ORTRAV

ORTRAV has 20 years experience.

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1. still feel brand new

   ORTRAV replied to mamamiah's topic in Operating Room

   You do still have sooo much to learn. On average I have found that it takes about 5 years in the OR before you are truly comfortable. It has a lot to do with the size of your OR and the acuity of...

2. Operating room nurse-greatest skill set

   ORTRAV replied to goodrust's topic in Operating Room

   You will not learn anything about the OR in nursing school. You will be lucky if your school alows you to spend 1 week in the OR. After school you may be able to intern in an OR. Some hospitals now...

3. Stepping stones to becoming an OR nurse...

   ORTRAV replied to AshleyAce757's topic in Operating Room

   I was a surgical technologist for 15 years before crrossing over to the dark

4. Cranial Bone Flap Falls to the Floor During a Craniotomy

   ORTRAV replied to gymnut's topic in Operating Room

   I have seen this happen a few times. Once a methylmethracrolate flap was fashioned. The other times we just soaked the flap in betadine prior to putting it back