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  1. patient compliance?

    carcha replied to theocratic in nature's topic in International Nursing

    I feel everything everyone says is correct, the "old days" patient reflected a more complient society. However, I will say I believe the modern patient has a better understanding of the risks...

  2. length of time to exam results?

    carcha replied to carcha's topic in International Nursing

    hi Higgy, well James wrote to the ontario board of nurses in late early summer and it took about 10 weeks for all the paperwork to go through. He had to get a lot of transcripts through from UK to...

  3. Policy for ICU patients going to surgery, are they put in holding area?

    carcha replied to thlnc's topic in Operating Room

    Same here in London, patients are brought to the OR by the anaesthetist and an ICU nurse. There in no stopping along the

  4. length of time to exam results?

    carcha replied to carcha's topic in International Nursing

    Thanks, OVG, I passed that on to him and he said

  5. title of job, for canadian nurses only

    carcha posted a topic in Operating Room

    I hope a Canadian nurse can help me. One of my friends here in London is moving to Canada. Her boyfriend wants to work in the sterilising dept. of the OR. He dosent know the title of the job in Canada...

  6. title of job, for canadian nurses only

    carcha replied to carcha's topic in Operating Room

    Thanks Suzanne, I have told him to apply for a job in the "Sterile Processing Area". Thanks

  7. Circulating RN ethical question

    carcha replied to Hoozdo's topic in Operating Room

    There is presently a case here in the UK of a surgeon with the same condition under investigation for not disclosing his condition. I think it is not worth the risk to patients for you to work in the...

  8. Documenting post LMA removal

    carcha replied to ckalston's topic in Operating Room

    I must say whenever I am looking after a patient after hours I will write the time the patient has his airway support withdrawn. I feel its important in the event theres a post op problem to know at...

  9. Setting up A-lines in advance

    carcha replied to Bwick's topic in Operating Room

    Yeah, some people I work with do the same, set the lines up in advance. I personally never do, its a waste of time and as someone already said only takes a few minutes. I know our lines a discarded...

  10. OR nurses

    carcha replied to sharann's topic in Operating Room

    Sharann, difficult one to answer as it is not at all an "easy mistake to make" incident. I think one would have to be aware of the full circumstances under which such a mistake could happen and how...

  11. Any UK operating department practitioners?

    carcha replied to asolomio's topic in Operating Room

    Asolomio, just a word of advise. I work in London and have worked with ODP's in the past. While the skill is great in London and a few other places , unlike nursing it is not a portable qualification....

  12. All I know (LONG)

    carcha replied to grimmy's topic in Operating Room

    Been there done that and it stinks. I have found no satisfaction in it and learned nothing at all. Its an awful situation to be in but I put the blame if I can use that word on your team leader. To...

  13. Paging OR team

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

    Very interesting post and something I have never really thought about. I do know a lot of nurses who dont like the surgical team to hang around between cases while they sort the room out so dont mind...

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

    carcha replied to wayover20's topic in Operating Room

    What worries me wayover20 is that this director has warned you about specific problems and what sounds like quite serious problems. Poor working relations between nurses and surgeons and remember in...

  15. physician abuse in PACU

    carcha replied to lulu220's topic in PACU

    lulu220, you poor thing how awful for you. However heres a few thoughts. I would bet that this idiot has had a similar problem before. Can you go see a lawyer and put your case to him and see what the...

  16. Cleaning OR between patients

    carcha replied to nubes's topic in Operating Room

    I can see where the original poster is coming from, in London we dont have techs or LVN's to clean up the OR's or get the packs. I work in an RN only dept , no unlicensed personnel care for patients,...

  17. Wrong site surgery

    carcha replied to tj7565's topic in Operating Room

    This post is amazing, in 20 years I have had problems with wrong side consent forms which we have caught in the pt assessment phase of the OR reception but never never never have we actually operated...

  18. A little distressed, accused of stealing....

    carcha replied to gwlillith's topic in General Nursing

    Elizzy, how do u think the permanent staff would have felt if they had been asked and you hadent. As long as everyone had been asked then that was the fairest way, dont even think about it. I think...

  19. LPN in charge of OR??

    carcha replied to kajama's topic in Operating Room

    Well all of you out there who know me know my feelings on this subject. Bad news, real bad news. However let the original posting speak for itself on how this LPN is doing as a manager. For all of you...

  20. Case Scheduling

    carcha replied to shodobe's topic in Operating Room

    I truly dident realise that this problem was so common!!!!. I once worked in a facility in the U.k. where this situation was so out of hand it was not funny. Almost every day of the week we were asked...

  21. Discipline and trust

    carcha replied to Julie5173's topic in Operating Room

    I found myself in this very situation about 6 years ago. I had a couple of people refuse to do their job. I went to personnel and obtained a job discription for their designation and showed it to...

  22. Sick leave and on call

    carcha replied to dolphinRN's topic in Operating Room

    I have worked in one hospital where if you called in sick during a week day call you werent allowed to do call on the weekend when you got max. pay and that was a good idea. My concern about the...

  23. Sick leave and on call

    carcha replied to dolphinRN's topic in Operating Room

    I'm a bit confused here Dolphin, are you saying the manager is putting people down as being on call even though their off sick?. If so who is their back

  24. Looking for honest opinions

    carcha replied to Limik's topic in Operating Room

    Limik, I know here you would not be allowed in the OR . You work for this doctor and not the hospital therefore the hospital would have to get permission from their insurance people to allow you to...

  25. Malignant Hyperthermia

    carcha replied to sockov's topic in MICU, SICU

    Yeah the first MH I witnessed was back in 1981, before Dantrolene. The patient a 52 year old male died. I remember running to pack bags of ice around him, and filling gloves with ice to put in his...