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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

Im a nurse with a (relatively) normal 9-5 (I dont do direct patient care) Im considering have a normal regular old medsurge (nights) nurse of the opposite gender as a roommate. Is this a bad idea?

Honestly its about the right place at the right time. My place didnt hire us because of anything other than the fact that they had mandatory retirement packages and the OR was losing a bunch of people. Since then the OR has lost a ton more people and has become desperate so they cant afford to hire new people, and instead are only hiring people with experience. Opportunities are definittely out there,

I dont see why not. The type of cases you're doing will determine how good you are dealing with wounds. If youre doing mostly cataracts I cant see that benefiting your goals of becoming a wound care nurse at all. But in my ORs we (somewhat) frequently have cases with wound-vacs. So if you really want to become a woundcare nurse id recommend getting involved thrown into as many wound-vac cases are you can. Im sure the surgeons would even let you get hands on with it, and your unit management/educator would be glad if you told them you want to become a woundvac expert

I was hired as a new grad right into the OR They did want us to sign 4 year contracts (since the training is so extensive) (of course they just told us that and never followed through on it) They're definitely very competitive though. Especially because hospitals would MUCH MUCH MUCH rather hire someone with experience into the OR.

Honest question I recently got a significant promotion at work. But I havent been a nurse for a long time, and theres a decent chance I dont have as much experience as i should for the position. Some of the people who have been on the unit/nurses for a very long time are livid about it and have constantly been complaining that its not fair. Is it possible that I could lose my opportunity if theres enough outcry ? Is there anything I can do to protect myself in this situation ?

Was hoping for a little advice on a situation I got myself into at work. I've never been a social butterfly, definitely not my strong suit. Recently at work I attempted to make a joke about during my shift and I guess it wasn't well thought out. It ended up really offending people (I had only said it in a convo with like 2 people where one of them apparently went around and told everyone whatever) and turning me into a bit of an outcast at work and making my work life miserable to the point where everyday I want to quit my job now. It's made me miserable both at work and outside of work, to the point that it's having a notable negative impact on my life. Not really sure how to deal with the situation outside of just giving up and quitting. I completely want to avoid any and all contact with almost all of the people on my unit at this point. And without going into detail into what I said it wasn't sexist racial political or anything like that. I'm still amazed that it has turned into anything. Though I haven't said that to anyone since I don't want to appear more insensitive and or like more of an ahole than I already seem to

If theres anything in my file, I wouldn't know about it (ie they never sent me any letters, verbalized anything, or sat me down and said this is xyz problem). They did say some kind of formalized "progress report" would be in the near future. Ive never been counseled or written up for anything. However they have never had a shortage of telling me how bad of a job im doing how they expect me to be progressing more/faster, and constantly asking me if I want to be here, if its for me, that its not for everyone etc. The worst thing is that there is extremely little standardization in the unit, and almost everyone does things differently. And when you don't do things their way, its wrong. Plus we don't have steady preceptors, as in every single shift youre with a new person with a whole new way of doing things. Ive been taking my own actions to improve that (ie saying I was trained to do it this way) but it still makes life hard. The Managers Manager thing is tough, simply because I feel like that's a path of no return kinda thing. Many of the nurses on the unit have worked together for 10-30 years so complaining about leadership (even in a constructive way) seems like a fast way to get everyone to hate us. And there is a centralized education department, but I don't believe any of them have any knowledge on this specialty field. As a matter of fact one of the centralized educators came to us (the brand new grad nurses with 0 hospital experience) early in our education asking us if any of the study materials they gave us had information/education they could use for an incident on the unit

Im sure this question has been asked before, but its something im beginning to worry about. Without going into too much detail (as these are public internet forums) I was hired as a new grad BSN RN into a specialty field with a long "orientation" (12 ~ months) I have been in my position for over 6 months but less than 12, still presumably on "orientation". However recently I have been worrisome about my job security as there seems to be quite a bit of confusion in my department as to how to train new grads in this specialized area. The bulk of the leadership is brand new to their positions (educator, manager, assistant manager) and their training is extraordinarily unorganized. I am doing the absolute best I can to take ownership and responsibility for my own learning trying to learn as much as I can in the position that I am, realizing that I cant count on anyone else to teach me everything I need to know and the way that I need to do it. Its not just me in this position as they hired a small batch of us together, and the others have expressed that they share the same concerns as me. Other than doing the best I can to take responsibility and learning of myself, what can I do to protect myself from being fired ? And I know that some will say that its just new grad paranoia, culture shock, bullying, lack of confidence etc. Which certainly is possible, but for all sakes and purposes lets pretend my concern is legitimate Ill also add that it is a non union facility, so yeah. Thank you sooo much for listening to my concerns, I truly appreciate it !