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  1. Sponges And That String?

    carcha posted a topic in Operating Room

    Can anyone tell me does any facility now get sponges without the string?. I know we used to put an artery forcep on them when they were put in the abdomen but nowadays I find most places dont do this...

  2. Verbal abuse in the OR

    carcha replied to JaneRNBSN's topic in Operating Room

    Yeah I've had enough too, enough of the egos, lack of communication, expectations that OR nurses can be used in any part of a hospital, yet no other nurses are expected to come to the OR and scrub. I...

  3. age of an OR nurse?

    carcha replied to Lammy's topic in Operating Room

    Unlike most of my OR colleagues here I would caution you to think carefully. Having been in the OR for 25 years now I am at a point of giving it up. I dont think the job has changed at all, not a bit...

  4. How often are you called in during on call?

    carcha replied to Kate0140's topic in Operating Room

    Rarely get home, so dont need to come back in, am there

  5. prison guards in the OR

    carcha replied to angel03's topic in Operating Room

    Yeah, same as Shodobe here. The guard stays until the patient is asleep. Handcuffs , leg irons off, guard leaves, stays at desk. Patient extubated, guard back at side leg irons on, depending on...

  6. bar coded sponge counting

    carcha replied to klb75's topic in Operating Room

    Yeah I saw this one too. My feelings are mixed as I believe if your going to bar code sponges why not other items?. I know a sponge is more likely to be lost then an instrument say, however, I feel in...

  7. OR nurses & students

    carcha replied to RNin2007's topic in Operating Room

    RNin2007, what an awful experience for you. May I ask why dident you go to your tutor and complain, I feel you would have been entitled to. Personally I adore having students as they keep me on my...

  8. Advice For Nurse New To The Or

    carcha replied to gehr14's topic in Operating Room

    I have a lot of friends who wear TEDS, however I went to an orthopod some years ago and had inserts made for my shoes which have really made a huge difference to me. I can wear the cheapest runners...

  9. call pay

    carcha replied to callbabe's topic in Operating Room

    In London there are public, private hospitals, clinics, ect. You have to shop around for the best deal, just as you would do for anything else in life really I guess. Just because the internet tells...

  10. call pay

    carcha replied to callbabe's topic in Operating Room

    I cannot believe you all work so hard for so little money. Do you all belong to unions? You should get together and demand your worth. For holding the pager I expect $30 an hour. For working an hour...

  11. A question for OR nurses

    carcha replied to JJFROG's topic in Operating Room

    Yeah, like most of the other postings we do the check x-ray in the unit. Our guys feel that as we hook the line up to the monitor immediately they can tell by the reading where the line is. However...

  12. criminal record check

    carcha posted a topic in International Nursing

    [color=sandybrown] my friend james recently passed his canadian exam. we both work in london, u.k. james has gotten his registration form but its asking for a criminal record check. if he waits until...

  13. criminal record check

    carcha replied to carcha's topic in International Nursing

    Passing this all on to James, thanks

  14. Words of advice please :)

    carcha replied to vivalasvegas's topic in Operating Room

    Well heres my own contribution to this posting for what its worth. I have found that the new grads who spend 12 months gaining management on the units before coming to the OR are far far better then...

  15. criminal record check

    carcha replied to carcha's topic in International Nursing

    Thank you both of you, I passed the info onto James and he's quite worried as he had hoped to go to ottowa soon. He dosent think he can start the whole thing in London but what can he do. And why do...

  16. Are Techs And RN's equal in managements eyes?

    carcha replied to Indigomune's topic in Operating Room

    I guess I am biased on the topic or RN's and techs but this is a classical example of someone not trained to do a job being allowed to go outside their expertise and now wanting the same pay and...

  17. Instrument Counts

    carcha replied to mcmike55's topic in Operating Room

    Your idea for setting up your counts again sounds great. I'm sure you'll iron out any wrinkles. I couldent agree with you about the extended time counting. May I ask what does your scrub do while the...

  18. Can you keep up with fast pace?

    carcha replied to Pam RN's topic in Operating Room

    After many years in the OR I have decided that nurses are their own worst enemy. We rush between cases, run down corridors, do two tasks at once, miss meal breaks, so on and so forth. Lets face it we...

  19. help! Are surgical techs and RNs the same??

    carcha replied to BernadetteRNBSN's topic in Operating Room

    My only advise and this is following experience in North America is to get both your job discriptions and compare them. Then if any tech disrespects you or your role you should take the discription...

  20. Have OR Experience - But No Job!

    carcha replied to Surgicell's topic in Operating Room

    Hi Sara, congrats on your RN. I dont know if this is any help but some years ago I lived in North America and like you presented my C. V. to several hospitals with little results. Then a friend...

  21. Reprocessing?!???

    carcha replied to ortess1971's topic in Operating Room

    In the OR I work in all the nurses here, and we have only RN's working throughout the OR have been told that if they knowingly reuse a one off item then they and not the hospital will take full...

  22. Student observers in the O.R...

    carcha replied to ShirleyM's topic in Operating Room

    We had this situation in one of the OR's I worked in some years ago and the student was asked to leave. I was happy with that decision. I personally do not agree with non professionals being part of...

  23. Will circulators be RNs in the future?

    carcha replied to opus's topic in Operating Room

    We dont even operate without 4 RN's in the room. For us here in my workplace only RNs care for the patients throughout their perioperative experience. The only non nursing staff who touch a patient...

  24. I don't want to eat the young!!! Advice, please!!!

    carcha replied to abbi77's topic in Operating Room

    yeah, sticky one this. I guess my only suggestion is to start all over again with her and see how she does. My guess is that as a very junior nurse she feels the pressure from all around her to...

  25. length of time to exam results?

    carcha posted a topic in International Nursing

    One of my colleagues here in London is going to Canada next week for the exam. He asked me to ask you all how long will it be until he gets his results. He expects about December. Is that correct?....