. New Grad in OR any advice

    MamaCheese replied to JbelRN83's topic in Operating Room

    The best advice I can give is to take this one day at a time. That and never let them see you cry!! And there will be days when you want to cry. You will be completely overwhelmed for a long time....

  16. Quinsigamond C. College students and graduates

    MamaCheese replied to Nurse-One's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    I graduated from QCC in December 2005. I can't think of one bad thing to say about the program. I found the instructors to be incredibly knowledgeable and supportive. We had clinical placements at...

  17. da vinci robot poll

    MamaCheese replied to mikethern's topic in Operating Room

    Ours does. It's used mostly for

  18. Full-time shifts in the OR

    MamaCheese replied to bcyogi's topic in Operating Room

    We have 8, 10, and 12 hour shifts in our OR. The 10 hour shifts seem to be the most popular and sought after where I

  19. Another question

    MamaCheese replied to Proverbs 16:3's topic in Operating Room

    I've only been in the OR for 5 weeks but what I've witnessed is that anesthesia assesses for pain before we leave the OR and continually on the way in to the PACU. The first thing the PACU nurses do...

  20. New job!

    MamaCheese replied to GadgetRN71's topic in Operating Room

    Congratulations Sounds like an exciting opportunity. When do you start? What kind of orientation will you get? Details, please

  21. What do you carry in your pockets?

    MamaCheese replied to regglynn's topic in Operating Room

    2 black pens scissors my handy dandy notebook a piece of paper to scribble notes onto That's all I need to get me through the

  22. Circulating

    MamaCheese replied to Great Potential's topic in Operating Room

    Great advice, IsseyM. I read this weeks ago when I first accepted a job in the OR. I just finished up my 4 weeks in the classroom and begin my 18 week orientation in the OR tomorrow. I printed your...

  23. I'm going into the OR. Any pearls of wisdom for me?

    MamaCheese posted a topic in Operating Room

    I've just been hired into an OR nurse residency program at a big medical center. I am beyond excited I've been on a very busy med-surg floor for the last 1.5yrs since graduating. I know stress and I...

  24. A school nurse position has fallen into my lap and I'm scared:(

    MamaCheese posted a topic in School

    My head is still spinning I went to drop off health forms for my 5 year old going into K and walked out with a 4 month sub school nurse position at the high school. Wow!!! The current nurse is on...

  25. A school nurse position has fallen into my lap and I'm scared:(

    MamaCheese replied to MamaCheese's topic in School

    Thanks for your responses. I do have the support of the school nurses at the other two schools in our town. They both have 15+ years experience in school nursing. I also have full telephone support...