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I have been an RN for 2 1/2 years on an orthopedic/trauma unit. It is very stressful and overwhelming at times. Our patient load is 4-5 per nurse. I work nights because days is way too hectic and I don't understant how anyone can do it. Even on nights, it can be so busy that we only get a 10 minute break during a 13 hour shift. I am applying for several different jobs at the moment and my goal is to find something with 8 hour shifts and that wil be less busy and hopefully far less stressful. There is an outpatient orthopedic surgical clinic that is hiring for a perioperative RN. I thought this was perfect until I read that it included the scrub/assist position. I'm not so sure about that. I don't know what exactly a scrub nurse does, but it seems like it could be very stressful. Any advice would be appreciated. -Thanks

I am in my last quarter of an ADN program and I have a question that I'm too embarrassed to ask my instructors....something I should probably know by now. If you have a piggyback that is not compatible with the primary infusion, can you clamp the primary line above the y-port, flush it, give the piggyback, flush again, and resume primary infusion. I only ask because I looked back on some old notes from my first quarter and saw this written. Never seen it done and seems like it'd be a pain in the butt.