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  1. Rue Education or Excelsior Collage

    inspir8tion replied to turneysheart's topic in General Nursing

    Check here: https://allnurses.com/forums/search.php?searchid=2753316 Good

  2. Positioning for hand & elbow procedures

    inspir8tion replied to neveragain123's topic in Operating Room

    There is a good article on medscape called "Preparation of the Operating Room: Introduction" - it isn't specific to hand/elbow, but may be helpful otherwise. http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/535622...

  3. Questions for potential employers

    inspir8tion replied to MCHnurse's topic in Operating Room

    The most important question to me would be do you require a circulator to be an RN. I believe there are only 5 states that require it by law. And also would you be required to circulate more than...

  4. Consents or Con - sense?

    inspir8tion posted a topic in Operating Room

    hi, i am a new nurse in an operating room program and have some question about consents. does your hospital require that every line be filled in before you can bring the patient into the or from...

  5. Consents or Con - sense?

    inspir8tion replied to inspir8tion's topic in Operating Room

    Thanks for all your

  6. how long can you be out of OR nursing and then come back

    inspir8tion replied to ajaxgirl's topic in Operating Room

    I don't think you'll have a problem. We have an RN who did the same thing. I think she was gone for 5

  7. Consents or Con - sense?

    inspir8tion replied to inspir8tion's topic in Operating Room

    You're right, the inconsistancy is what is the problem. I will bring it to management's attention and see what happens, but I don't have high

  8. Consents or Con - sense?

    inspir8tion replied to inspir8tion's topic in Operating Room

    Thanks. How would you handle most of the other nurses not enforcing having a complete consent before rolling into the

  9. Betacept for hyperthyroid patients

    inspir8tion posted a topic in Operating Room

    hi, i am a new rn going through an or training program and have some questions. can you tell me what kind of skin prep you use for your hyperthyroid patients? we were taught to use betacept,...

  10. or circulators

    inspir8tion replied to ORners's topic in Operating Room

    They use one circulator per case in my hospital. However, many times other circulartors/ managers/ surgeons will help at the beginning of an emergency case until the surgery is

  11. New Grad opens a can of "whup "

    inspir8tion replied to ortess1971's topic in Operating Room

    Thanks!

  12. New Grad opens a can of "whup "

    inspir8tion replied to ortess1971's topic in Operating Room

    Yeah! You are a great example! I work in a teaching hospital and am in my OR program and we are just learning to prep patients. I was prepping an abdomen the other day and had yet another RN...

  13. 10 top things!

    inspir8tion replied to turtles's topic in Operating Room

    You're right. It is the closest thing to actually being in it and will give you a very good idea if this is really what you

  14. 10 top things!

    inspir8tion replied to turtles's topic in Operating Room

    I suggest doing a student nurse internship in the operating room. While you are there, begin to learn the over 700 instruments, the machines, the layout, the politics,

  15. where do IV's get started?

    inspir8tion replied to ajaxgirl's topic in Operating Room

    Anesthesia starts new IVs in the OR. Sometimes pts come up already with IVs from the

  16. AORN perioperative nursing classes

    inspir8tion replied to pjsleepy's topic in Operating Room

    I am in a 9 month perioperative program that is hospital based. It is a 40 hour a week job and I get paid as an RN while I am going through it. It is an awesome

  17. How long are orientations in your hospital?

    inspir8tion replied to RNOTODAY's topic in Operating Room

    My OR program is 9 months. The first 7 weeks have been split between classroom lecture and exposure to the ORs shadowing scrubs and circulators. It is a level 1 trauma hospital. To do open heart,...

  18. Undercover Learning

    inspir8tion replied to walktheline's topic in Operating Room

    My school has an OR rotation. Also, I was a student nurse intern in the OR for 10 months. I graduated in May, passed the boards in July, worked med/surg for two months and am currently in an OR...

  19. "Med-Surg first"..need advice from a student RN

    inspir8tion replied to StakRN's topic in Operating Room

    I thought it applied to your

  20. "Med-Surg first"..need advice from a student RN

    inspir8tion replied to StakRN's topic in Operating Room

    Just read this post by happylush who has just finished the first week of OR orientation. In part, it says, "It feels like I may as well have not even gone to nursing school or worked on the floor for...

  21. First week of orientation finished... feeling overwhelmed!

    inspir8tion replied to happylush's topic in Operating Room

    Hi, I also just finished the first week of my program. I feel fortunate that I was a student nurse intern in the OR for 10 months before becomming an RN and getting into the program. I, at least,...

  22. "Med-Surg first"..need advice from a student RN

    inspir8tion replied to StakRN's topic in Operating Room

    Hi: I am a new RN, graduated in May, passed the NCLEX in July. Worked on a med/surg floor for 2 months and just started my OR program. I believe working med/surg gave me confidence that I could...

  23. How about a thread for baby names you liked?

    inspir8tion replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Girls: Miranda, Lindsay, Sophia, Gabrielle Boys: Paul, Kurt,

  24. Just venting

    inspir8tion replied to IsseyM's topic in Operating Room

    I was a student nurse intern in the OR for 10 months. And at the beginning, I did the same thing, nod, smile and say hello. And the same thing happened to me. I introduced myself to one woman in the...

  25. new grad travel nurse??

    inspir8tion replied to 777RNThatsMe's topic in Travel

    Hi. I am a new grad working in a teaching hospital in California and my preceptorship is pretty much the same as yours was. It is getting better, but the first two weeks were sheer hell. I want to...