BosLeyDog1

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1. OR Sales Reps

   BosLeyDog1 replied to Bradley822's topic in Operating Room

   I’m speechless! The thought that a mere vendor would sabotage a case! I would remind that person that it could be their wife, husband, mother, father, etc on the table! It just reinforces my thought that vendors are concerned about 2 things only- how...

2. OR Sales Reps

   BosLeyDog1 replied to Bradley822's topic in Operating Room

   WAY too often, the surgeons tell the vendors what their plan is for an out of the ordinary case so they have the trays they need, but they don’t tell us, the OR nurses, what the plan is, like positioning and X-ray, which many times leads to the vendo...

3. Why are CV OR nurses "CV Queens"?

   BosLeyDog1 replied to citylights89's topic in Operating Room

   IF I ever acted like a diva, I apologize. But I worked in CVOR for 22 years, after 8 years in general OR. I could get through any general OR case, even if I needed a little help. But the CV surgeons that I worked with treated us differently, more res...

4. 8 Work From Home Jobs

   BosLeyDog1 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Support

   A word of advice from my neighbor who does chart review from home- make sure that your spouse, kids, neighbors and friends knows that you are WORKING and are not available to babysit, sign for packages, walk your dog, start dinner or do laundry. Be ...

5. "You made a mistake."

   BosLeyDog1 replied to CharleeFoxtrot's topic in General Nursing

   OMG! I had what I call "phone dreams" since I was a kid! Since it was decades ago, mine were about the dial had been turned so that the number dialed was the wrong number every time, but as the years went on, it became that the buttons all fell off a...

6. Can I please get a Parking Spot!

   BosLeyDog1 replied to ArrowRN's topic in General Nursing

   Sweat socks and despair! Great turn of phrase!

7. Should I go for hearts?

   BosLeyDog1 replied to amiss5572's topic in Operating Room

   An 80 year old heart nurse? Really? Are you exaggerating a little, or do you KNOW that she's 80?

8. Engagement Rings in the O.R.

   BosLeyDog1 replied to jackandjill123's topic in Operating Room

   Pin it to your bra strap AND scrub top, that way you can't pull your shirt off without unpinning it

9. Oh, my aching feet!!!!

   BosLeyDog1 replied to GrammyCat066's topic in Uniform/Gear

   I checked out Good Feet, they have a good reputation, but EXPENSIVE! Look at FootSmart.com, also. The podiatrist idea is probably the best one. Best of luck. I feel for you!

10. Personality type for perioperative nursing?

    BosLeyDog1 replied to Maddi_Rose's topic in Operating Room

    A coworker who was pregnant and taking iron prenatal vitamins had a gas attack at the field during an aorta to femoral bypass. Suddenly the chief resident that was closing exclaimed, "Oh no, I think we cut bowel". He cut out all the stitches and ran ...

11. Patients & Pet Peeves

    BosLeyDog1 replied to SisterofMary's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, BUT you would have every staff member requesting to work Monday, and no one would want to work the rest of the days! I had a 10 year old (old enough to know better, but was never taught how to act) scream bloody murder all the way to the OR (for...

12. Long hair at the bedside

    BosLeyDog1 replied to kakamegamama's topic in General Nursing

    Clinic shoes!!!! Thank goodness I don't have to wear them anymore! I firmly believe that they were the start of my hammertoes and bone spurs. Thankfully I can wear sneakers now for my poor feet. I quit wearing my cap in 1977 when it fell into a beds...

13. Experienced CRNA...ask me anything

    BosLeyDog1 replied to 06crna's topic in CRNA

    I guess you told me

14. Experienced CRNA...ask me anything

    BosLeyDog1 replied to 06crna's topic in CRNA

    In my 25 room OR, CRNA's do the cases. They are the front line of patient care, from general anesthetics, spinal and MAC. Without exception, they are completely tied to their phones. I remember 2 occasions that I have told the CRNA that the heart rat...