coffee4metech

coffee4metech specializes in OR.

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1. Staff Meetings: What Are They Good For?

   coffee4metech replied to steelydanfan's topic in Relations

   we have staff meetings twice a month 2 meetings the same day one for am shift and another for pm's....... half the staff doesn't even show up .Its very discouraging to see how unmotivated and how time doesn't really matter when it comes to work . I...

2. Debate: 8-hour shifts vs. 12-hour shifts

   coffee4metech replied to mfrench's topic in General Nursing

   how do you go about changing the 8 hr shift to 12 hr shift my department only has 8 hr shifts . I desperately want to work 12 hr shifts I can't stand 5 days a week@ 8 hrs. Managers are very much against the 12 hr shift option why ?????

3. A Nurse CAN be both sexy & smart

   coffee4metech replied to Katie5's topic in General Nursing

   Sexy is something you can't turn off.....but you can use it to prove that there is such a thing as being smart and sexy@ the same time :))))

4. Emptying linen and garbage bags. ..part of a Nurses jobs description?

   coffee4metech replied to Giveheart's topic in General Nursing

   JUST fyi I'm not a nurse or a cna /PCT ..... I work in the OR in another realm of work that is not in direct patient care . Now just to get this off my chest when people walk around saying "this is not my job or I'm above emptying this or lifting t...

5. Getting hit on at work?

   coffee4metech replied to ToughLover's topic in General Nursing

   A guy I work with has always flirted with me complimenting me on my OR hats and telling me I have beautiful eyes although it is flattering ..... its extremely distracting and inappropiate @ work .... I mean I don't really feel it would manifest or g...

6. Is it really this hard for Filipino nursing graduates to transition working as US RN?

   coffee4metech replied to willowRN's topic in General Nursing

   at least people are being honest with you the fact that there is no JOBS here is because we are still in a recession and hospitals will only hire the best of talent in the healthcare field !

7. Night shift for 20 years

   coffee4metech replied to Vtachy1's topic in General Nursing

   Just had to put my comment in there days were killer for me getting at 4am to go to work drive in the dark and freezing temps half asleep , then come home to my daughter who is in the needest stage of toddler years at around 3 pm I was exhausted ...

8. Things you'd LOVE to tell coworkers...and get away with it!

   coffee4metech replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in Relations

   Don't care about your spoiled teenage daughter that you constantly talk about at work what a headache !!!! Come to work with a positive attitude and leave the negative BS at home !!!! No I don't have that specific item and no I can't pull it out of ...

9. It finally happened to me....

   coffee4metech replied to Bezoars's topic in General Nursing

   Just want to let you know i'm in the same boat as you every time i wake up I'm reminded work is just around the corner people with attitudes and short staffed shifts make me crazy but I always say to myself no matter HOW bad it gets at LEAST i HAVE...

10. The Worst Nursing Job You Ever Had

    coffee4metech replied to firstyearstudent's topic in General Nursing

    The worst is when there is NO teamwork and a lack of respect for each other ..... that will bring a whole unit down!!!

11. Closed Unit cliques ...how do I deal with it ????

    coffee4metech posted a topic in Relations

    Its terrible being the outsider of a massive clique , co workers invite people to a party and left me out publicly and right in front of me several times >I am not at work to have a social life , BUT it makes me uncomfortable when people make an ...

12. Why do you put up with the abuse?

    coffee4metech replied to lilla_fjaril's topic in Operating Room

    I learned that people in the OR have to modes , when we have a patient and were on the floor its business ,but when its slow and nothing is going on its fun and we enjoy laughing and making rediculus jokes together. But also everybody has "those" day...

13. did your job give you a holiday gift??

    coffee4metech replied to ohmeowzer RN's topic in General Nursing

    Catered lunch , and cards !!!!

14. Ever had an instrument rep behave unprofessionally in the OR?

    coffee4metech replied to OR Dude's topic in Operating Room

    Some are nice and others I wish would get out of the OR , this one lady who does rep services for the heartcore is a witch , everytime she sees me she asks for things and rolls her eyes I just direct to what she needs and told her to get it herself !...

15. OR beard

    coffee4metech replied to nrsman1's topic in Operating Room

    everybody is entitled to there opinion ... facial hair should be well kept some examples I have seen in some situations were a little over the top.