bonquilt

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1. Hospital OR job vs. hospital outpatient surgical center job?

   bonquilt replied to ToughingItOut's topic in Operating Room

   I think you would get a better experience base in the hospital OR. You can get a year or two in that OR, then maybe try outpatient. I've worked in both, and at this point in my career/life, I prefer ambulatory surgery centers (20+ years, over 50 yr...

2. Favourite Doctor Moments

   bonquilt replied to NO50FRANNY's topic in Relations

   Surgeons (at least the ones I've worked with over the years) generally say a 'thanks for helping today', but it usually is like 'have a nice day'. But one surgeon stands out; if he missed saying 'thank you' in the OR, he would search for the people a...

3. How To Get A Patient To Take Pain Meds When Needed...

   bonquilt replied to sharpeimom's topic in Pain

   "... cat cages!" okay, so I like watching Dexter and similar shows/movies/books. Hmmm, maybe that's why I love working in the OR...... :rotfl:

4. How To Get A Patient To Take Pain Meds When Needed...

   bonquilt replied to sharpeimom's topic in Pain

   Good for you for not killing him yet! I've been lucky in that my husband's health issues have all been short-term. About 3 days after an ankle surgery, he complained I wasn't being sympathetic enough--"I hope you don't treat your patients this way....

5. Tele or MedSurg better for career to be in OR

   bonquilt replied to monsterRN's topic in Operating Room

   Speaking as someone who went straight to the OR from school, I would definitely get a year or two of experience (I'd think either area would be good). Working with different disease processes, learning meds, all that will be helpful in your future O...

6. Needs an Interviewee

   bonquilt replied to heather.sandoval's topic in Operating Room

   What would you like to know, Heather? OR nursing is a terrific career. It's one of those fields where it seems people either love it or hate it; no inbetween.

7. physical demands?

   bonquilt posted a topic in Urology

   Can someone tell me about the physical demands of out-pt dialysis nursing? Looking for something less physically demanding than the OR. Thanks in advance!

8. Anesthesia: The Last and First Thing You Heard

   bonquilt replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

   When I was 18, I had some neurofibromas removed. As they placed the mask over my face, I heard someone behind my head (probably the scrub nurse) say "oops!". My last thought was 'no 'oops' get me outta here'. Waking up, I remember saying 'ooh, it ...

9. Nurse Heal Thyself

   bonquilt replied to Lindsey McGraw's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you for your story. It makes me feel good to be an OR nurse when I hear what those brief moments mean to a patient. Seems like any time management shares a letter from a pt, the pt remembers everybody BUT the OR nurses (usually thanks to Ver...

10. MD ordered placebo for pain PRN~would you give it?

    bonquilt replied to beetlebailey524's topic in General Nursing

    I resent you saying tramadol is a throw-away drug. no, it doesn't work for everyone. But then neither does tylenol. I take tramadol for my chronic pain (a form of lupus, not SLE). Works pretty good, allows me to continue to work on the days the p...

11. Things people say coming out of anaesthetic

    bonquilt replied to frellyou's topic in General Nursing

    I work in the OR, so I get to hear a LOT of funny things! My own story, I remember waking up from the general anes. when I was 19, my mom was at the bedside and asked me how I was feeling. I replied "it feel like the time I got drunk." pause... "oh...

12. nurses from maintenance point of view

    bonquilt replied to sailordave's topic in General Nursing

    I think our maintenance guys get a kick out of my 'fixit tags'. I not only describe what isn't working, I detail what I did to try to make it work (like changing handpieces, cords, changing to another wall outlet, etc) and what happened when I chang...

13. What you get for nurses week

    bonquilt replied to chevyv's topic in General Nursing

    I have worked at my current hospital for 11 years, and in the past they have always celebrated the week as "Hospital Week" complete with 3 shifts of: free admin-served barbeque (burgers and hot dogs with the usual trimmings), 'ice cream cart' which g...

14. Will you work during a Pandemic?

    bonquilt replied to Goju's topic in COVID

    You didn't include one option in the poll : HE** NO! Sorry, my hospital doesn't care about it's employees on a normal basis, what makes you think it would care in a crisis? Yeah, we do mock disaster drills, and have a disaster preparedness plan. ...

15. coworker complained: I dared to say "butt."

    bonquilt replied to Johnny Moo Man's topic in General Nursing

    Geesh, sounds like a nurse sup we used to have. I got written up one late Sunday night because I hung up on her. Manager asked me why I had hung up... I explained the conversation (too long to go into, basically the sup. was an idiot), then said "i...