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Nov 08, 2009 01:18 AM

Ok I dont like ortho


Ive been a nurse for about 5 years, floated, done agency, rehab, tele, medsurg. But about 4 months ago I got a job on an ortho-medsurg floor. I honestly dont like it much. Not very critical and mostly manuel labor. Push meds, remove the pca's, get patients out of bed with a walker and that takes about 5 minutes. Then get them to the comode, then back to bed then pain med after. And since its a 4 bed ward, the other 3 ortho patients realize one after another they want the same.

I have no problem with the patients and Im very pleasant and curtious. I just miss telemetry and more critical med surg complications. More of a rant.


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No. 1
Old Nov 08, 2009, 01:22 AM

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I also think what I dont like is that most of the nurses I work with ignore the call bells, ignore the iv pumps that go off, and we have only 1 cna on the floor. And since I was a cna for 5 years prior to being a nurse, I feel obligated to get thier stuff. I think if I stay here this unsatisfaction will increase
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Old Nov 08, 2009, 01:52 AM

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I'm a new grad on an ortho/neuro/trauma floor and I feel your pain. Ortho patients (like any other) can be incredibly demanding, and quite frankly, physically exhausting. Especially when you have q2hour turns, etc.

All the best,
Diane
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from babe48076
Old Nov 08, 2009, 06:33 AM

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I am not a nurse, but I am a PCT. I have worked on Tele and recently started working on ortho and it is a struggle everyday as a Tech so I definitely can feel your pain as an RN. I am glad that I am getting the experience as a Tech, because I know that once I become a RN I do not want to be a ortho nurse.
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from nyteshade
Old Nov 08, 2009, 06:48 AM

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I was a traveler, and worked acute rehab. Well one night, they floated me over into trauma ortho (this was a level 1 after all) and I thought no problem same type of patients just fresh post-op. Man that night, a bad accident with a building happened, I kept getting admission after admission one from ER, one from PACU, etc. Oh yeah, everyone had an almost empty PCA pump! Long story short...it kicked my butt. I like rehab, but I don't like ortho. Good post OP! Props to the ortho nurses too!
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Old Nov 08, 2009, 06:50 AM

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I hate ortho as well. BO-ring!
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Old Nov 08, 2009, 07:48 AM

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now, I work ortho...and I like the routine, I like being a expert at potential complications, and fixing people after horrible car wrecks, accidnets, etc. But I also work neuro, and have detoxes and back sxs, post ICU craniotomies, etc...adds a very different element.. If all I had were just orthos, I would get bored, but the neuro and potential medicals add a welcome change from time and time....
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Old Nov 08, 2009, 09:16 AM

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89 y/o hip fxs make me antsy.



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Old Nov 08, 2009, 09:58 AM

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Maybe you should move on and stop moaning and groaning about it.
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Old Nov 08, 2009, 10:27 AM

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Word to the wise, if you stay where your unhappy it will show and could cost you. I worked ortho,neuro, trauma, med surg. and eventually it comes down to to many things to do and not enough time or staff to do it all
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