Scrubby

Scrubby

Operating Room Nursing

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About Scrubby

Scrubby has 6 years experience and specializes in Operating Room Nursing.


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  1. tell me about your brainless moments

    I scrubbed for a fairly routine lap procedure and both myself and the circulating nurse forgot to do a final count until the patient was out of the theatre. Nothing was missing or anything as it was a lap case but it was pretty embarrassing.
  2. Tired of hearing about the kids.

    I'm also tired of hearing about kids, grandkids from some people all the time. I'm also fed up with one particular person who brings her baby into work and changes them on the tea room table (where we eat!) without disinfecting it and while people a...
  3. Enrolled nurses!

    I disagree that our roles in the OR is exactly the same. I work alongside EN's and have a huge level of respect for them as I do for all my colleagues. But while our physical tasks in theatre are similar (scrubbing and scouting) the RN has a greater...
  4. Craziest Thing You Saw a Surgeon Do.

    The weirdest thing I saw a surgeon do was during a lap incisional hernia repair. He had trouble getting a large mesh down the port so he took the port out and shoved the mesh through the incision and used the lap graspers to pull it through. Not surp...
  5. Refusing to do a surgery?

    I know this will probably inflame some people but I'm going to say it anyway. It's not about you, it's about the patient. If you can't put aside your personal beliefs and judgements then you probably shouldn't be working in areas where terminations o...
  6. Feeling undermined by co-worker

    Thanks for the replies. I'm going to attempt to speak to her tomorrow because our management expects us to try to resolve issues first. I'll say to her that I felt uncomfortable with the way she spoke to me in front of others with regards to the Ur...
  7. Is becoming an RN still worth it?

    Carol-I don't want to cause offense but you sound like you're burned out and need some R&R. It doesn't help when you've experienced the high levels of stress and bad behaviour that goes on in the system. I felt like this a few years ago, even sta...
  8. Feeling undermined by co-worker

    Hi guys this is a bit of a contuination from an old thread I posted called 'I know I know'. I'm the CN in charge of a clinical specialty in the OR. Recently I've been out of my OR having to do the floor co-ordinators role (not by choice) but I'm sti...
  9. free training to be EN or go to uni and study RN?

    Again you're making bold statements without knowing the facts. No patient's life is being put in danger with the closure of beds, the ANF have set a certain criteria which takes into account patient acuity. If someone has a condition that is life thr...
  10. free training to be EN or go to uni and study RN?

    To the OP I guess if you ever become a nurse you'll refuse a payrise? After all you wouldn't want to be accused of being GREEDY. On a serious note there is a world of difference between being money hungry and wanting to earn a decent wage and have...
  11. Where to study?

    I recently completed a hospital run preceptorship course and we were pretty much told by the people running the course that the expectations from UniSA students had to be lower because of how the nursing program is run. I think it's very unfair to th...
  12. Going green makes me red in the face

    My department is trying to get us to recycle in the OR. I wouldn't have a problem with this but the recycling company the hospital uses has stipulated that plastic and paper have to be separated. I don't have to separate paper from plastic at home wh...
  13. I am a Scrub Nurse. I badly need your help.

    Give it time. You're lucky that you're in a supportive environment so go with it and if you still don't like it after a few months then reassess. :)
  14. Where to study?

    Looks like you have to do first year on campus at UNE and then the last two years can be done externally.
  15. Where to study?

    looks like you can work as an en after completing two years at une. http://www.une.edu.au/courses/courses/bnurs "students can apply to graduate with the advanced diploma in nursing upon successful completion of 96 credit points and be eligible to a...