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- Hi everyone I have been an operating room nurse for nearly eight years. I really enjoy what I do but I have had dreadful...1
- Forum: Operating Room Nursing
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- Yes- for most it does take a long time to be completely comfortable. I'd say it took me almost 2 years to really feel...2
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- Just know that it takes a LONG time to get totally comfortable. Most people say at least a year. We train for 6 months...1
- Forum: Operating Room Nursing
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- *rubs hands together* Ah! I feel like I can have some authority on this! I, too, came from a med/surg-but-mostly-post-op...6
- Forum: Operating Room Nursing
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- It is suspected that the majority of healthcare workers carry MRSA. I worked in a hospital for awhile that was trialing...1
- Forum: General Nursing Discussion
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- And if you can't get an order for that (which has happened to me before, unfortunately), lab needs to draw directly from a...1
- Forum: MICU / SICU Nursing
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- If your patient is on high dose pressors you should have an A-line to draw labs off of period. Titrating high dose pressors...11
- Forum: MICU / SICU Nursing
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- I have a 2nd interview this week for a job working weekend nights in the ICU at a local hospital. I am a new grad, and I...1
- Forum: MICU / SICU Nursing
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- Depends on the new grad. I started along with other people who were also straight out of school like myself. Some did...4
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- The following name has been changed and the situation slightly altered to protect the privacy of those involved. However, it...73
- Forum: General Articles About Nursing
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- most of us don’t get much choice over whether or not we work nights, although we might get a choice about when. we also get...100
- Forum: General Articles About Nursing
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- I can't add to the discussion (I start my first shift as a nurse in about 50 hours), but I just had to comment on the...5
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- I think a lot of it has to do with the charting requirements. I have been a nurse a long time and have seen many trends come...12
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- Tim Kwong was “the first person to set a car on fire” in the riot. Kwong issued a written apology on his Facebook page...8
- Forum: Nursing News
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- Well, I work L&D and I still consider myself a "floor nurse". By "floor nurse" I meant working on a floor in a hospital (as...1
- Forum: Washington DC State Nursing Programs
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- Not exactly what you're looking for, but one of our surgeons wears his scrub pants a bit loose. One day in surgery they...18
- Forum: General Nursing Discussion
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- I will say that night shifters seem to be more self-sufficient, but that is out of necessity, not out of wanting it, know...16
- Forum: General Nursing Discussion
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- My unit finds some excuse to have a "party" at least once a week (so and so's birthday, baby shower, or let's just throw a...4
- Forum: Emergency Nursing
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- I had to giggle, b/c we've got a couple of those where I work. Honestly though at my hospital it's the ICU nurses who have...44
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- I take this as a venting thread and nothing more. Lets just keep it civil and realize that we all have difficult jobs. ...26
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- As a nurse of some years' duration, I've often been accused of harboring a rather warped sense of humor. I'm not sure what...86
- Forum: General Articles About Nursing
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- I never watched the show, but Grey's Anatomy is one line of scrubs that comes in really small sizes that fit really small...1
- Forum: Nursing Scrubs / Uniforms / Gear
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- I find this article fascinating...the study argues that exogenous phytoestrogens somehow help stave off breast cancer. The...3
- Forum: Nursing News
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- 5 cups.....that's a quota I can easily reach :D2
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- Check you're square wave and make sure you're not over/underdampened1
- Forum: MICU / SICU Nursing
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- I always throw in a good flush to look for a plateau in my wave form too. :up:3
- Forum: MICU / SICU Nursing
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- 1) Turn stopcock off to patient 2) Remove cap 3) Press "Zero" 4) Replace cap 5) Turn stopcock back to neutral4
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- good for you! seems as though you learned most of the important stuff. (see #5)1
- Forum: General Nursing Discussion
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- Yeah, for some reason, thinking of all the germs floating around in the hospital keeps my libido in check pretty well during...1
- Forum: General Nursing Discussion
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- surprising the number of people, that see TV medical shows are the REAL thing. First thing I learn being first year...2
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- If you're not looking to offend, maybe you shouldn't have included the word "morons" in the post. Just a thought. (:64
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- I learned some of these rules the hard way, and others I learned through the misfortunes of others. When...25
- Forum: General Articles About Nursing
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- Not too long ago, I signed my name as "RN" for the first time. I felt like a kid in a candy store. I mentioned it to one...45
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- Have you ever wondered what the stress of nursing is doing to you? We know that stress causes cortisol levels to rise which...65
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- nurses make the cover of may issue philadelphia magazine "nurses tell all: the inside secrets to navigating philly...8
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