Trauma_Llama

Trauma_Llama has 4 years experience and specializes in Operating Room.

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1. SIlly question

   Trauma_Llama replied to muirite's topic in Operating Room

   Anesthesia providers will come and give their co-workers breaks and the same for the circulator and usually the scrub. On a huge case the surgeon will probably have an assistant which will allow him/her to also run to the bathroom and get a drink (th...

2. Need for an strong advice please

   Trauma_Llama replied to yohanes9's topic in Operating Room

   That's a toughie. I think most CRNA programs only require a year or two of critical experience which you already have. The OR gives you the ability to work more closely with anesthesia providers and the step-down unit give you more direct patient car...

3. Dealing with mean docs

   Trauma_Llama replied to MillyPeets1234's topic in Operating Room

   Goldenfox is absolutely right. You can write him up, it might help, it might do nothing. It strikes me as weird that everyone else laughed it off, I have seen surgeons be abusive and never had anyone in the room laugh about it. I have actually had ot...

4. Thoughts on entering OR or IR from med tele background

   Trauma_Llama replied to baxt86's topic in Operating Room

   Is the "perioperative" position in the OR or is it pre-op/pacu? Ten weeks makes sense for that but not for the actual operating room especially not at a decent sized hospital.

5. OR nursing and back injuries

   Trauma_Llama replied to 2ndChance's topic in Operating Room

   Some patient positioning is done as a group, including moving a patient onto the OR table and then back on to their bed, or turning them prone or lateral. Other things are done individually like holding and prepping legs and arms (you will be amazed...

6. Question about continuing education hours as a nursing student:

   Trauma_Llama replied to falcon53192's topic in Operating Room

   I totally agree with all of this. Does your nursing school have a final internship or clinical placement? We had an eight week "capstone clinical" and we got to request where we were placed. I choose the OR and managed to get placed there and it was ...

7. Etiquette in the OR?

   Trauma_Llama replied to trauma_lama's topic in Operating Room

   I have never heard anyone ever make a comment about the size of someones breasts (outside of reduction surgeries) or penis, ever. We might be a little emotionally stunted but we aren't animals FFS.

8. Ask an OR nurse (Questions about what we do or how to become one of us)

   Trauma_Llama replied to Rose_Queen's topic in Operating Room

   It is possible but from my experience very rare and probably is only done in very small hospitals. The OR is very different from most other specialties and the skill set isn't transferable to most other jobs. Doing all three jobs would be a lot to ke...

9. Etiquette in the OR?

   Trauma_Llama replied to trauma_lama's topic in Operating Room

   First of all I would be curious to know how many people in this thread that are so offended actually work in the OR, I am guessing not many. Yes the OR is different, no it is not always nice. Just remember as a student you are a visitor. A patients w...

10. Weekends with "on-call rotation"???

    Trauma_Llama replied to Nurse_Lightning's topic in Operating Room

    Every hospital is going to have a different way of allocating call. Some places have salaried on call staff that cover most of the call, others don't. Unless someone here actually works in the department you are going to we really can't answer that q...

11. How long are your shifts?

    Trauma_Llama replied to 2ndChance's topic in Operating Room

    Level 2 trauma hospital: I work 0700 to 1900 Other shifts include 8hrs 0700-1500; 1100-1900; 1500-2300 10hrs 0700-1700 12hrs 0700-1900; 1100-2300; 1900-0700

12. Weekends with "on-call rotation"???

    Trauma_Llama replied to Nurse_Lightning's topic in Operating Room

    Is this facility a trauma center? The reason I ask is because I am shocked they offered a nurse with no OR experience a night shift position. Usually experienced OR nurses work these shifts because you have basically no resources at night and if the ...