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  1. formalin in the Operating Room

    kristen38 replied to cwazycwissyRN's topic in Operating Room

    We used to for TA, but the container dropped one day and now we don't keep formalin in the room in large quantities. We do keep the small specimen collection containers that are pre-filled with it. We...

  2. Bovid smoke and plume

    kristen38 replied to Adirondacknurse's topic in Operating Room

    Sorry for a lot of the typos, I was using my ipod and did cut and paste.

  3. Bovid smoke and plume

    kristen38 replied to Adirondacknurse's topic in Operating Room

    I know it's a little long but it is a study about plume smoke Smoke from tissue burning tools like lasers can be toxic to surgical team By: The Canadian Press March 18, 2009 TORONTO—The surgeon...

  4. Psych to OR

    kristen38 replied to trixiern9's topic in Operating Room

    Hi, I was a psych nurse for four years and moved to the OR this past January. I had to take a course before I could apply so that helped me with the review of med-surg and IV, and other skills that I...

  5. Looking for my favorite scrub hat...know of any sellers?

    kristen38 replied to Mr. & Mrs. RN's topic in Operating Room

    From ebay, http://stores.ebay.ca/michellemariesaccessories The person who makes them has many different styles and will customize them. I asked for a few alterations and she accomodated them and...

  6. Sore Shoulders

    kristen38 posted a topic in Operating Room

    Hi All, I have been in the OR for five weeks now and I am really enjoying it. One thing that I have been having problems with is when I am scrubbed I find that my shoulders hurt a lot. Does anyone...

  7. Sore Shoulders

    kristen38 replied to kristen38's topic in Operating Room

    I am not wearing lead. I still have to do orientation in Ortho, Vascular, Neuro and the other services that use lead a lot. I am going to try to build up some strenght in my shoulders (I am a member...

  8. Opinion on Humber College RN program

    kristen38 replied to KateWindsor's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    Hi, Congratulations. Humber/UNB has the best program everI graduated from the Humber/UNB RN program in 2007 and I thought it was great. I got the placement that I wanted and (I'm not sure about other...

  9. What do you do in the nursing station in your down time?

    kristen38 replied to kiwipsychnurse's topic in Psychiatric

    I work on a busy acute care psychiatric unit, and I am often busy, nights can be busy as well. However, I find that I still have lots of downtime and during that time I like to play on my ipod touch....

  10. OR gowns

    kristen38 posted a topic in Operating Room

    I am new to the OR and the hospital that I am at gives the scrub nurse the option of wearing paper or cloth gowns. I have been using the cloth gowns and find that I get really warm while scrubed. I...

  11. CRNE prep guide

    kristen38 replied to liton's topic in Canada CRNE, CPNRE Exams

    I found that when studying patho, and treatments for illness that the NCLEX book was laid out better then Mosby and easier for me to use. It's all the same stuff regardless of where you live. I made...

  12. CRNE prep guide

    kristen38 replied to liton's topic in Canada CRNE, CPNRE Exams

    I did the CRNE last June and found that the Mosby book was terrible. I only used it for the parts that were specifically Canadian, and the long tests at the end of the chapters. Otherwise I used the...

  13. Am I selling myself short???

    kristen38 replied to edisonnurse's topic in Psychiatric

    I also just graduated and passed the CRNE (Canadian version of NCLEX) and thought about doing something other than psych, espcially after doing my consolidation on a psych unit. In the first month I...

  14. How do you inventory pt valuables?

    kristen38 replied to Piper12's topic in Psychiatric

    On my unit each patient has a locker in their room that is locked with a pad lock. When the patient arrives in the unit (most often already in hopsital PJ's) all of there stuff goes into the locker....

  15. Scrubs or street clothes

    kristen38 replied to Boston64's topic in Psychiatric

    I work on an acute unit, and we were street clothes. During the week it is business wear, but fortunatly on weekends and nights we can wear jeans and sweatshirts. It's so nice to just wake up and...

  16. How was CRNE in JUNE / 6?

    kristen38 replied to WYZQ07's topic in International Nursing

    I got a message from my friend who says got a msg. I called the CNO and we should get our results back within the week because the scrapped all the SA questions (because they were compromised). I...

  17. How was CRNE in JUNE / 6?

    kristen38 replied to WYZQ07's topic in International Nursing

    WHO" World Health Organization. There was a short answer question regarding WHO. I did not write the short answers in capital letters. I did make sure that I printed and that I was neat. I did a lot...

  18. How was CRNE in JUNE / 6?

    kristen38 replied to WYZQ07's topic in International Nursing

    I found that there were times when I thought that I was doing well and then other times I felt it was awful. I studied a lot for it. I guess if I look over some information from WHO then maybe I...

  19. Psych Nurse ="not a REAL nurse"?

    kristen38 replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    I am going to be graduating soon and I love psych nursing and I can't wait to start working in a psych unit. I like surgery, but I know what my passion is and I just love it. I even worked the summer...

  20. Becoming a MH nurse

    kristen38 posted a topic in Psychiatric

    Hi All, I will graduating a year from now, and we have been asked to pick a hospital where we would like to our pre-grad. I love MH nursing (I am even working as an Extern in a MH unit for the summer...

  21. Feasibility of non-smoking policy in psychiatric hospitals?

    kristen38 replied to psych nurse's topic in Psychiatric

    The hospital that I am at has a no smoking policy for the whole property. Before my psych. unit applied this policy they had signs up and informed the pt. of it months ahead of time. When it came time...

  22. Ontario Gov. Promises New Grads full-time jobs

    kristen38 posted a topic in International Nursing

    Ont. promises full-time jobs for all nurse grads CTV.ca News Staff Ontario students graduating from nursing school will be guaranteed a full-time job in the province starting next year, Health...

  23. Personal question: had anyone here had.....

    kristen38 replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    I had the surgery done in May '03, and like the others said it was the best decision I have ever made. I was off from work for six weeks (but I had complications, I had planned on five weeks). As for...

  24. pants ok for women on interview?

    kristen38 replied to NoCrumping's topic in Nursing Career

    I think that a nice pants suit would be fine. Before I went back to school I wore a pant suit to the interview at my old job and I got the job.

  25. Asked to speak to new nursing students...

    kristen38 replied to Larry77's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Time management, I am still a student, but I know that when I start working in a year it's going to be very difficult to adjust from a few pt. to however many I may get. One teacher I had was very...