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I graduated on May 19th and have been toying with the idea of getting a small tattoo when I pass my boards-something with a nursing theme...Any ideas?

Just been debating with myself whether or not I should join AORN..I intend to stay in the OR for a good few years so what benefits are there? Anyone here a member?

Just want to vent a little. Today, we were more short staffed than usual(4 people left early-they were on call and worked until 5:30am) so my supervisor asked if I felt comfortable enough to take a room on my own. I told her yes, as the cases in that...

I'm stealing the idea for this thread from the General Nursing Discussion. They had a neat one about all the old school techniques and practices. I talked to an older nurse at work, and she said they use to reuse gloves!? Is this true? Any "seasoned"...

I was always taught that even if a patient asks you directly how things went, is something cancerous etc, that you were just supossed to say "the doctor will discuss that with you" So that's what I do on a professional level-my human mushy side knows...

I agree. It would be nice if you could talk to her like a rational human being but it sounds as though she's forcing your hand. Write her up. You're not only protecting patients from her negligence, you're protecting your license.

Just wondering if other people have experienced this as well. Lately, it seems as though there is a war of the generations happening in my OR. We have lots of older nurses and techs who loudly proclaim their seniority, but these are the same people w...

I took a chance and ordered shoes online and they've been working out nicely. They're Cherokee Rockers and the model is Flash. Kind of like an old school nursing shoe-clunky type mary janes.

Oldest child by a lot(7 yrs older than my sis, and 12 yrs older than my brother) and my dad is an alcoholic. Still have a good relationship with him though-he was/is a good dad despite his problems. I forgave him long ago. I also have heard of this t...

Not to sound unsympathetic but most facilities are like that. Meaning that OR nurses scrub, circulate, play the part of anesthesia during conscious sedations, and whatever else is needed. What kind of facility do you work in? I do think that they cou...

Pros: surgery is very very cool, you have 1 patient to take care of, the OR is kind of a self contained unit-you get very close to the people you work with, and you basically have a set schedule(except for call), you don't have to deal with pt's fami...

Beg to differ on that...My hospital has two techs that were trained on the job(one was 3 years ago, the other was 5). Did you actually reread what you posted and the tone of the posts? Maybe you don't mean to be snippy but I'm not alone in feeling th...

ok, i lied. i'm not quite done...the hostility that was present on this thread was aimed towards rn's. most people here feel that techs have a place in the or and i personally did not say they were uneducated, just that they receive a different educa...

Yes, at least in my state, that is what I'm saying. The problem with tech training is that it is not consistent. There are still many techs that received OTJ training and wouldn't know a lab value if it walked up and bit them on the fanny. Techs are ...

Pre-op nurses will assess a patient. However, it is vital that the circulator assess the patient as well. As an example, 2 weeks ago, I had a patient who was going in for a nephrectomy. Supposedly, she was seen in pre-op and assessed. However, when I...

We also had a problem with surgeons wanting to use the or towels to pack-we ended up putting it in our policy that they are NOT to be used. LOL..doesn't mean some of them still don't try. As a tech, I actually slapped a doctors hand because he tried ...

I'm sorry that you are going through this. I, too, think it would be a shame if you didn't try some other area of nursing. Around here(New England) many of the hospitals will train a new grad in ER, OR, ICU etc. I think it is terrible how M/S nurses ...

I'm circulating for the most part on my own, next month I'll be completely on my own and in February, I move to the 3-11 shift. They tried to get me to take a 11am-7pm shift but I turned it down. That shift is very disruptive, IMHO.

I like all specialties except for GYN. I don't find it hard, just boring and after a day of dealing with some patients who have BAD personal hygiene and having to watch the OB-GYN's like hawks because they contaminate themselves and the field at the ...

Yeah, what she said! We've also had problems with H&P's not being done and that patient does not go to the room if the paperwork isn't in order. Those forms go in the chart, and are legal documents so it is imperative that they are filled out cor...

I have seen a sponge get left in a patient-usually when this happens, the count has been incorrect and the surgeon will have refused an X-ray(they do this when the count is wrong, and you can't find it after looking for it in the sterile field and th...

A friend from college named her daughter Gamma Ray..There's also a urology doctor around here whose name is Dr Johnson.

I went right to the OR out of NS and am glad I did-I love the surgical environment and don't think I would have enjoyed M/S as much. That being said, we get plenty of exposure to code browns, vomiting, pus etc etc etc. It is VERY hands on. The girl m...

Wow, that's pretty shady of them-I have never seen a hospital float out its OR staff to other floors though. The closest we've come is to have a nurse or a tech go up to OB to scrub a c-section. I really think that your situation is rare, with all du...

The reason why sometimes good nurses get targeted is because, despite what the PTB would have you believe, managers are NOT infallible and some of them are meanspirited dimwits. That simple. Some got where they are by buttkissing and sleeping with th...