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Periop 101 it's a course and program offered by AORN Tiny bit pricey but it should absolutely get you a leg up on someone with a similar resume without it. Might be worth mentioning to a nurse manager or educator that you were interested in taking it. Just to see if it helps get you on their radar. Id imagine that's the best thing you could do

Anyone use any good patient transfer devices to move a patient from the OR table to a bed or stretcher? We're using an ancient slider board at my facility, and it's taken a physical toll on staff. Specifically something thst would help with large patients (300-500 pounds) So I'm looking for any interesting products to try. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated thank you!

Not to get all philosophical or anything, but is the problem the rooms arent big enough, or that there is too much clutter and or equipment in the way? By focusing on the right problem, you might be able to better find the right solution

Out of curiosity does this law count only actual time working, and not call? Ive had days where im working/on call combined for ridiculous amounts of time like 32 of 36 hours . But ill only end up working around 20~ or so of those hours

Im not saying it isn't worth it. But the chances of a nurse getting sued are obscenely low Theres aproximately 4 million nurses in the usa. Around 600~ paid out malpractice payments last year. Which is around which is a 0.015 % chance or or 1 in 6666 chance Basically youd have to work for 67 years as an RN to have a 1% chance of getting successfully sued. Do I think its worth 100$ a year to have absofreakinglutely But you cant deny that a con about malpractice insurance is youre almost certain to never have to need it. I dont know the statistics on car-crashes, but im sure theyre massively higher

Pretty much the same here I have never seen a surgeon use a coag of 8 on anything. And I dont imagine settings being different for locations because thats weird and wildly dangerous. I dont do much ENT so I googled this just because it doesnt sound right And the conclusion I came to is that either the surgeon isnt that bright (which is entirely possible) Or the most likely scenario. Is that you werent using a bovie/esu (or werent supposed to) and instead were using (or were supposed to) be using a Coblator. Since the Coblator is frequently used in ENT, has both coag + cut, and its settings are often in the single digits. Im willing to bet that this is almost certainly where the issues occured

Not that im in favor of one of the other. But to be fair... Chloraprep costs around 400% more than betadine I believe (yes the cost would probably get completely negated and them some by reducing infections) And chloraprep has a much better chance of landing you in a lawsuit (via an OR fire) There was actually a huge case at a major hospital in my area recently where there was an OR fire because of chloraprep. Needless to say support for Chloraprep (which wasnt high to begin with) wasnt looking good

Sure there are. Its something you are paying for that you are incredibly unlikely to ever use. And it could make you ""slightly"" more likely to get named in a lawsuit I think the benefits drastically outweigh the costs, but still

Does the salary make a difference in your decision making ? IE if they tell you 15$/hr will what you do be any different than if they told you 30?

Too bad nurses in the real world arent more like this site Either that or I just work in a pond full of piranhas

Getting flack of any kind isnt my concern. Its the higher ups getting flack, and how that could impact me which is a concern

Not the case here

Well a coworker I trust told me they heard them all gossiping about it, and were talking about the exact number (but they refused to tell me the exact number, because they dont wanna get dragged into the middle of this) Which is why im concerned now. If it was vague thats one thing, but specifics ? Seems a little funky to me. And I know absolutely nobody knows (at least from me) I have no idea. Im just concerned about losing my position and/or a chunk of my raise if people start making a stink. There were some who made a stink when I got the position to begin with, and I think money always makes people crazy which I why I get concerned even more. I just wanna do my job

(I am a nurse) Not long ago I got a promotion at work, and I got flack for it from coworkers. Whatever over. Recently a coworker tells me they were all talking about how much im making now. Ive never discussed ANYTHING about my financials with anyone from work. If my situation turns ugly because of this (ie people pissed off over money) is there anything I can do about this ? Especially since I never discussed anything with anyone at all? Is this a legal issue since im not a public/union worker, and I dont see how/why people would have access to my financials ? Am I protected in someway against any kind of retribution against me ? Im not interested in making a big stink about anything. But if people start demanding I get demoted and/or a paycut because of whatever im gonna be extraordinarily upset. I dont know how/what to do about the situation

This isnt new My nursing school had it and my job has it its basically a way to train people to hit the ground running and works fantastic A student would do all their clinicals on that same unit for two years, and frequently get hired there out of school. Drastically improving their transition as a new nurse once they graduate