RNOTODAY BSN, RN

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    Where were u 9/11/01?

    RNOTODAY replied to k_cole21's topic in General Nursing

    I was at clinical, in nsg school, during my ob rotation...I was assisting for the first time with a lady partsl delivery... baby was born *just as* the newscast came on the tv.....I'll never forget...
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    Wrong COUNTS....

    RNOTODAY replied to RNOTODAY's topic in Operating Room

    Yup, I have heard the last one, too. Makes me crazy.. this is not a game, for crying out loud. Also, if they dont like the nurse, they will have you running all day out of the room. Sad. what a...
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    Wrong COUNTS....

    RNOTODAY replied to RNOTODAY's topic in Operating Room

    Yes, excellent point. However, not all techs are as dilligent as some. Where I work, most simply have the attitude "Hey, you have the license to lose (the nurse), not me"...
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    Post op cranies

    RNOTODAY posted a topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    Hi, Neuro nurses... I work in the OR, and I am curious about the pts on my neuro service.... like, the craniotomies for tumors, and aneurysms, in addition to the laminectomies, plif, tlif, etc. What...
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    Doctor apologized

    RNOTODAY replied to SCRN1's topic in General Nursing

    Yes. I was (well, still am!) new to the OR, and I was learning to scrub. It was a difficult laparoscopic case, and I was unsure of what instrument to pass the surgeon when he asked, and I hesitated......
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    "Right to work"... what does this mean?

    RNOTODAY posted a topic in General Nursing

    What does a "right to work " state mean? And the other term, the opposite of this one.... I see the term used here alot, but am not sure what it
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    "Right to work"... what does this mean?

    RNOTODAY replied to RNOTODAY's topic in General Nursing

    Ok, zash, so since I work in a closed shop, I do NOT work in a right to work
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    "Right to work"... what does this mean?

    RNOTODAY replied to RNOTODAY's topic in General Nursing

    Ok, I work in a "closed shop". I had thought the 'right to work" was a state to state thing? Like, a right to work state, or
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    Wrong COUNTS....

    RNOTODAY replied to RNOTODAY's topic in Operating Room

    Oh, and one more thing ewatts From what I can tell, where I work, before we declare a wrong count, they will tear the room APART, thus, if they find it, the count is not wrong... know what im saying?...
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    Wrong COUNTS....

    RNOTODAY replied to RNOTODAY's topic in Operating Room

    Those are things I thought happened, but in all the cases, the sponges NEVER turned up.... and I am thinking, "well, they HAVE to be somewhere!!! I dunno... I am just concerned about the case I was...
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    Wrong COUNTS....

    RNOTODAY replied to RNOTODAY's topic in Operating Room

    i wasnt "looking" for anything but the correct info, and thanks for your input. yes, the amount of wrong counts is unacceptable,and currently under review... but that wasnt my question, exactly... it...
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    Vent: On Jumping to Conclusions

    RNOTODAY replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    I know how you feel angie, I am like that too, re: assertiveness vs rude, not making things worse,,,, but I have been in that situation actually a few times in my new job, in an OR thats as big of a...
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    leg safety strap during surgery

    RNOTODAY replied to walker shaw's topic in Operating Room

    Just plain old safety...... We have to move the bed alot, and also, when going to sleep, and waking up, sometimes people can move around alot. Involuntary reflexes, also. In the OR every pt gets a...
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    Bonus from a surgeon, anybody?

    RNOTODAY posted a topic in Operating Room

    Has anybody ever gotten a gift/bonus from a surgeon you work with alot? Just curious to see how common this is, since I just started in the or. Not that I expect
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    You Know You're an Old(er) Nurse If . . .

    RNOTODAY replied to hollyvk's topic in General Nursing

    Ok, pardon my ignorance... the Stryker frame...... what was that used for??!!! I really dont know......
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    How much did you start as a nurse and when.

    RNOTODAY replied to ZASHAGALKA's topic in General Nursing

    18.39 , critical care ,
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    Wiping Butt...

    RNOTODAY replied to Chicagoan's topic in General Nursing

    a little harsh, and a tad bit elitist (about wiping butts, mind you). are you serious???!!!! go work at mcdonalds, because someone is wondering how much time one will actually spend doing peri care...
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    Do you ever wish people didn't know you were a nurse?

    RNOTODAY replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    I heard this one on the subway the other day: woman, to a man in scrubs: What do you do for work? man in scrubs: I am a nursing assistant. woman: Oh, now what kinds of things do you do? man: I do...
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    Do you ever wish people didn't know you were a nurse?

    RNOTODAY replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    I dont announce it, because I dont want people to think I am bragging, or trying to get special treatment, or think I am a know it all. I will say I am if asked, though. On occasion, it slips by, and...
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    Nurses just want everyone to have a foley!

    RNOTODAY replied to MrsWampthang's topic in General Nursing

    I cant stop laughing on that
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    I don't want to gag

    RNOTODAY replied to fathernurse2b's topic in General Nursing

    That reminds me of last week, Marie... we had an I&d of an abd wound, infected, and lord...it smelled worse than the worst c diff stool I have ever smelled.........I got a couple bottles of spirit...
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    Wiping Butt...

    RNOTODAY replied to Chicagoan's topic in General Nursing

    Of course they are,but I'm tellin ya, I havent had a code brown in a year and a half!!!!:uhoh21: watch, I will have 5 in a week
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    Wiping Butt...

    RNOTODAY replied to Chicagoan's topic in General Nursing

    It hasnt come up,
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    How much for your soul? (This is very long.)

    RNOTODAY replied to workingforskies's topic in General Nursing

    I get what your saying. But, who do you suggest actually fill those nurse management
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    Is becoming a nurse harder now?

    RNOTODAY replied to clemmm78's topic in General Nursing

    Of course it is harder. We have new technology now, nurses have more responsibility,and the patients in the hospital are much more acute. Todays med/surg pt would be an ICU pt many years ago. Long...