SweetSouthernLove ASN, BSN

Hello All, Does anyone work for your or CM for an insurance company and a facility? If so, was there any conflict of interest at either job? Was considering doing this as I currently work for an insurance company and wanted to pick up part-time ...

I come from an OR background, specifically cardiovascular/cardio-thoracic surgery. Outpatient vascular surgery with a salary sounds like a dream to me, but then again, I am a die-hard OR nurse. Outpatient surgery is just that, outpatient. You will ha...

I would say this is appropriate to do as a new nurse until you grasp your own rhythm and time management. Then come in when it is time to clock in. Think of it as accelerated self-study. All nurses are different but we all have licenses to protect. T...

I have always had two RNs in my CVORs, which I feel benefits both the surgical staff and patients. I was curious if this is a common occurrence all over especially due to nursing shortages. We staff CVOR with 2 RNs, 2 scrubs, 1 PA/ARNP and this is th...

Hi All, I graduated in December of 2015 from nursing school. Since then I have worked strictly as an operating room/scrub nurse for my entire nursing career. I do still love being an OR nurse but I am wondering if I could even enter a new specialty a...

Because becoming a veterinarian is too long in school and too much debt. Little did I know I would be in grad school with 130k+ in student loans. Should have became the vet.

I would really scout and probe hiring recruiters, sometimes if you spend enough time talking with them they can adjust your orientation. I just was hired on as a PRN in the OR with the same problem as you and I got out of the week long orientation co...

Pray!.. No I am kidding! But no seriously..Listen to these lovely nurses and have some fun saving those lives! ?

As a regular staff nurse consistently caring for patients in a clinical setting I always carried personal nursing malpractice insurance. It ranges maybe $150-200/year and to me it is worth it. I was previously insured with Mercer Proliability and now...

Good Morning All, As of late I have returned to allnurses to find solace in my specialty of nursing. Currently, I have been trying to adjust to a new job in a new hospital with new coworkers as well as new surgeons. Everything has been going well exc...

First off, bless your heart for even considering to stay. But no, you should not. The fact that your manager tells you that she no longer trusts you and that you probably won't change is a huge red flag for how she is doing her job. The preceptor sho...

Personally, I love 5 8's which is what we call it in the OR. The charting is straight forward, the EMAR/orders are straightforward and the best part about your shift is if you have questions your physician/surgical team is right there to clarify. On ...

Do it. You will be doing something in two years anyways. Focus on balance and time for yourself as well. Most of us have been right where you are as nursing students, nurses or in some other capacity in health care and that is what makes nurses so gr...

It really all depends on what you want to do as an FNP. Do you want to work in the OR with the surgeon or in the clinic seeing these types of patients? As an FNP you will most likely do both and this is what I have seen at my facility. We have one FN...

I am personally more concerned with Walmart's blatant lack of ability to air condition their stores properly, especially in my area. To me, every time I walk inside a Walmart I feel like I am in an incubator of germs, waiting for something to start g...

I hate to be blunt about this but...you DID do the crime, now you have to do the time. You consciously went searching for this patient, asking for the chart, and relying on your "friendships" with coworkers as justification to violate a patient's pri...

Alexander's is the bible. As Rose said, if you go to Periop101 they will have this and usually a surgical instrument book available for you to borrow because you will have an exam at the end over AORN content from the Periop101 course, that way you c...

At my facility, and yours is probably similar: The purpose of call is to be available to the hospital. They are paying you because you are being "engaged to wait" in the event that an urgent/emergent case is booked and they need staff. You are techni...

It can only increase your knowledge, especially from a nursing standpoint.

Home is best, but I do know a orthopedic surgeon who is of devout Christian faith and wouldn't even think of doing this. Instead, he wears a solid, thick 20" gold chain and his ring is on this to keep her close to his heart when he is healing people ...

I fully agree with Rose_Queen on this. Unless you are properly trained and have experience of at least one year under your belt, I would consider a day shift position until you are better able to handle things that come with being alone in the OR on ...

Greetings nurselambda, I will give you my personal experience versus my advice because I am sure as you have probably learned from pre-licensure nursing school, studying in general is very unique to each individual. My background: I graduated with m...

This seems like a simple solution to me from the outside looking in. I also agree with FurBabyMom's suggestions as a fellow OR nurse who both scrubs and circulates CV/CT cases and comes into contact with blood on a daily basis. 1. If you are having t...

Hey Fellow OR Nurses, I have applied for a PRN position at a surgery center at a hospital two blocks from my current home. I also have my full-time position with my current hospital which requires an extensive amount of call time (which I don't mind)...

Hello All, Would anyone ask their direct supervisor about additional compensation after just completing a BSN degree? I contacted HR about this at my hospital and they said that if there is additional compensation for the completion of the degree the...