affurman BSN, RN

affurman has 10 years experience as a BSN, RN and specializes in Operating Room, CNOR.

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1. Is seeing a pt in Preop really a must for OR nurses??

   affurman replied to Guest 1170770's topic in Operating Room

   If my director, who hopefully is/was an OR nurse, was questioning the reasons the circulator needed to see a patient in preop....I would RUN away from that place as fast as my legs could take me. There are safer ways to get TOTs lessened.

2. Bovie grounding pads

   affurman replied to target98765's topic in Operating Room

   Yes. Someone at another facility had put the pad on the back of a knee that had been replaced. It was a horrible mess. Burn was the size of the pad and required several more surgeries to fix. I was in on two of the four or five the patient had. It wa...

3. Nursing Student Question

   affurman replied to Cinthia L's topic in Operating Room

   As an OR charge who regularly sits in on interviews, I would rather have a new grad because you are a clean slate. I don’t care a bit about extra curricular activities or your GPA (I only say that because apparently a good number of schools are teach...

4. NP Hates from Physicians?

   affurman replied to Myec's topic in NP

   I don't think I've ever read anything as true as this post. It made me laugh a little and think a lot. Well put on all fronts.

5. DOD civilian RN questions

   affurman posted a topic in Career Support

   Hi friends, Moderator, please move if not in the right place. I'm a veteran and a seasoned OR RN looking to go to work for the DOD in a base hospital. I'm looking for DOD civilian RNs to help me with the pros and cons of such a job. I some ...

6. Circulator in Orthopedic Surgery Job Offer

   affurman replied to nocturnallife's topic in Operating Room

   If you can get a copy, Alexander's Care of the Patient in Surgery and AORN's Guidelines would be the books I would recommend. I wouldn't get either of them if they cost a lot, your facility should have a copy of each for you to use.

7. Circulator in Orthopedic Surgery Job Offer

   affurman replied to nocturnallife's topic in Operating Room

   Nocturnallife: The system won't let me send you a message. Here is the abridged version: Are Cardiac, vascular, general and urology the only ones you would have to learn? What about ortho, neuro, plastics, GYN, eyes or anything else? If you have to l...

8. Circulator in Orthopedic Surgery Job Offer

   affurman replied to nocturnallife's topic in Operating Room

   Even though it's only one service line, three months orientation time for someone new to the OR setting is pretty short. I went through Periop 101 and with our service line rotations, it was 9 months. Even after that, I wasn't really comfortable for ...

9. Med Surg vs OR as a New Grad, HELP!

   affurman replied to elina1992's topic in Operating Room

   I may be a little late to comment on this one but I've been in the OR for just over two years now, I had about 6 months of med-surg experience when I got the job. I don't feel that the med-surg experience really helped me to get the job or helps me i...

10. Transferability of Sentara BSN

    affurman posted a topic in Virginia

    After doing a fair bit of research and talking to several schools in the state, I have found that there are questions about the transferability/accreditation of Sentara's BSN. UVA, JMU, EMU and ODU have all said that they will not recognize Sentara's...