shodobe

shodobe

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  1. Question about small bowel obstruction

    shodobe replied to NurseyPoo7's topic in General Nursing

    Why no NGT? Sometimes they will give barium to see the obst and this sometimes will help to resolve the issue. NGT not being there is strange. It would help with any N&V the patient might have....

  2. Anesthesia woes

    shodobe replied to GadgetRN71's topic in Operating Room

    Our guys are from 7a to 7a the next day.We do run two rooms with one closing at 8pm and that is usually using call people. There have been times where that one has gone over the 8pm cutoff, but not...

  3. Poll: Does your O.R. have RN's working 11pm-7am?

    shodobe replied to linda2097's topic in Operating Room

    Nope, just the regular 7-3, 3-11 shifts. We do have shifts that overlap like mine, 1pm to

  4. $8000.00 Penalty for Quiting Critical Care Nurse Residency Program Before 3 Years

    shodobe replied to krazykev's topic in General Nursing

    I live in a small town, pop 800, and absolutely love it. I just don't work in this small town. Why you ask? I wwork in the OR and they just don't run the dept the way I would like it to work. It seems...

  5. Times Are Tough When...

    shodobe replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work there is a policy in place that if you call off the day before or the day after a holiday you cannot use any PTO pay to make up for that day. Your call off is considered a day with out...

  6. Good Samaritans

    shodobe replied to sumoe's topic in General Nursing

    I think this new ruling is more of an advantage to those who have worse outcomes from accidents they are in. Now they can blame the person who tried to help them with causing more damage. I guess it...

  7. $8000.00 Penalty for Quiting Critical Care Nurse Residency Program Before 3 Years

    shodobe replied to krazykev's topic in General Nursing

    They may be sick and tired of trianing people only to have them leave after they get some experience under their belt. I don't think retention is a factor because of poor morale, poor staffing or the...

  8. $8000.00 Penalty for Quiting Critical Care Nurse Residency Program Before 3 Years

    shodobe replied to krazykev's topic in General Nursing

    Well, sometimes surprise can be an eye-opening event! I would think there might be some prorated amount because if something happened to you just short of your 3 years and wasn't somthing you could...

  9. $8000.00 Penalty for Quiting Critical Care Nurse Residency Program Before 3 Years

    shodobe replied to krazykev's topic in General Nursing

    You can't be sure how many people have applied for this position. NO, they don't need you like you think. This is a poor attitude that will surely end some of your aspirations in the future. If you...

  10. $8000.00 Penalty for Quiting Critical Care Nurse Residency Program Before 3 Years

    shodobe replied to krazykev's topic in General Nursing

    As soon as you try to lower the commitment it throws up flags to the manager, you don't want to stay for 3 years. I wouldn't even consider you for the position if you tried to negotiate this part. I...

  11. $8000.00 Penalty for Quiting Critical Care Nurse Residency Program Before 3 Years

    shodobe replied to krazykev's topic in General Nursing

    18 beds is a nice size unit. Like FirestarterRN stated, look at the job market in your area and decide if you should wait. If the ICU is where you want to work then this might be a golden oppurtunity....

  12. Applying for a job informally

    shodobe replied to linda2097's topic in Operating Room

    I have found out over the years that most OR managers do like the direct contact approach because HR tends to lose applications!Your app sometimes just sets in HR never being forwarded to the OR in a...

  13. Scope of Practice?

    shodobe replied to flygirls2's topic in Emergency

    Just go and do a search on the recent California Supreme Ct decision on good samaritans and you might think twice about helping

  14. $8000.00 Penalty for Quiting Critical Care Nurse Residency Program Before 3 Years

    shodobe replied to krazykev's topic in General Nursing

    I am kind of curious that knowing this up front if you had planned on moving on before the 3 years were up? The rules are pretty are pretty self explanatory. If you think you might want to leave...

  15. What is your OR Time OUT consist of??

    shodobe replied to mooneyes65's topic in Operating Room

    That is interesting. Never heard that one, must be unique to your facility. We just follow JACHO rules. It is hard enough to get them to mark the site let alone get THEM to do the time out? Good luck....

  16. frenemies

    shodobe replied to livingthedream33's topic in Operating Room

    You are always going to have that "tattletail" that loves to look good in the eyes of the NM. If you have an idea who might be the "snitch" try to avoid any conversations that might be considered...

  17. 1950s nursing

    shodobe replied to colrainrn's topic in General Nursing

    I remember doing ECTs up until about 5 years ago in the OR. When I started in the OR, so many years ago, the surgeons would smoke at the scrub sinks while scrubbing for a case! We would then go out...

  18. OR CV/PV Endovascular call

    shodobe replied to sassyjello's topic in Operating Room

    Hospitals in general will only look at call rates that are at local facilities within maybe 50 miles. Other staes have no bearing whatsoever, Concentrate on what hospitals close to you pay and forget...

  19. Should I start as a new grad in the OR???

    shodobe replied to AJ BSN 2008's topic in Operating Room

    The OR, IMHO, is the one place that takes the longest to get use to. No one is going to hire you, train you and then watch you leave to go to another department. OR training can be a very intensive...

  20. Do you know of any RN's who worked in both O.R. and PACU?

    shodobe replied to linda2097's topic in Operating Room

    There are a few that go both ways. I work at one facility that one of the PACU nurses actually scrubs or circs when needed, usually one day a

  21. Asked to stay late with call team w/out call team pay

    shodobe replied to mooneyes65's topic in Operating Room

    Its seems to happen mostly in small ORs that do not run an evening shift. If the numbers show trhat an evening shift would be effective then maybe another shift would be a good idea. I know this is an...

  22. ATTN: bay area RN new grads.. Were you able to land a new grad job?

    shodobe replied to pogiboy67's topic in California Nursing

    Good attitude! This is how everyone that is a new grad should view nursing and have that open

  23. Inland area hospital

    shodobe replied to enochpark21's topic in California Nursing

    There are many around, St Bernardines, Community Hospital of San bernardino, Loma Linda, redlands Community, the VA, Arrowhead(county), Riverside Community, Riverside County. You see that you have...

  24. Asked to stay late with call team w/out call team pay

    shodobe replied to mooneyes65's topic in Operating Room

    Don't you get OT for anything over 8 hrs? I don't know what it is like in Va but in Ca you do get this. What about having a later shift like 3-11 or maybe 12-8. I know this will make them hire people...

  25. RN New Grad- can't find a job!

    shodobe replied to RN_2008's topic in California Nursing

    I agree it is very difficult to move and relocate to another city. It seems that there are a number that complain about not finding a job that are fixated on one location. These are from people who...