General Discussions - ORNurseLink

Multidose vial usage in the OR

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Hi all! We have a burn room in our OR and use 4ml Epinephrine mixed with NSS. We use the 30ml bottles of epi and take out ...

Shannon Collette Category General Discussions 6d

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Hi Shannon,

Once a vial is opened it should be used within 1hr. You have a great idea regarding saving the discarded ...

Untrained scrub techs

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Does anyone else hire scrub techs that have not been to any formal training? By example, they were a patient ...

Laura Humes Category General Discussions 6d

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It is overwhelming. We have done it in the past, but it did not work out well, so we will likely not do it again. Feel ...

Implants

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Do you consider suture anchors and corkscrew anchors as implants?

Kristina Streb Category General Discussions 7d

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At my facility we do count any type of anchor as an implant and document it within the patients chart.

PEACH STATE AORN presents our fall 50/50 raffle!

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Check out the charities we are trying to help support this year! 50/50 means one person walks away with half of the ...

Douglas Herndon Category General Discussions 7d

Chapters

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How would I go about finding my local AORN Chapter?

Danielle Livermore Category General Discussions 9d

OR Scheduling

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I manage a small OR in a rural hospital setting but we desperately need a scheduling system not just for OR cases but ...

Danielle Livermore Category General Discussions 9d

Hemostatic agents - storage

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Do you store Hemostatic agents (surgifoam, etc.) in a locked box? Or do you store it in a your supply area or OR ...

Sheila Grimes Category General Discussions 16d

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Hi Sheila,

We store gelfoam, surgicel, fibrillar, nu-knit and thrombin in our Pyxis. We store Surgicel snow, ...

Retaining CSTs

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Does anyone have ideas on how to retain surgical techs?

Amy Brunson Category General Discussions 19d

Per Diem RN Requirements

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Hi all. Does your facility have PRN nurses sign a contract? i.e. stating they will work a minimum of a certain amount ...

Ashley Hutson Category General Discussions 23d

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We do not have a contract but we do have guidelines that they are required to follow that is similar to the hospital's ...

Pressure Injury

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I'm looking for responses from Academic Medical Centers on the rates of pressure injuries for operative ...

Paula Marentay Category General Discussions 23d

Call shift coming soon to my hospital

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The manager has announced that a new call shift will be starting soon. This team will be salary, 50 hours a week, ...

Kathleen Langerman Category General Discussions 24d

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This is very interesting and creative! I believe that the only way we are going to be able to continue to staff our ...

Initiating a Proposal- Sterile Processing Tech Level ...

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Does anyone's facility have a program in place to promote certification and advancement for Sterile Processing ...

Renegade Scott-Feagle Category General Discussions Aug '21

Local anesthesia blocks/epidurals/RFA

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At your hospital, how many nurses do you staff in pain injection procedures? Especially if you are doing RFA ...

Ashley Sampson Category General Discussions Aug '21

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Athletic trainers as surgical assistants

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Does anyone in California use athletic trainers as surgical assistants in the OR? My Orthopedic surgeons want to ...

Phyllis Meneses Category General Discussions Aug '21

OR onboarding New graduate nurses

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We are in the process of revising our on-boarding clinical experiences for new graduate nurses. What is the time ...

Rena Hopkins Category General Discussions Aug '21