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  1. MD referring to CRNA as 'support staff'

    stevierae replied to kestrel1121's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    You are absolutely wrong here, DixieDi. CRNAs are held to EXACTLY the same standards of care that anesthesiologists are held

  2. Can you believe this? 13yo and mom both pregnant

    stevierae replied to seanymph's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Did she keep the

  3. Can a surg. tech. "circulate" a case -give medications?

    stevierae replied to Linda J's topic in Operating Room

    YOU GO, GIRL!!! I used to work at a place where the techs would break between every case, and I thought that was a great practice--still do. Otherwise, they may not get a break, other then lunch....

  4. MD referring to CRNA as 'support staff'

    stevierae replied to kestrel1121's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    You are so right, yoga. This is why I like to work in CA, where, when a CRNA is doing anesthesia, he or she is generally doing it as an independent practitioner. If there is an anesthesiologist in...

  5. Can a surg. tech. "circulate" a case -give medications?

    stevierae replied to Linda J's topic in Operating Room

    Sigh. Once again, I can only speak for myself, and I have always worked with awesome OR techs. I mean, I have worked with a few prima donna techs who can only do one specailty and that's IT, but I...

  6. Can a surg. tech. "circulate" a case -give medications?

    stevierae replied to Linda J's topic in Operating Room

    I just LOVE your little dog pic! :) Is he a pug? Is he yours? He is just adorable--looks like he is

  7. Can a surg. tech. "circulate" a case -give medications?

    stevierae replied to Linda J's topic in Operating Room

    WTF? "Harassed?" Where the heck did THAT come from?! FYI, I was not speaking to YOU--I was addressing the topic in general--it comes up allllllll the time in this section of the bb. Just do a...

  8. Can a surg. tech. "circulate" a case -give medications?

    stevierae replied to Linda J's topic in Operating Room

    I don't have a BSN. Never wanted one, never will. I want to practice hands on NURSING--not move up in management. And, as I said, I have worked, and continue to work, with some awesome, awesome OR...

  9. Can a surg. tech. "circulate" a case -give medications?

    stevierae replied to Linda J's topic in Operating Room

    This is just food for thought--not to provoke controversy, but to provoke THOUGHT. This is an actual case in which a hopsital was sued successfully because an operating room technician went outside...

  10. Can someone explain this to me: Changing out various airway tubes.

    stevierae replied to Diprivan/Vented's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    NO--these are NOT the type of patients you take care of daily in your PICU. That's my whole point. These were ADULT tonsillectomies; adults who were ASA3 because they were morbidly obese, had sleep...

  11. Can a surg. tech. "circulate" a case -give medications?

    stevierae replied to Linda J's topic in Operating Room

    You will never hear me say or insinuate I dislike or hate STs--if you do any kind of a search, you will see me praising some of the ones I have been lucky enough to work with in my day--I've worked...

  12. Can someone explain this to me: Changing out various airway tubes.

    stevierae replied to Diprivan/Vented's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    These were KAISER deaths....ooops, I wasn't going to name names, but I guess I just did... :uhoh21: They were YOUNG, too--it haunts me that maybe, JUST MAYBE, they might have lived (or at least not...

  13. Question regarding prisoners' right to refuse meds

    stevierae replied to stevierae's topic in Correctional

    So, why do you think that ACLU attorney said what he did? This really bothers me, in that I feel that we did not proceed with the case on behalf of this prisoner. (I don't care about my brother in...

  14. Can someone explain this to me: Changing out various airway tubes.

    stevierae replied to Diprivan/Vented's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I wondered about that, as well. Isn't that the device we use in the operating room to convert a double lumen tube (post-thoracotomy for lobectomy or pneumonectomy, or esophagogastrectomy) to a...

  15. Can someone explain this to me: Changing out various airway tubes.

    stevierae replied to Diprivan/Vented's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Thank you--I appreciate the

  16. Your Worst Mistake

    stevierae replied to aurora_borealis's topic in General Nursing

    Of course--but Heparin and Insulin errors are the most preventable of errors, if only one would take the time to double check with another nurse. With Insulin, it isn't just dosage--it's TYPE of...

  17. Your Worst Mistake

    stevierae replied to aurora_borealis's topic in General Nursing

    Of course--but Heparin and Insulin errors are the most preventable of errors, if only one would take the time to double check with another nurse. With Insulin, it isn't just dosage--it's TYPE of...

  18. Your Worst Mistake

    stevierae replied to aurora_borealis's topic in General Nursing

    EXACTLY. I think those nurses who talked about it for a week were just being jerks. I've seen patients come to surgery with the wooden board that is slid under them during resucitation from cardiac...

  19. Your Worst Mistake

    stevierae replied to aurora_borealis's topic in General Nursing

    EXACTLY. I think those nurses who talked about it for a week were just being jerks. I've seen patients come to surgery with the wooden board that is slid under them during resucitation from cardiac...

  20. Your Worst Mistake

    stevierae replied to aurora_borealis's topic in General Nursing

    Not criticizing anybody, but aren't nurses taught in nursing school anymore to double check heparin and insulin with another RN while drawing it up? That's what I was taught, both as a hospital...

  21. Your Worst Mistake

    stevierae replied to aurora_borealis's topic in General Nursing

    Not criticizing anybody, but aren't nurses taught in nursing school anymore to double check heparin and insulin with another RN while drawing it up? That's what I was taught, both as a hospital...

  22. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    stevierae replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    I'm tellin' ya, I worked ER as a corpsman 30 years ago, and it's like deja vu all over again hearing these stories--people using the ER as a convenience clinic, that is, because to call during the...

  23. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    stevierae replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    I'm tellin' ya, I worked ER as a corpsman 30 years ago, and it's like deja vu all over again hearing these stories--people using the ER as a convenience clinic, that is, because to call during the...

  24. Catheters

    stevierae replied to mollyz's topic in General Nursing

    Urinary drainage catheters? no--very easy--"see one, do one, teach one," as they say. Sometimes with older men with benign prostatic hypertrophy, adhesions or a history of radiation or surgery, the...

  25. Catheters

    stevierae replied to mollyz's topic in General Nursing

    Urinary drainage catheters? no--very easy--"see one, do one, teach one," as they say. Sometimes with older men with benign prostatic hypertrophy, adhesions or a history of radiation or surgery, the...