shodobe

shodobe

O.R., ED, M/S

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  1. Lose Nursing Skills??

    shodobe replied to trepinCT's topic in Operating Room

    Losing skills due to going to the OR. Very interesting. My skills only have gotten better in many ways over the years because I spend alot of time correcting mistakes floor nurses make. I of course...

  2. absolute power in the O/R corrupts absolutely...

    shodobe replied to hand2cut's topic in Operating Room

    Just let it go. No sense in getting upset over this. Remember, what goes around, comes around. This tech will get theirs in the end you will have moved on to better pastures. Some people love that...

  3. I am so scared please help

    shodobe replied to Spritenurse1210's topic in General Nursing

    Just remember the old saying, "If you didn't document it, it didn't happen"! As long as you document well you are OK, any judge or jury could see the well documented care of a patient. If something...

  4. Nursing Shortage Fallacy?

    shodobe replied to cherrybreeze's topic in General Nursing

    I think it matters very much. I don't know about you but I have been around long enough in nursing to see this in many posts on this forum. A person who greatly desires to work L&D will pass up...

  5. How do you address your patients?

    shodobe replied to anonymurse's topic in General Nursing

    Since I work in the OR I first address them by their full name, check the name band to confirm and then usually I just call them by their first name. I have always felt this was a good way to calm...

  6. Do any of you have 2nd jobs?

    shodobe replied to Tiffany, RN, BSN's topic in Operating Room

    I work PT at one of our "sister" hospitals giving breaks and lunches in the OR. I can break the circs and scrubs so I am a welcomed sight(most of the time!). I do this 3-4 days a week, on my own...

  7. Nursing Shortage Fallacy?

    shodobe replied to cherrybreeze's topic in General Nursing

    This why we DON'T need to import nurses to this country. We have plenty of nurses that are graduating from US schools to fill the jobs out there. . What we don't need is an influx of subpar trained...

  8. Nursing Shortage Fallacy?

    shodobe replied to cherrybreeze's topic in General Nursing

    As other posters noted there is only a shortage due to the pick and choose attitudes alot of students have coming out of school. They zero in on one type of work and if they don't get it right away...

  9. Out of OR procedure count question

    shodobe replied to elizabells's topic in Operating Room

    That makes more sense now. Sorry, I misunderstood you but from where I come from CT usually means a x-ray tech. I would think since this is a vascular fellow, it's his responsibility to make sure...

  10. Fillipino nurses, their way of doing things abroad

    shodobe replied to Butterflybee's topic in General Nursing

    I think this also should be closed because no matter what some people might say others will percieve it as

  11. OR Nurse Pay and On Call Pay

    shodobe replied to Surgical1968's topic in Operating Room

    You are probably in the most desired place in the country. Pay has always been very high and just because real estate is coming down doesn't mean it will stay that way. It seems most posts if not all...

  12. Out of OR procedure count question

    shodobe replied to elizabells's topic in Operating Room

    The CT Tech is allowed to close an open chest wound? This, IMHO, is totally unacceptable! Why? I think this goes beyond his scope of practice, and if his licensing agency was questioned about this I...

  13. Fillipino nurses, their way of doing things abroad

    shodobe replied to Butterflybee's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a facility that has many Fillipinas that work in various departments. I have to say that the ones who work in my PACU are very competent and caring. There are many others, particularily the...

  14. 98 hours this pay and $1000 taken off in taxes/pension

    shodobe replied to missmiamoore's topic in General Nursing

    Misquote? 48 hours PER WEEK! I think as an employeer that would be very un acceptable. Do you mean 8 hours OT? Many years ago I had figured that I could put in about 15 hours per pay period nefore...

  15. OR Pet peeves

    shodobe replied to MsLeylaBar's topic in Operating Room

    How about calling the floor to let them know you will be sending for Mrs So and So in about 30 minutes. Transport goes up in 25 minutes and seems to take forever to get back to the holding room. You...

  16. Dodged that bullet...

    shodobe replied to elizabells's topic in Operating Room

    Goes to show you that finding experienced OR nurses are harder than you think! Curious to what part of the country you are posting from? This will make difference on the reason why they can't find...

  17. Who worked during nursing school?

    shodobe replied to hnt1987's topic in General Nursing

    I worked pretty much full-time during nursing school as a Paramedic. My boss was reall good about letting me put in hours around my classes, plus I could do alot of book workeven when I was on call in...

  18. Belly-button snafu

    shodobe replied to New2ER's topic in Operating Room

    You'll never know how many times over 30 years I have dug and dug around a belly button only to think I had really cleaned it out. Only a surgeon would be the one to find somethin' in there. I got...

  19. A name for Computer on Wheels

    shodobe replied to butterfly9's topic in General Nursing

    We use the term "PACS" The "a" isn't really there because it stands for "Portable Computr System" PCS wouldn't really mean anything and would be hard to pronouce so we added the

  20. RN Testing

    shodobe replied to chickengal's topic in California Nursing

    In another words, challenge the boards? Never have like for one to be able to "challenge" much anything, nursing boards! So, what is this all about? Curious. Still think you have to takes NCLEX...

  21. Med/surg to OR?

    shodobe replied to BookwormRN's topic in Operating Room

    The wide variety of cases, the skills that you need are far beyond,IMHO, than typical nursing. I like the close, most of the time, camadaire that you get with alot of surgeons. I spent my early days...

  22. Med/surg to OR?

    shodobe replied to BookwormRN's topic in Operating Room

    No problem! I have always beeen an advocate for spending a few months if not a year on M/S. Why? I just think transitioning into nursing and getting a good feel for patient care is very important....

  23. Nursing (RN): One of Quickest routes to a six-figure jobs

    shodobe replied to Dallas_RN's topic in General Nursing

    You have to make sacrifices to make this amount. I work fulltime at one hospital and work a few days at another. All of the hours run together because both hospitals belong to the same corp. Therefore...

  24. Nursing (RN): One of Quickest routes to a six-figure jobs

    shodobe replied to Dallas_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I am on a path to make over $150,000 this year. I have made over $100,000 for 6 straight years. So don't let anyone tell you that it is not possible. BUT, it does matter what state you work in and...

  25. Bad idea to go to OR as new grad?

    shodobe replied to DMCRN's topic in Operating Room

    I think if your manager knew you "only" wanted to work for awhile in the OR just to skip off to the ICU, you wouldn't hired. No manager wants to waste their time, money and staff knowledge on someone...