KittyForman

Hi Everyone! CONGRATS to all. I will be moving from CA to WA for the FNP program. Where should I live? Ideally I do not want to live in Seattle. I prefer suburbs. I was thinking Everett? Anyone have any other suggestions? I do not mind a commute (30 min to 1 hour). Thanks for the input!

Thanks for the input. I was merely trying to understand how this could have caused harm to the pt. I understand now. I was not ticked off. I was confused.

Howdy! I am a new nurse in the OR. About 6 months experience. We use pneumatic tourniquets for extremitiy surgery. So, today the patient got to PACU with the tourniquet still on, but NOT inflated. Think of it like an extra deflated BP cuff on the pts thigh. The pacu nurse flipped out! It was an easy oversight, but I don't know why the pacu nurse got so up in arms. There was no patient harm, it was not on tight and not inflated. Please advise, nurses don't apply the tourniquet in the first place, and usually the doc takes them off. It was just simply overlooked today. We nurses, however are the ones that are blamed. Thanks