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  1. Bone cement while pregnant

    sop832 replied to jen029's topic in Operating Room

    Make sure that your OR is using a scavenger system. If they don't, you have every right to ask not to do those cases. I don't know any data about it, but anything that smells like that can't be good...

  2. Improving Patient Experience

    sop832 replied to scrubulator's topic in Operating Room

    If the surgery is going to take over about an hour, I tell the pt that I will call the family and let them know how they are doing. If maybe things aren't going so well, I will use my judgement as to...

  3. ER to OR: the journey...

    sop832 replied to KC2311's topic in Operating Room

    What is aesthetic nursing? Are you talking about in the OR, like reconstructive surgery, or pure cosmetic

  4. Going "Above and Beyond" UGH

    sop832 replied to SubSippi's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This campaign is what I call "happy horses###t" My hospital system spends a lot of money on publicity campaigns, one of which has a surgery patient saying "The service was excellent". That makes my...

  5. Reps in the OR

    sop832 replied to ORRN4evr's topic in Operating Room

    Our sales reps are supposed to wear the half grreen half blue scrubs so they can be easily ID'd, but thet won't if no one challenges them. BTW, most of them annoy me to no end.They think that they...

  6. Vial Openers?

    sop832 replied to mhy12784's topic in Operating Room

    No it's not.It has a divot in the working end that fits the vial top, then you use it like a wrench to pry off the top of the vial. Thank goodness my hospital hasn't banned these- I use it everyday. I...

  7. Mispronunciations That Drive You Nuts

    sop832 replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Pee cans are what you take

  8. Mispronunciations That Drive You Nuts

    sop832 replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Oops, forgot "acetableum" for acetabulum [from an orthopedic salesman in the

  9. Mispronunciations That Drive You Nuts

    sop832 replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    "Firebirds" of the uterus- from a patient having a hysterectomy. "Allergy to sulfur [i guess they meant sulfa] gives them "whelps" [welts?] [or causes puppies?] This was on a preop chart from a...

  10. Items a new nurse needs 1st day of work!!!

    sop832 replied to Kellz321's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Someone mentioned stockings as maybe optional. Take it from an almost 60 yr old woman- WEAR SUPPORT STOCKINGS!! I quit wearing them a long tome ago, and BOY do I regret it! I have the varicose veins...

  11. ICU to OR

    sop832 replied to Izzygirl's topic in Operating Room

    After you have worked in the OR for a year or so, to get your feet on the ground, start asking surgeons that you enjoy working with if they would ever consider an NP or RNFA to help them in clinic and...

  12. ICU to OR

    sop832 replied to Izzygirl's topic in Operating Room

    BelleMorte, You should get CNOR if you want to stay in the OR, and look into RNFA. You can do an NP- there are surgery groups that have NP's who see pt's in the office, then scrub in the OR to assist....

  13. ICU to OR

    sop832 replied to Izzygirl's topic in Operating Room

    BelleMorte, I dare say that 3/4 or more of my colleagues have a BSN, but I do not, I am a diploma nurse. There is a huge push, especially in my magnet hospital, for entry level BSN for any job. Most...

  14. ICU to OR

    sop832 replied to Izzygirl's topic in Operating Room

    I had 3 yrs floor/ICU experience before I went to OR. I was a terrible floor nurse, I was very disorganized. I never wanted to hurt anyone by making them turn cough and deep breathe, or getting them...

  15. Noro-virus Blues

    sop832 replied to jadelpn's topic in Nursing Humor

    I got the norovirus when my mother's NH gave it to me. I woke up @ 2AMon Tuesday feeling kind of "funny"- that's the last time I thought ANYTHING was funny for a week! My DH finally convinced me to...

  16. Sterilize hair

    sop832 replied to cruisin_woodward's topic in Operating Room

    Our surgeons are intolerant of ANY delays getting into the room [most of them have 2 rooms]. Therefore, we are very often opening trays as the pt is coming into the room. However bad the noise and...

  17. things said wrong that drive you crazy

    sop832 replied to SDALPN's topic in Private Duty

    I want to scream at the poor unsuspecting person who says "bidness" to

  18. OR nurses treating surgeons as gods

    sop832 replied to jennyblue's topic in Operating Room

    I've been in the OR 30 yrs, and when I first started, there was a lot of shouting and throwing of instruments. The, the next 10-15 years, the surgeons got reprimanded and faced loss of surgical...

  19. Sandwhich hand draping?

    sop832 replied to hotdog19d's topic in Operating Room

    I don't know what that means. Please explain a little further- do you mean to drape a hand for

  20. Pearsonvue Trick - Does it Work Every Time? Part 3

    sop832 replied to Silverdragon102's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    It's hard to wait 48 hrs? Try 6 weeks! That's how long my classmates and I !(1976) waited for our

  21. RN-CRNA?

    sop832 replied to mzkede's topic in Operating Room

    [Wiping tears of hysterical laughter from my eyes] A good job w/o a lot of stress?????? Someone is pulling your leg!!!!!! It can't be that bad????????? Ohhhhhh- thanks for the great laugh. You should...

  22. When surgical tools get left behind

    sop832 replied to lockheart678's topic in Operating Room

    If I had a nickel for every time I have heard "Well, it's not in here" when I tell a surgeon that we are looking for a lap, raytex, needle or instrument, i would be driving a better

  23. New OR Nurse and feeling overwhelmed...

    sop832 replied to astrn's topic in Operating Room

    This type of behavior is why the saying is that "nurses eat their young." It INFURIATES me that this is seen as a normal part of the OR culture. You shouldn't need a thick skin to come to work each...

  24. i would like to tell a surgeon to **** off!

    sop832 replied to nar-es's topic in Operating Room

    I may not have been clear above. In the 3rd sentence, he/she refers to the scrub nurse, not the surgeon.

  25. i would like to tell a surgeon to **** off!

    sop832 replied to nar-es's topic in Operating Room

    I wish that your co-workers would help. If your scrub does a lot of his cases, why doesn't he/she help you by letting you know what to have available? And if he is making fun of you, why dosen't he/...