Habits you picked up from work... - Page 4
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Jan 29 by tots24Ditto to the trying to badge in anywhere there is a door!Last edit by tots24 on Jan 29Hygiene Queen likes this. - Jan 29 by tots24Quote from SCTravelRNOh my gosh yes! The worst show for me is/was(?) HawthoRNe. My two favorite scenes:Don't we all critique the medical senarios on tv shows or in the movies? (Why is everyone always yelling "STAT!"? Why is the ETT never taped? Why aren't the sidrails up?) I drive my family up the walls with that!
1. Teen girl in labor, fetal heart monitor in the background. Fetal HR drops to 30 for a sustained period. This goes completely unnoticed by everyone and is not addressed.
2. Patient needs emergency surgery, but surgeon doesn't want to operate because he's too hypotensive. Monitor in the background again, BP is 110/67.
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Jan 30 by bell1962Staring at veins, hospital corners on the beds, good handwashing, and critiquing medical shows - Jan 30 by MetodySometimes I open napkins a fast food places like I'm setting up a sterile field, if they're folded right.I like to do dressing changes as quickly as possible, so I set everything up before hand - a piece of plastic for the old dressing, pre ripped and dated pieces of tape, vaseline guaze opened, presoaked guaze, creams uncapped, tools laid out. And now when I put on makeup or cook, I lay everything out - eyeshadow open, brushes preloaded, mascara wand on a piece of toilet paper...I wish my constant cleaning at work would carry over to home, though. No luck so far.rnnursingstudent likes this.
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Feb 7 by CountyRatI sometimes notice people glancing at me in the bathroom when I wash my hands. If asked, I just say, "Ahhh, old habit” and slink away.
Really, if our instructors succeeded in beating one habit into us, it was hand washing. If nursing was a religion, hand washing would be a sacrament. -
Feb 7 by CT PixieQuote from CountyRatPeople find it odd you wash your hands after using the bathroom?? I'd be looking at them sideways if they DIDNT wash their hands after using the bathroom.I sometimes notice people glancing at me in the bathroom when I wash my hands. If asked, I just say, "Ahhh, old habit” and slink away.
Really, if our instructors succeeded in beating one habit into us, it was hand washing. If nursing was a religion, hand washing would be a sacrament.
I don't know, my Mom taught me from the age of a toddler to wash your hands before eating and after using the bathroom. Didn't need a nursing instructor to beat it into me
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Feb 7 by Glycerine82Quote from CT PixieLol I assume she means the way she washes her hands. Maybe she sings happy birthday :-pPeople find it odd you wash your hands after using the bathroom?? I'd be looking at them sideways if they DIDNT wash their hands after using the bathroom.
I don't know, my Mom taught me from the age of a toddler to wash your hands before eating and after using the bathroom. Didn't need a nursing instructor to beat it into me
"No day but today" - Feb 7 by CountyRatQuote from YouwishiwasyourCNAYes, that is what I meant. I never got into the "Happy Birthday" thing, but I still perform the ritual with solemn reverence:Lol I assume she means the way she washes her hands. Maybe she sings happy birthday :-p
"No day but today"
Crank out the paper towel half way (lest I sulley my soon-to-be pristine hands on the bacteria ranch that is the towel dispensor knob), wash each finger individually ("do NOT forget the spaces between the fingers, the nail beds, or the area under your wedding ring!" I hear resounding sternly from the distant past), rinse from the wrist down (fingers pointet down, of course!), leave my dainty paws dangling over the sink (no shaking them and splattering water all about), tear off the afore mentioned, partially deployed paper towel, dry hands, and then, and ONLY then, turn off the water using the paper towel as a barrier against the festering sesspool of contageon that lurks upon the faucet handles.
Whew, I am exhausted! Maybe some other time I will enthrall you all with description of how I exit the lavatory without (heaven forbid!) touching the Door Knob of DEATH, but right now I need to lie down for a while and regain my strength. You guys just continue without me. -
Feb 8 by rnnursingstudentI think the biggest habit I have picked up is knocking on every door and announcing myself...then I am realize i am at home and don't need to knock to go into my own bedroom... Ah the things that get ingrained into our heads...lol - Feb 8 by CT PixieQuote from CountyRatAhh, than that makes it make sense now hahaha. I bet your description of exiting said cest pool is the same way I do it. Never knew my body could bend and twist the way it does when I leave public rest rooms. hahahahYes, that is what I meant. I never got into the "Happy Birthday" thing, but I still perform the ritual with solemn reverence:
Crank out the paper towel half way (lest I sulley my soon-to-be pristine hands on the bacteria ranch that is the towel dispensor knob), wash each finger individually ("do NOT forget the spaces between the fingers, the nail beds, or the area under your wedding ring!" I hear resounding sternly from the distant past), rinse from the wrist down (fingers pointet down, of course!), leave my dainty paws dangling over the sink (no shaking them and splattering water all about), tear off the afore mentioned, partially deployed paper towel, dry hands, and then, and ONLY then, turn off the water using the paper towel as a barrier against the festering sesspool of contageon that lurks upon the faucet handles.
Whew, I am exhausted! Maybe some other time I will enthrall you all with description of how I exit the lavatory without (heaven forbid!) touching the Door Knob of DEATH, but right now I need to lie down for a while and regain my strength. You guys just continue without me.CountyRat likes this.
