ToryAdore

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  1. Modesty Issues

    ToryAdore posted a topic in Operating Room

    Looking for words of wisdom from those who are more experienced with prepping a pt for surgery or catheterizing adult male pts with modesty issues. It has only happened a few times in the past year...

  2. Discharge orders you'd LIKE to write!!!

    ToryAdore replied to LoriAlabamaRN's topic in Emergency

    Balsamic

  3. Funniest injury you have ever seen.....

    ToryAdore replied to MrsWampthang's topic in Emergency

    a "toy"...? Umm...maybe it was Mattels East Bake Oven. That'll do

  4. Trying To Resign!!! Help!!!!!

    ToryAdore replied to PedsRNBSN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    If the reason you're leaving was job related why would you mind them saying they wouldn't hire you back...? Would you go back if they wanted you...? If not, I can't see any reason to risk turning your...

  5. Is 'E.R' the tv show accurate?

    ToryAdore replied to AussieJack's topic in Emergency

    Imagine residents doing every diagnostic procedure themselves..?. Last week the female resident performed a mammogram. I'm waiting for one of them to do a bed

  6. What would you do...?

    ToryAdore posted a topic in Operating Room

    We had a man in for a hernia repair yesterday. Not an inguinal hernia but upper gastric...about 2-3 inches above the navel. The warming blanket was on and after removing his gown from under the...

  7. What would you do...?

    ToryAdore replied to ToryAdore's topic in Operating Room

    I could probably deal with the need to get the pt. into a gown but without paperwork or documentation...umm...are you supposed to take verbal instructions from the pt....? Heck, if you give them a...

  8. vomiting blood and alcohol

    ToryAdore replied to krisssy's topic in Emergency

    Krissy, I'm probably wrong and this is going to sound way out of left field but, did he throw up in the ER..? Who determined that it was blood..? Was that checked...? Could an 18 year old with 7 beers...

  9. vomiting blood and alcohol

    ToryAdore replied to krisssy's topic in Emergency

    I think we may be overreacting a bit here. Krissy never said he entered the ED because he was drunk...but for vomiting blood. (as it turned out it wasn't due to health problems associated with chronic...

  10. Evil People

    ToryAdore replied to Happy-ER-RN's topic in Emergency

    You did great in just walking away. I'm sure I would have said something (as I left to find another nurse) that bordered on "totally inappropriate" such as "it might be a good idea if I call Social...

  11. What would you do...?

    ToryAdore replied to ToryAdore's topic in Operating Room

    From the responses, it seems that undergarments are removed "without" asking the surgeon first. Are there different proprietary rules at each facility about this..? I was trained (at my facility) to...

  12. Male RN-assist with pelvic exams?

    ToryAdore replied to walnuttree91's topic in Emergency

    Having a female nurse present during the PE is as much a safeguard to the MD as it is to the pt. I've read about the numerous frivilous law suits and allegations by pts. who accuse the MD of fondling...

  13. Male RN-assist with pelvic exams?

    ToryAdore replied to walnuttree91's topic in Emergency

    Digressing just a bit, I feel bad for the male pt. who, after requesting a male nurse (for whatever reason he's so inclined) is talked about behind his back in the nurses break room about why he...

  14. OPINION PLEASE-er triage situation-overwhelmed!

    ToryAdore replied to Uptoherern's topic in Emergency

    And if you DID ask if she were pregnant, would the ER Director expect you to have put the (example) 4 chest pain pts. in their 60's or 70's aside...? Of course not. It seems that the Director has...

  15. Pt complaint - frustrated

    ToryAdore replied to jamieRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You have to go by the numbers. If you have good feedback from 99% of your pts. or family members (sometimes even no feedback is good), then don't fret over the complaint from that 1%. Especially if...

  16. NGT placement

    ToryAdore replied to SHALIMAR's topic in Emergency

    http://www.enw.org/Research-NGT.htm This site is pretty comprehensive about

  17. Catheter dummy in school

    ToryAdore posted a topic in Emergency

    I'm not one to try to change the course of history after only 8 months out of school but many of the techniques in school differ from the hospital. I can now understand most of those differences,...

  18. Discharge orders you'd LIKE to write!!!

    ToryAdore replied to LoriAlabamaRN's topic in Emergency

    Although I totally agree with TennNurse's thoughts, I still think I'll add her to my "do not ever "PO" list

  19. Discharge orders you'd LIKE to write!!!

    ToryAdore replied to LoriAlabamaRN's topic in Emergency

    Or these: 1. When you start eating first thing in the morning and do not stop until you go to sleep, it's NOT considered one meal a day. Eat sensibly. 2. Doors are to be pushed open with hand not...

  20. A Dear Abbey letter. What is your take?

    ToryAdore replied to Faeriewand's topic in General Nursing

    Putting the actions of the nurse and the reaction of the wife aside for a moment...the reference to being as "sexless as a CRP dummy" is beneath contempt. The wife might have thought that her husband...

  21. Modesty Issues

    ToryAdore replied to ToryAdore's topic in Operating Room

    That's one of the things going against me because of my age. I've been told (by a pt.) that most men are more comfortable having this procedure done by a nurse in their 40's or 50's rather than one...

  22. Modesty Issues

    ToryAdore replied to ToryAdore's topic in Operating Room

    That's another aspect that I could use a bit of help with. What if the pt "is" awake..? He assumes you're inexperienced or fumbling but actually you're not. What do you say while all this is happening...

  23. Modesty Issues

    ToryAdore replied to ToryAdore's topic in Operating Room

    I still need to work on the "blushing" part. Too bad Britney Spears didn't own a part of Bard. Foley trays might come with a small tube of concealer. Oh well. Thank you all for your responses. Any...