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  1. Any new grads start in OR?

    Libmi, I am appalled at what you wrote. What give u the right to decide your failure to get into an OR has anything to do with people like me who have worked in the OR for years. Usually when a nurse...
  2. how to improve morale???????

    Interesting question,never thought about it a lot. I guess where we work if we're feeling down and the stress is getting to us we organize a trip away for the weekend with families and really have a...
  3. Why not come to Britain?. Register with the N.M.C., apply for a job, you'll have no problem at all wherever you apply, plus a lot of hospitals give out accomodation, then do the course with the...
  4. Interview questions?

    When I had my interview I had to do a 10 minute presentation, that was fine. A lot of the quesitons had to do with why I felt the course would benefit me, how the other students would percieve me, how...
  5. hello

    I wonder if the new training, and I'm speaking of here in Britain where the student only spends a few weeks observing in the OR has a lot do do with the current OR shortage. In my day, many years ago...
  6. Questions from the patient

    Actually Zacs, if you've ever seen one of these LMA's you'll understand why you have a sore throat, their
  7. Nursing shortage

    Nellie, as I sit overlooking a busy London street, listening to the car horns and hoping my car isent towed away (again), Colorado sounds sooooooooooooo fantastic, can I come and work for
  8. Any new grads start in OR?

    I really envy u Eric, I want to do that course, it sounds great. I loved my peri-operative course and dident want it to finish. Its great that your going to be one of the numbers and I feel any new...
  9. STAPLED drape to patient?!?!

    yeah, we used to have that, but rarely now. Now I've only seen it done if the surgeon feels the sticky drape may "crinkle" up, in areas such as the shoulder, neck, ect. However as I said its rare....
  10. What do ya think? New drop down menu?

    I guess I'm in the minority here Brian, I HATE IT. Why do we constantly have these changes going on. I loved the old format, it was unique to "ALLNURSES". This new format is bland, bland and bland....
  11. I need an answer please

    I feel good about posting on this site for the first time in ages Angie. Good
  12. This discussion is pointless and this contribution is my last. While the RNs on this thread have focused on the professional aspect of the role of the RN compared to the task allocated to the st or...
  13. I need an answer please

    Scary one this. I agree with a few posters, we too have criteria before we discharge post op patients. The exceptions being head injuries, young children , mentally challanged patients ect. However...
  14. Ok RN2BE, lets go around again . This post regarding OR RNs and CST, and STs is an old topic which rears its ugly head all the time and to be honest I love it because what I was unable to say in a...
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  16. Same old, same old, we have this question every week about the role of the tech vs the role of the rn. I'm surprised people are not hostile towards the whole thing. Just a few observations here from...
  17. Accident Scenes: Do You Always Offer Assistance?

    Our hospital has covered us in the event that we come across an accident to not do mouth to mouth. This is following the death of a nurse who contracted meningitis and died. Would I help out?. Like...
  18. Nurse Charged with killing patients

    I am so angry at this woman bringing the greatest profession in the world to shame like this. I must however confess that many times when a nurse is inappropriate in her/his actions or behaviour it is...
  19. flop the mop

    we use the machine at the end of the list, or after MRSA, ect. However we keep a fresh supply of mop heads in the back and use a fresh head for cases in between if required. Usually we go through...
  20. Shared Eye Drops between patients

    We always open a fresh container for each patient, label it and send it back with the
  21. I have to be bathed by my classmate???

    I really feel uncomfortable with this one. Although on the surface it appears harmless I would like to know what research your tutors have come up with to support this practice. Do you really need to...
  22. Doctor Smokes In Operating Room, Fined

    Hey Meridith, "EVERYONE SMOKES THERE". I hope your joking. I work in a hospital which has no smoking facilities at all for staff or patients. If I light up anywhere within the hospital or grounds I am...
  23. Should Surgical Technicians Circulate

    Whichever way the last few postings put it the face remains that a person trained to do practical work ie scrub and hand over instruments does not have the necessary qualifications to also lead a team...
  24. working overseas

    Helenmac, I work as an RN is London so understand Part 1 and Part 2. You can get jobs in Saudi, Holland and Canada. To work in Canada you will have to write to the boards of the province you want to...
  25. Re Registration In France

    Theres an english hospital in the centre of paris that offers accomodation and will get you french classes ect. I cant remember the name of it but a friend went for an interview there a few years ago....