KarenHalse

Does your hospital still keep implant logs? Thanks :)

It sounds like "count sheets" are still being kept as part of the record...is this true. I haven't seen that in awhile. We count, but we do not keep a count record.

Interesting....in the last 4 hospitals I have worked at they don't. The hospital I am currently at does but why? Especially if it is not a requirement. We put in in the pt. record, the doc's progress note and of course the charge slip. Thanks for t...

Jason, there are some travel agencies that specialize in "OR" people but there are so many travel agencies now. It's really more of where do you want to go and who has contracts there. There is alot of difference in what the agencies offer and pay. I...

Jason, I have really found it depends on what hospital you are at, but most times they like that you can scrub and circulate. As far as taking a job scrubbing, the more experience the better. At least one full year rotating through all specialties i...

Shodobe, I can certainly understand your interest. In my home town, (Melbourne, Fl), the larger of the hospitals pays 3/hr for CNOR, (They are also a magnet hospital). Another hospital pays 1.75/hr for CNOR and to the OR nurses 1.25 for ACLS. Lastl...

Before you travel you should get at least two yrs experience and try to have a mix of specialties, not just general surgery..I found that ortho and neuro is mostly wanted. Also, learn to scrub...there are more jobs for nurses that scrub and circulate...

Hi there, I an a native Floridian and although I maintain a permanent home in Palm Bay, I am currently working a travel gig in B'ham, Al. I will be home for the winter....YEA! I circulate OR, have nursed for 29 yrs (many different areas) and I am ...

I think there is a little misunderstanding about scrubbing and "my opinion". The hospital that I trained at which was Humana in Huntsville, Al. did little to encourage an RN to scrub. They were just too cheap and it was to easy and "cost effective" t...

I think it is obvious that there are many opinions that we all have. But, from Scrub Techs being cheaper to use that RN's...(and this is not a put down to either), Scrub Tech's are cheaper. I have worked with some excellent Scrub Tech's as well a...

I would like to know if anyone of you have to provide your own scrubs for the OR. I interviewed for the OR in B'ham (travel job)and I was told I would have to provide my own scrubs. I thought this was unusual...I didn't think to ask about laundry and...

Hey, OR MAN, thanks for the reply. Everyone has their own opinion and maybe if I scrubbed I would agree with you. But, I don't and it seems even if I wanted to, here in the south that has been pretty much out of the question. In Huntsville, where I ...

I think it is interesting to read the replies to this question. When I was training in the OR I had to learn it with another nurse that was experienced. No classroom instruction at all. I did not learn to scrub and have never really wanted to eithe...

I just finished a seasonal contract with an HMA Hospital in Sebastian, Fl. and when the seasonal/travelers were gone that is it....the administration has told us HMA is in trouble and having layoff's at some facilities...ours was "ok" but we too had ...

Yoga crna, I appreciate your view point but that is very typical of Out patient surgery. I have worked both and I do prefer a general OR. From the circulator viewpoint, the main negative to a regular OR is the call. On the other hand, in outpatient...

I agree with you and I am not into bashing anyone. That is just my point. We all have a job to do and we need to be functioning as a team. I think scrubbing would be very boring. Thanks for the reply.

Well POPRN, I am glad to hear someone else feels like I do. I have started giving them notice by asking where were you when we opened, did you check the case before we started, this sort of thing. I do this a couple of times and then the next oppor...

This reminds me of the arthroscopy that used 29 bags of 3000ml. LR....

Hey, I would like to reply to this one...I am an RN with 28 yrs varied experience. I worked OR about 10 yrs ago and as alot of nurses I got purely fed up with the BS and left... Now, I have decided I wanted to do OR again and have been back about 3 ...

I have a question for all you traveling nurses out there. I have been back in surgery for one year as a circulator. I worked surgery about 10 yrs ago for a 3 yr period. I am in an independent outpatient surgery center. I am considering traveling and ...

I am looking for schools that offer a MSN in "Occupational Health Nursing". I am interested in working on a masters and I think I would like it to be in occupational health. Thanks for any help. Karen:)

I have been reading about the duties of the circulator but how about the scrub? What are considered duties of the particular jobs, scrubbing and circulating. We have a little problem in our OR where most of the scrubs don't come into the room until...

Thanks for the quick reply. Who's responsibility is it to get instruments ready and who to get the room ready? I am really tired of feeling like I am being dumped on? Thanks, Karen

I would like to hear from people that are in an on- line BSN program or have completed one. I am considering doing this and I want information about the program you took and what you either liked or disliked about it. I am considering an RN to BSN pr...

I would like to add a couple of comments about doing the "BSN" thing. I too am an AD nurse with 26 yrs experience. I have strongly considered working toward a BSN, but why do we have to "challenge" what we know or take the classes again. Why do they ...