skydancer7

skydancer7 BSN, RN

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  1. VA-BC exam study guides?

    skydancer7 posted a topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    Hello all, I want to get my vascular access certification. I am looking at their website, vacert.org but not finding anything in the way of study materials. Just an outline of test content. Can any...

  2. Get to shadow a hospice nurse, advice?

    skydancer7 posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Hello! I have the opportunity to shadow a hospice nurse tomorrow. I have been a nurse for 7 years. I work at a hospital in med-surg currently, and the company has two hospice house locations. I...

  3. Where to go as a nurse if you dont want to work with patients at ALL?

    skydancer7 replied to guest1074618's topic in General Nursing

    I second the operating room circulator idea. I have been an OR nurse for 10 years. You do a brief patient interview and the rest of the time the patient is usually asleep. You do have to deal with...

  4. Eye surgery center? Possible new job

    skydancer7 posted a topic in Operating Room

    Hi all, eye surgery clinic circulating/scrubbing experiences? I have been an OR nurse for 10 years and have done some ophthalmology scattered in with other main OR cases back in the day, but this job...

  5. Eye surgery center? Possible new job

    skydancer7 replied to skydancer7's topic in Operating Room

    I know, I totally used to have the same reaction. I guess I got used to eyeballs over time ? Thanks for the Alexander's idea, I will try and find a copy

  6. New Grad Nurse in OR

    skydancer7 replied to 1m9s9s8's topic in Operating Room

    CONGRATS, so glad you will be able to transfer! Sounds like that might work out best for you. Wishing you the best! Wish I would have gotten out of the OR sooner, but it got me to where I am today,...

  7. New Grad Nurse in OR

    skydancer7 replied to 1m9s9s8's topic in Operating Room

    Hello again, I just re-read your initial post. If you have until end of June and are able to focus on just one specialty area, you might be okay! Is it the "right" specialty for you? Hard to know....

  8. New Grad Nurse in OR

    skydancer7 replied to 1m9s9s8's topic in Operating Room

    Hello! I SO feel your pain. I have been in the OR almost 10 years now, though it seems like only yesterday I was brand new and terrified. How is the culture? Are surgeons overall respectful or are...

  9. Anyone having trouble getting hired??

    skydancer7 posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

    Hello all, I am an RN with 10 years experience, been applying for 2-3 weeks now. I have had one interview, they checked references. A week later, no reply. Talked with HR at two other places, they...

  10. Anyone having trouble getting hired??

    skydancer7 replied to skydancer7's topic in Disaster Preparation

    This makes sense. My area is not covid-flooded yet; we acted early and our curve is a lot flatter than places like NY, so census is VERY low especially for surgeries, and with OR being my specialty,...

  11. Anyone having trouble getting hired??

    skydancer7 replied to skydancer7's topic in Disaster Preparation

    WOW!. What a mess. Maybe I should not have taken leave from school after all... I have until tomorrow to change my mind

  12. Anyone having trouble getting hired??

    skydancer7 replied to skydancer7's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Thank you, that's really good to know and confirms what I was thinking is happening. It's kind of ironic and too bad; when they need help the most, it's hardest to get folks on-boarded. Put me in...

  13. Crisis travel assignments for Covid-19?

    skydancer7 replied to JDougRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I am wondering the same. I haven only seen one ad for Oregon, a company I have never heard of called ALC staffing which has a one-star review on Google and no other web presence besides a shoddy...

  14. Acute COVID, What We're Seeing

    skydancer7 replied to MunoRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Thank you. Wondering how hospitals are staffing up for this. It's about to blow up in my area, I am just waiting for the ads for crisis nurses needed but haven't seen anything yet. I guess I will...

  15. Apheresis nursing, interview soon, help?

    skydancer7 posted a topic in General Specialties

    Hello, I have an interview in a week for a level 1 trauma center hospital apheresis nurse position. They do total plasma exchange, extracorporeal photopheresis, LDL pheresis, stem cell collections,...

  16. Need advise regarding uncomfortable, disrespectful situation

    skydancer7 replied to Maria Crocker's topic in Men in Nursing

    YES circulators absolutely are supposed to do their own pre-op interview and intake. It is abbreviated compared to the admission intake, but should involve introductions, name and date of birth,...

  17. Need advise regarding uncomfortable, disrespectful situation

    skydancer7 replied to Maria Crocker's topic in Men in Nursing

    He wasn't doing his job. He did not introduce himself. He did not do an appropriate pre-op interview and assessment. Sounds like he wore an outdoor jacket into an OR. Regardless of gender, this RN...

  18. Need advise regarding uncomfortable, disrespectful situation

    skydancer7 replied to Maria Crocker's topic in Men in Nursing

    Male or female, I would also have been uncomfortable with a circulator who did not establish some base level of rapport, check my wrist band, and ask me all the questions that have already been asked...

  19. New grad Nurse quits nursing

    skydancer7 replied to lilly-may's topic in General Nursing

    Life is too short to be so miserable. I completely understand. I also became severely depressed during nursing school and was making myself physically, mentally, emotionally ill trying to do the job...

  20. So Many Things Going Wrong!! PLEASE HELP ME GET A PEACE OF MIND!

    skydancer7 replied to Kiroppi's topic in General Students

    OP, I am concerned about your negative self-talk. Would you speak to a friend the way you are speaking to yourself? If you saw a colleague forget to log off, would you say "wow, you are a FAILURE and...

  21. What hours do same day surgery nurses work?

    skydancer7 replied to Alararn89's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    My same day surgery center was 10 hour shifts. HOWEVER!!!! If surgeries are running late, you could be there 3-4 hours past the end of your shift. There is no night shift to take over; you leave...

  22. Would this be considered abandonment?

    skydancer7 replied to Twinkle007's topic in General Nursing

    I would quit IMMEDIATELY, no 2 week notice. This is UNSAFE, and I usually don't recommend quitting without 2 week notice, except in situations like these where it is unsafe and you are being so...

  23. Is adding a picture of yourself too much for a resume?

    skydancer7 replied to bibay45's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Nope nope nope. Because a) not relevant to the job position, unless you are trying to get hired as a model or actor b) increases the chance of discrimination bases upon looks c) distracts from...

  24. New Grads with no patient care experience in the O.R

    skydancer7 replied to Joanni61's topic in Operating Room

    I disagree with requiring med/surg first; they are too different. I started immediately in the operating room. However, the place I started had an AORN periop 101 training program that lasted 6...

  25. Need advise from working nurses, from a student

    skydancer7 replied to BSN89's topic in General Students

    Glad you have received such wonderful support here! I have had preceptors like that and at a certain point I confronted one. I said "it seems like you are pretty upset that you are stuck precepting...