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  1. Propofol

    stevierae replied to czipp's topic in Gastroenterology

    Here's what I don't understand--putting safety issues aside--- WHY do you want to do an anesthesia provider's job---FOR A NURSE'S PAY???? WHY???? I just don't understand why you'd take on the extra...

  2. to cpan rn's

    stevierae replied to Friesw/that's topic in Operating Room

    You go, grrrrlllllll!!!!!

  3. to cpan rn's

    stevierae replied to Friesw/that's topic in Operating Room

    Yeah, you guys sure do, no doubt about that!! :) I am always impressed by what excellent patient advocates the RNs who work in PACU are. They'll (you'll!) get right up in an anesthesiologist's...

  4. to cpan rn's

    stevierae replied to Friesw/that's topic in Operating Room

    So, what do CPANs do, exactly? I mean, are you also operating room nurses? If so, do you have an expanded role--that is, are you allowed to perform functions that we are not? Do you work for the...

  5. question re: donors

    stevierae replied to angel03's topic in Operating Room

    Right--again, BRAIN DEATH is not necessarily the ONLY criteria to declare someone DEAD. It depends on state law. LACK OF CORTICAL FUNCIONING--which means that the likelihood of ever regaining...

  6. question re: donors

    stevierae replied to angel03's topic in Operating Room

    That's a good way to educate both health care professionals and families--by repeatedly using the word "cadavers." In this way, they finally understand that this warm, pink, "person" with a beating...

  7. question re: donors

    stevierae replied to angel03's topic in Operating Room

    This is so true. Generations of my husband's family and their friends (they are all Southern Baptist) have a deeply ingrained belief that God will not let them into heaven if they don't arrive with...

  8. question re: donors

    stevierae replied to angel03's topic in Operating Room

    Angel--I urge you to check out the thread in the neuro nursing section that is entitled, "Do you talk to brain dead patients?" I have posted quite a bit within that thread. There is a lot of...

  9. Risperdal, gynecomastia and galactorrhea in adolescent males

    stevierae posted a topic in Psychiatric

    This side effect is not mentioned on the package insert or on the FDA site or product manufacturer's site, but apparently it is pretty common in adolescent males on Risperdol. In fact, I have heard...

  10. counting cottonoids neuro cases

    stevierae replied to angel03's topic in Operating Room

    I have them either throw them off as they are used, and I tie them in groups of 10, and we count them together, as the scrub has time to look, or I do as you do and have them fill the card and throw...

  11. Any new grads start in OR?

    stevierae replied to Chrislynn2003's topic in Operating Room

    Oh, man---I HATE operating rooms like that--requiring you to do that is, in my opinion, such a sacred cow. Suggest to them that they do what we do in most operating rooms where I've worked--if a...

  12. Any new grads start in OR?

    stevierae replied to Chrislynn2003's topic in Operating Room

    I remember in the '80s this gorgeous, gorgeous ER nurse--she was incredibly nice, too--came to cross-train in the OR. Certain people treated her horribly. They actually "ganged up" on her, as a...

  13. Any new grads start in OR?

    stevierae replied to Chrislynn2003's topic in Operating Room

    You definitely had a bad experience. I am sorry you didn't try out a different OR--you may have found it was the difference between night and day. I do know about the "groupies" of whom you...

  14. This took the cake

    stevierae replied to sharann's topic in Operating Room

    That's exactly right--they do the absolute MINIMUM to get by; just enough to keep from getting fired. Then they get mad because other people--who are simply doing their JOBS--make them look bad. Or,...

  15. magnet therapy

    stevierae replied to weezieRN's topic in Holistic

    I know nothing about magnet therapy, but I do know doctors and nurses who swear by it, and have become wellness consultants for a Japanese company named Nikken. I am told that Nikken and one of the...

  16. family members in the OR

    stevierae replied to bjsmsn's topic in Operating Room

    That's a very legitimate concern, Marie, and I don't think OR management should have allowed it. I know, even pre-HIPAA, when we did "Take Your Daughters to Work Day, " we had to specifically ask...

  17. Circulator out of room time during a case?

    stevierae replied to druse's topic in Operating Room

    Yes, that's true--those situations happen, as well. Too

  18. Circulator out of room time during a case?

    stevierae replied to druse's topic in Operating Room

    Whenever I have to leave the room for ANY reason--and I make my trip out as quick as possible--I always say out loud, so that the scrub, anesthesia and the surgeon can hear--"I am going to step out of...

  19. instrument count records

    stevierae replied to Sherri53's topic in Operating Room

    I am there. No kidding; this is where I want to take my next travel assignment. I just spent the weekend in Victoria, British Columbia and it looks EXACTLY as I imagine London and other English...

  20. On-Call Pay

    stevierae replied to nellie_nurse812's topic in Operating Room

    DAMN!!!!! Almost makes me want to take a travel assingment there.....triple time; what a deal.... What state are you in,

  21. instrument count records

    stevierae replied to Sherri53's topic in Operating Room

    Huh, what do they use instead of a Mayo stand? Do you work directly from your backtable, or what? That's interesting--I am always willing to learn new tricks... Do they seriously use travelers in...

  22. On-Call Pay

    stevierae replied to nellie_nurse812's topic in Operating Room

    That's DAMN good; to get double time after 8 hours. Only time any place I have ever worked that paid double time was when you were called in on holidays--and that was only at a couple places--most...

  23. instrument count records

    stevierae replied to Sherri53's topic in Operating Room

    Well, don't get me wrong--I do believe that in today's increasingly litigous society people are always looking for a way to sue anybody they can, regardless of whether actual DAMAGES were...

  24. Any Victoria, B.C nurses coming to dragonboat races this weekend? My team is racing.

    stevierae posted a topic in International Nursing

    I rarely post anything personal, but I am so excited I just have to do so just this once--if anybody on allnurses is from Victoria, B.C. or will be there this weekend, I am going to be in a...

  25. instrument count records

    stevierae replied to Sherri53's topic in Operating Room

    You know, seriously--maybe streamlining the instrument trays would help--a LOT. I have seen open shoulder trays that have ancient--ANCIENT--retractors that we used to use for open Putti-Platts or...