You know, I earn a good salary. It took me 30 years to get here, but the truth is, I have no complaints about my salary. And I'm "just" a staff nurse (by choice). I have hundred complaints (a day!) about working conditions, both labor related and p...
Hi, Lu. I have been an OR RN for 30 years after having worked a few years on surgery and oncology inpatient units. I think it is a mistake for OR programs to accept new grads. We have a program in our OR, and just accepted new grads for the first ...
I wrap them in a pillowcase. (Wrap the case around it rather than putting the gel roll or IV bag inside the case to avoid losing it in the laundry.) I never use towels because they leave ugly marks on skin. We still often use IV bags - I'm unaware of...
Our policy is similar - termination even for looking up your own record. This is no joke. The sad thing is that protecting patients' privacy has always been our ethical responsibility, but it took a huge bureaucratic action to get many to take it se...
I'm so sorry you are dealing with this stress. It happens to so many of us and any nurse who makes a med error suffers internally about it. I made the same error, in reverse, recently. I, too, was sick at heart even though I knew the patient wasn...
OR Dude: We have some pretty obnoxious reps in our OR too. The "boys' club" atmosphere between the ortho reps & surgeons, in particular, gags me... Back to your point: I think you should use your "chain of authority" and first report this rep...