shodobe

shodobe

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  1. Case Scheduling

    shodobe replied to shodobe's topic in Operating Room

    No problem. So this commitee looks at the previous after hour cases and discusses whether it was an emergency or not. Interesting concept, but unfortunately our anesthesia has no cahones and talks big...

  2. Case Scheduling

    shodobe replied to shodobe's topic in Operating Room

    Surginurse, I am assuming you work at a rather LARGE facility that has the schedule to have a "commitee" determine what will be done or what won't be done. I guess I should have made it a bit more...

  3. Any RECOMMENDED OR book?

    shodobe replied to eezee's topic in Operating Room

    Get the newest version, 12th edition, of "Alexander's Care of the Patient in Surgery". It is published by Mosby and is considered one of the best perioperative books out there.

  4. new graduate in the OR

    shodobe replied to NC_RN_BSN's topic in Operating Room

    Do a search on this subject. There have been many posters that asked the same question and had many different responses. good luck.

  5. Today was my first day in OR!

    shodobe replied to wayover20's topic in Operating Room

    Good luck! Sounds like you have the right attitude. Learn all you can then if the situation doesn't get better then go on to greener pastures. Doesn't sound like the greatest place to work.

  6. Today was my first day in OR!

    shodobe replied to wayover20's topic in Operating Room

    Sounds like a good day. But me thinks, why does this hospital lose so many experienced nurses? Makes you wonder why. Something is wrong somewhere and I don't think it is situated only in one...

  7. Paging OR team

    shodobe replied to OR nurse nut's topic in Operating Room

    Number one, the CRNA is on the same level as I and besides that I am not his/hers handmaiden. I wouldn't even think about bringing the patient back to the room unless they had told me they were going...

  8. Percent of men in class?

    shodobe replied to RN8Wannabe's topic in Men in Nursing

    5 guys out of 30. All graduated and passed on their first try. That was 28 years

  9. Current Standard of Care for patients safety on the OR table to prevent falls

    shodobe replied to thlnc's topic in Operating Room

    Just common sense to have a body strap on at all times and arm restraints. Circ should always be at the side of the patient while they immerge from anesthesia. If your facility fails to provide you...

  10. medical insurance

    shodobe replied to button2cute's topic in General Nursing

    I pay very little towards my health insurance for myself and my wife, no kids. The facillity gives us "flex dollars" that we can use towards our benes, such as extra life insurance, long term...

  11. Ab or vag prep first?

    shodobe replied to IVyPush-her's topic in Operating Room

    Just because AORN says it's so, doesn't mean it is. I read the same article and I don't agree with it. Yes, I do have a problem with

  12. BSN vs ADN Education?????

    shodobe replied to Traumatized's topic in General Nursing

    To tell you the truth, you are opening a can of worms. Very heated and debated issue which you will get a multitude of different opinions. Better left alone because there are no logical, concrete...

  13. Considering moving to Sacramento CA, advice?

    shodobe replied to ellescorpio's topic in California Nursing

    I don't know about SoCal. I lived there from 1961 until 1997 when I moved to NorCal. I lived in the Victorville area and then in San Bernardino. I couldn't take it any longer! Traffic, crime people on...

  14. HELP!! RN planning to move in San Bernardino

    shodobe replied to Dorts's topic in California Nursing

    I work at one of the hospitals you mentioned. We have a large contigent of Phillapinas(?) here so you will feel right at home. My two PACU nurses are from the islands as well as the CNA that works...

  15. OR Nursing, family life and limits?

    shodobe replied to rbs105's topic in Operating Room

    The one thing I have found out about new grads is they have a tremendous amount of knowledge bottled up and sometimes have no way to express it. The OR assessment of a patient is slightly different...

  16. OR Nursing, family life and limits?

    shodobe replied to rbs105's topic in Operating Room

    It gets really annoying to hear time and time again that you will "lose your skills" just because you are an OR nurse. That is total poppycock! I have been in the OR for 28 years and my assessment...

  17. I may be transferring from ER to OR but should I be concerned about this?

    shodobe replied to wayover20's topic in Operating Room

    Every program has different ways to train. I would hope that you would be train not only to circ but also to scrub. Scrubbing is great and a break from circulating. Circulating isn't always boring,...

  18. Should I just move on?

    shodobe replied to pie123's topic in General Nursing

    pie123, you deserve better.

  19. Should I just move on?

    shodobe replied to pie123's topic in General Nursing

    It seems that pie123 and wanna-b-rn are not RNs yet. This might be the reaso you are being treated this way. Some places will not "bend-over-backwards" if you are not an RN yet. Unfortunatly this...

  20. Family objections to your career

    shodobe replied to njxcrush18's topic in Men in Nursing

    I guess I was lucky in the fact my father was just happy to see me go to college and graduate. He didn't care what my major was just that I was in college. He liked the idea of having a nurse in the...

  21. Should I just move on?

    shodobe replied to pie123's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with suzanne above, if the hospital really wanted you they would be bending over backwards for you. The course should be offered to you for free at the facility. Just because your not an...

  22. I may be transferring from ER to OR but should I be concerned about this?

    shodobe replied to wayover20's topic in Operating Room

    It would be nice if the OR manager would let you come up and shadow somone for a few days. It is hard sometmes to put into words all the twists and turns of the OR. Do a search in this forum to see if...

  23. Expert nurse

    shodobe replied to malusport's topic in Men in Nursing

    It is hard to try to tell sometimes if certain people are sincere or not. If this guy is on the level then he will have to find out on his own how hard certain specialities can be. If not, then we...

  24. Expert nurse

    shodobe replied to malusport's topic in Men in Nursing

    That's the problem with this group sometimes is that you all take some things too literal. I read and re-read the poster and didn't get the impression that he wanted an "easy" job. I think he wanted...

  25. Male Nursing Student, Want to Work OB

    shodobe replied to Annointed_RNStudent's topic in Men in Nursing

    So far the hospitals where I have worked have NOT allowed men to work in the L&D departments. This has gone as far as the courts with the guy losing every time. Good luck though.