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  1. How is skin assessed prior to OR arrival ?

    mhy12784 replied to mhy12784's topic in Operating Room

    Oh we are Im just trying to figure out do other hospitals do a full (or mostly full) skin assessment for patients prior to OR arrival ? I mean I know it sounds and must feel awkward for ambulatory...

  2. How is skin assessed prior to OR arrival ?

    mhy12784 replied to mhy12784's topic in Operating Room

    One of the patients was elderly and a mess. The other was actually a middle aged adult who had a stage 2 pressure ulcer (he's been less mobile due to a recent back injury). But yes the OR staff is...

  3. Resources for the OR ?

    mhy12784 posted a topic in Operating Room

    I love this website and have used it for a while, but the majority of the threads on here are loosely are vaguely related to the operating room (how to get into the OR, whats it like, etc). Im...

  4. From RN to private industry ? (wanting more $$$)

    mhy12784 posted a topic in Nursing Career

    I genuinely enjoy what I do, and think I do a good job at it. However there are things I want from life that I quite simply wont be able to afford doing what I do and how I do it, and I am young...

  5. Question for OR nurses with hand eczema

    mhy12784 replied to Wonders's topic in Operating Room

    I mean you could always work somewhere where the OR nurses dont scrub (or not scrubbing is an option) Then you simply could be a circulator nurse, which is what many OR nurses are anyway. And as a...

  6. Getting a new Da Vinci XI robot, any advice ?

    mhy12784 posted a topic in Operating Room

    So the OR I work in has just purchased a Da Vinci XI robot (the new one) Any advice or anything you wish you knew/did before you implemented having it in your OR ? Also what does your OR do as far as...

  7. Getting a new Da Vinci XI robot, any advice ?

    mhy12784 replied to mhy12784's topic in Operating Room

    Any advice in regards to scope safety? Because I can certainly see that being an issue Maybe padded/fitted scope trays that you can put on the field or something to that

  8. Put in charge of surgical services aids, need advice

    mhy12784 posted a topic in Operating Room

    I recently had a chance to talk with the director of my operating room, and I was asked if I had any concerns. I pointed out the performance of surgical services aids was extremely poor (by surgical...

  9. Getting a new Da Vinci XI robot, any advice ?

    mhy12784 replied to mhy12784's topic in Operating Room

    Just one robot so the confusion is a non issue. And we ordered a robotic bed, but have not gotten it yet. I cant believe how terrible the functionality is for the robot when it comes to pictures...

  10. Advice on laparscopic towers?

    mhy12784 posted a topic in Operating Room

    So the OR I work in is trialing laparscopic towers from all the major companies. The technology were using now is ancient (the connections are the old rgb from like Super Nintendo) I'm involved in...

  11. Advice on laparscopic towers?

    mhy12784 replied to mhy12784's topic in Operating Room

    Ah yeah our old ones have that, and I imagine any new ones will as well Its crazy how few resources there are for this kind of stuff (or if there are, how hard they are to find) I wouldnt even know...

  12. Advice on laparscopic towers?

    mhy12784 replied to mhy12784's topic in Operating Room

    I have I probably do more laparscopic cases than anybody (as its pretty much all I do) and the surgeons fill out the forms as well. Unfortunately the surgeons also just check off all 5s (as they...

  13. How do people fail the NCLEX ?

    mhy12784 posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    First off I want to mention that I have not yet taken the NCLEX, nor am I saying its easy or insulting those who have failed it. However I wanted to make a thread focusing on what exactly goes wrong,...

  14. Circulator nurse doesn't leave the room ? How would this work?

    mhy12784 posted a topic in Operating Room

    I was reading a journal article today that talked about circulating nurses not leaving the OR room leading to better care and a more effective surgical process. How would this even work ? Do hospitals...

  15. Stuck at the bedside forever?

    mhy12784 replied to Tbutbu's topic in Government, Military

    As someone who has worked in the OR I literally work with CRNAs all day long everyday. I would strongly strongly encourage you to go down that path (or at least further investigate it) Youre already...

  16. Peri-Op 101 Panel Interview

    mhy12784 replied to RedChair's topic in Operating Room

    I dont know anything about the facility but I know that willingness/interest in taking call was something that my facility looked for when I interviewed for the OR Speaking up/advocating for the...

  17. Patient transfer devices?

    mhy12784 replied to arack05's topic in Operating Room

    Thats probably the hardest thing for me with finding something for our OR The floors on our hospital all have hoyer lifts (a variety of kinds apparently) and all kinds of fancy patient movement...

  18. Pre-op screening ....

    mhy12784 replied to mdcp's topic in Operating Room

    There really should be a checklist or "script" for you to follow. If there isnt, your facility should fix that

  19. Be sure to know your call schedule!

    mhy12784 replied to Rose_Queen's topic in Operating Room

    Not that I intend on trying it (or even drink that much) but just how much is the limit for something like this ? Is the limit different if youre on call vs scheduled for work regularly ? IE im just...

  20. Room Turnover -- How to get faster?

    mhy12784 replied to hereinlc's topic in Operating Room

    Get a routine and do things the same way, everytime. Figure out what things are "essential" and which can wait. For example if the surgeon uses his local at the end of case, you dont need it at the...

  21. If you could make a change in your OR, what would you do?

    mhy12784 posted a topic in Operating Room

    So this kind of is for school in a way so I'm throwing that out there. I actually have to come up with a project research it, plan it, budget it, and if I'm lucky implement it one day. And I can...

  22. How much betadine to prep with?

    mhy12784 posted a topic in Operating Room

    This is something I've been playing around with for a while. I have notoriously been a sloppy messy prep-er. Recently I've been working on cleaning it up. The kits we use come with two application...

  23. If you could make a change in your OR, what would you do?

    mhy12784 replied to mhy12784's topic in Operating Room

    Lol a lean six sigma project was one of the idea I had in mind My hospital has very very little experience with that stuff, and I always found it interesting and figured this would he a good way to...

  24. Working OT helped me to pay....

    mhy12784 replied to BSNbeauty's topic in General Nursing

    I max out my retirement accounts to begin with, so OT allows me to pay off gradschool in

  25. How much betadine to prep with?

    mhy12784 replied to mhy12784's topic in Operating Room

    My hospital uses like 90% betadine A lot of the surgeons don't want chloraprep. There's a few who exclusively use it, but not many. Presumably I think a lot of this is old timers don't want to...