cocothemonkey

Circulating a cardiac case, standard CABG X 4 with a radial arm harvest on a younger gentleman. Surgeon is a spaz, throws little fits and is about the most impatient man i've ever met. But it's more comical than anything, almost like a cartoon charac...

A NP first assistant and a surgical PA are roughly equivalent.

Never seen any nurse where I work wear one in the OR. Grab one from anesthesia if for some reason you ever needed one.

5-6 months

RNs are viewed more highly because of their versatility and the ability to legally do things techs can't do. Techs just have less responsibility, especially from a legal standpoint and more important from a patient care standpoint. That's not to say ...

I'd probably leave just to spite them.

1- orthopod 1- PA or SA 1- circulator 2- scrubs (one holds retractors)

Not judging you. If the situation is bad, paying them off may be money well spent.

Did you sign anything?

I would have told her to F off, but that's just me.

Probably not much you can do about it this time but atleast he knows you're not going to just sit back and take it. I tell you, surgeons can be some of the biggest a-holes on the planet. I've found they run either hot or cold, either really cool or r...

I've also had a foley balloon that wouldn't deflate, something defective with the valve maybe. Luckily I tested it before inserting it in the patient. Also why would someone else test your balloon for you. I've never had that happen to me. It only ta...

The nurse wipes the patient's chest and legs down with alcohol and the surgeon then durapreps.

Have you ever been a circulator? We've had a number of techs go back to school to be nurses and were amazed at how difficult the job was and the things we do that few realize. They too were under the impression that we were nothing but glorified goph...

Watch a cardiac case that goes bad and tell me the patient wasn't lucky to have an RN in the room. A person who knows what to do and why it's being done.

How much time have you spent in the OR? You have a warped and incorrect belief on what OR nurses actually do. These checks are crucial after a carotid, patient doesn't leave until all four limbs are moving. Whether the PACU nurse does a post op check...

neuro and reflex checks after a carotid.

There should be an RN in every OR room. If it's not the circulator then there won't be one at all. Nursing training brings a totally different skillset and knowledge base than medical school or surg tech school. I think it's to the patient's benefit ...

After 3 months, she really should have sterile technique down to second nature. An occasional slip up, maybe, but for it to be an ongoing thing, something is wrong. Some people just can't get sterile technique. That's about as basic as it gets in the...

Is she the only person responsible for checking the patient's ID?

I'm assuming the nurse wasn't the one who ultimately realized this wasn't the correct patient? The nurse would probably be disciplined but not fired. Mainly because this was a breakdown at many levels. Things differ at different hospitals but if one ...

I don't see how it would be a problem as long as you don't scrub in. I can't envision a scenario where your blood would end up in a patient. I think the probability would be greater out on the floor.

I thought this thing was supposed to measure basic nursing knowledge. I got 8, count em 8, of the check all that apply questions. At one point I got 3 of those in a row. Bunch of nutrition questions. Obscure stuff like does this odd ball herb interac...

Take it. I moved mine up two weeks. I just got flat out sick of studying. The extra two weeks would have done me no good after seeing the test.

My first ones were in my practicum in the operating room. Perfect learning situation, the patients were out cold.