trrinatl

trrinatl has 20 years experience.

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1. what type of socks do you use??

   trrinatl replied to ct1tx's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

   Justins boot socks, made for cowboy boots, they are rugged and they provide GREAT support, they don't LOOK like support socks and the actual foot part of the sock wears out before the calf part gets...

2. Thinking of becoming a childrens nurse

   trrinatl replied to jambonsambo's topic in Male Nursing Students

   I've never done much Ped's nursing except during my ER work years and my Ped's rotation in my FNP program. BUT, I can tell you something that I found to hold true. Most guys are just big kids anway,...

3. Is it to late for me to become a Nurse?

   trrinatl replied to louis345's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

   First of all, YOU have to decide for yourself if nursing is a field that you would like to enter. When I told my family I was going to nursing school at 21, EVERYONE was against it. My mother had...

4. Perineal anxiety

   trrinatl replied to caliber's topic in Men in Nursing

   I'd MUCH rather clean smegma out from under an uncircumsized member than to dig stool out of a lady parts for hours. It's amazing to me how liquid stool seems to flow directly into the ovaries from...

5. help cardiac nurses!

   trrinatl replied to RN75's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   Okay, IMHO your old manager was a WITCH. Just had to get that off my chest. I went to a meeting this past Feb at a Pri-Med convention in Florida and there was a two hour long lunch meeting related...

6. New hosptial computer systems pull nurses away from patient care

   trrinatl replied to lee1's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   I've worked with computer charting at the VA about 7 years ago, I type pretty fast so the narrative charting was a breeze. As far as "known paper" charting, there is a learning curve to anything you...

7. Using Propofol for conscious sedation

   trrinatl replied to wtbcrna's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   I have used propofol a couple of times for CS but generally for vented patients. The information about half life is confusing, the same source says that it's 30 to 60 minutes, then another place in...

8. Gay labeling, is it just plain mean? Or sexual harrassment?

   trrinatl replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in Men in Nursing

   Our corporate office is in Texas, and most of our hospitals are in California, Trust me, Texas may be southern, but they are MILES ahead of the Bible thumpers in

9. Gay labeling, is it just plain mean? Or sexual harrassment?

   trrinatl replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in Men in Nursing

   Maybe I have a distinct advantage of working in a corporate facility. I live in Ga but corporate has a very Texas/California mindset. We actually have sexual indentiy written into our discrimination...

10. What are clinicals all about????

    trrinatl replied to BucklandRN's topic in General Students

    I remember the fun days of clinical 22 years ago in nursing school. The first clinical I got into trouble because I Xeroxed the pages out of the drug handbook instead of hand writing them (which I...

11. Docs yelling at nurses....

    trrinatl replied to ClassQ1's topic in Men in Nursing

    I've been yelled a couple of times in 20 years of being an RN. Usually , i'm the messanger and just relaying info. In 20 years I've also found two great ways for handling the situation. If the doc is...

12. Hospital question

    trrinatl replied to youknowhowwedoit77's topic in Men in Nursing

    A friend of mine recently was looking into traveling. He just went to Craigs list and posted a request for information about the local hosptials. With some computer savvy he imporvised a Pros and...

13. Hair style

    trrinatl replied to Galaknore's topic in Men in Nursing

    Galaknore, you asked for opinions and I'll be happy to give you mine, but again, it's just MY opinion. That and 1.50$ will buy you a cold soda at the gift shop, so again, it's just my 2 cents worth....

14. Man Diff...

    trrinatl replied to night_owl_504's topic in Men in Nursing

    I experienced this same thing and decided that I had to "take ownership of my piece of the problem: allowing it to happen". I came up with a very simple solution. At the beginning of the shift, when...

15. need help getting out of dangerous job!

    trrinatl replied to Cali_Nurse05's topic in General Nursing

    Yikes, what an awful situation. First of all, there are may avenues to take, but the best way to handle it is to take the "high road" and keep things strictly professional and legal. Go to your HR...