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@kiki617 As an OR nurse for 15 years, I agree with most of what you say. I work with amazing techs that know & understand things about cases that as an RN who only scrubs when needed can EVER understand. I really wish RN circulators were required...

I have been an OR nurse for 15 years....I was once a new grad in the OR. I am sorry you feel the way you do & have had the experience you have had. Perhaps I have been one of the lucky ones who worked with good teams & have experienced toxic ...

All of this is excellent advice. I truly believe that there are leaders that aren't management & management that aren't leaders. There is a difference.

depends on the day....I really do like my job & I am good at it. It provides me with financial stability & independence. I didn't become a nurse until my early 30's. I am 15 years in & am exhausted. Its physically, emotionally, & ment...

ugh, says the nurse that works 4 10-hour shifts, days, no weekends, minimal holidays & some call. This is so dependent on what works for each individual. There is no right (or wrong) answer. That being said, right now in my life I would pick cont...

BTW, excellent response to this post. Geez. Your writing may not qualify you for a pulitzer, but it was succinct, to the point & seemed professional to me. You did a good job of letting this Sour Lemon not get to you...keep doing that with the ru...

if the dr has a reputation for being a jerk, let it roll off your back. Your job is to advocate for your patients. If you had all the info you needed to make the call, were prepared & professional, their rude behavior is a reflection of THEM, not...

I am an OR nurse. I supervise CST's in a 8 OR hospital setting. They are required to multitask. They are always at a small risk of sharps injury, although at my very busy facility we have very few of them. That is actually a skill...how to pass sharp...

This is my advice for any student...nursing or otherwise. YOU are in charge of your education. You are the one that has control over the experience....make the most of it. When you get into a clinical environment, volunteer to do EVERYTHING. Don't si...

I have been an OR nurse for 13+ years. I have used almost every laparoscopic system out there. I have my favorite :) This is what I know: 4K is basically worthless. Blind studies have shown the human eye cannot detect the difference between 3K & ...

After 13 years as a nurse, I still love that feeling. Especially on the patient that says "I have the worst veins ever, they roll, disappear, and blow really easy, usually anesthesia has to come do my IV, plus I am dehydrated so good luck" As I am l...

I need to pick all the great minds on here. I am an OR nurse with 12 years experience. I started in a small but busy county hospital. I cross trained in pre op & PACU, & about 4 years in, took the charge nurse position. About 4 years ago, a ...

I couldn't agree more! My current manager isn't much of a leader, frankly. Plus I really have no desire to "move up" in management.....that seems like more stress than I am interested in. Thanks for your input!

I am also a messy prepper. I was taught "a messy prep is a good prep" ha ha! I have gotten a little better about not flinging Betadine all over, but I use a lot of it when I prep. I good prep is very important, more important than how "clean" I keep ...

uh yeah. "Call buddy"? No. I won't be anyone's buddy. I am happy to take my fair share of call, but it's managements responsibility to make sure everyone is covered according to policy/law. I would tell them as much. And I am in management....

After 9 years of OR/PeriOperative nursing experience with a lot of "charge nurse" shifts, I took a Team Lead position at a new hospital. I was specifically hired for the TL. It was a position that several of the nurses that had been there a while had...

I have worn some degree of compression socks for years, & honestly don't think I would have survived this long without them. They make a huge difference for me. I finally got some snazzy looking ones from Total Compression Solutions & while p...

I also feel like this is a huge invasion of privacy. I am a Team Leader for a surgery department, and I spend time with some of the people outside of work. Like you, I don't keep it a secret, but it's not something that I announce either. People know...

I work in a very busy 8 OR hospital, as the charge nurse. We had a record breaking year last year, with 10% of our total volume done in December alone. It was killer, with much stress, much teeth gnashing, much grumbling from staff & physicians. ...

For patients having surgeries requiring steep positioning, (such as robotic hysterectomy) we use shelf liner over a large underbody gel pad. One roll will do about 2 cases.

Where I work, most of the reps are there ALOT, so their faces are familiar. They are all issued rep badges from the hospital with their name, picture & company they work for. The badges allow them access to only certain areas of the hospital. The...

I have considered it. I think it would have lots of advantages. I have known several travelers & most of them were excellent nurses. Go for it!

some places I have worked use these......20mm Vial Decapper Pliers - Vial Decapper Pliers - All Products but my current OR makes us use a sterile decanter or syringe transfer

I actually did this for a while. I had worked full time as a circulator for 9 years at the facility, then took a different full time job in another facility. For about a year afterwards, I took call every other weekend at my old job. It was good mone...

or, tell the truth. That you have a difficult time working certain shifts because of home responsibilities & you felt like you didn't get a good orientation to that unit & you are looking for something else. You have some experience, use that...