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  1. Propofol

    stevierae replied to czipp's topic in Gastroenterology

    And possibly take grandma out in a body bag. So much for "painless procedures" and "patient satisfaction." I really doubt that the gastroenterologists or RNs giving sedation in endo labs or free...

  2. LPN in charge of OR??

    stevierae replied to kajama's topic in Operating Room

    Yeah. Here's the problem with management in the operating room: they "talk the talk" about how the RN is in charge of the room; (true) we are the patient's advocate (also true.) Then, whenever a...

  3. LPN in charge of OR??

    stevierae replied to kajama's topic in Operating Room

    Yeah, wherever I have worked, the nurse educators (or inservice co-ordinators) were really cool, and awesome RNs. None of them had any desire to be management--they really enjoyed teaching, and...

  4. LPN in charge of OR??

    stevierae replied to kajama's topic in Operating Room

    I dislike ALL management---both upper and middle. I think they are all a bunch of bean counters and are only in management positions because of the Peter Principle--they simply moved them upward to...

  5. Propofol

    stevierae replied to czipp's topic in Gastroenterology

    Why would you discharge ANY patient to home "in a narcotic daze?" This tells me something about the caliber of the people RECOVERING these patients. What, do you work at one of those high volume...

  6. Lotus Birth...What do yall think about this?

    stevierae replied to JVanRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I guess she wanted you to "annoint" it liberally with saffron, lavender oil, frankincense and myrrh, along with diapering it every hour on the hour. And did you run out to the fabric store and hand...

  7. Propofol

    stevierae replied to czipp's topic in Gastroenterology

    Well, hopefully the one in Medford, Oregon will be shut down (or at least the "NAPS" portion of the endo lab will be shut down) before you come.....what the nurses do there constitutes dangerous...

  8. irrigation during TURP

    stevierae replied to Seelo's topic in Operating Room

    Mike, with the laser......is the prostate vaporized, so that there is no specimen? Is there still the smell that was classic of the old-fashioned

  9. Pain Assessment/Reassessment

    stevierae replied to bobnurse's topic in Pain Management

    That's one thing I have never understood anout JCAHO terminology--what, exactly, is the difference between "assessment" and "reassessment?" Why not just refer to eah assessment you do--for pain or...

  10. irrigation during TURP

    stevierae replied to Seelo's topic in Operating Room

    wherever i have worked, we have always used glycine or sorbitol throughout the turp as long as the resectoscope (with the knife or loop of choice, connected to the cautery) is being used. you have to...

  11. Unfair Discipline at Work...What do you Think?

    stevierae replied to flashpoint's topic in General Nursing

    Bottom line is, she was representing NO ONE except herSELF---she was a PATIENT of that particular health plan, there to get treatment. What if she had had a ruptured appendix? Or a perforated colon?...

  12. This is the stupidest thing I have ever done.

    stevierae replied to Chad_KY_SRNA's topic in General Nursing

    Wait---I assumed Chad was a guy---- Are you a guy or girl, Chad? Either way, you rock, in my book. Hey, wouldn't it be fun to bring a skateboard to work and skateboard up and down the looooong,...

  13. required to work 24hour shift on weekends

    stevierae replied to callbabe's topic in Operating Room

    Yeah; same here--when I started in the O.R. as a 27 year old nurse in '81, (before that I was a Navy Corpsman, working E.R. and O.R., when we worked looooong, tough hours and didn't get such a thing...

  14. Do you have a Weasel at work?

    stevierae replied to Judee Smudee's topic in General Nursing

    So true. We had one--a nurse--who was very lazy and not a very good nurse. She always got the easiest rooms, when she wasn't busy wearing a lab coat and assiting one of the managers with one of...

  15. How common are needle sticks in the OR?

    stevierae replied to findingmywayRN's topic in Operating Room

    Same here; exactly---I've never double gloved, and, if a facility required us to do it, I'd quit. You know, some people are so freaked out about getting some disease--not even a blood borne disease--...

  16. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    stevierae replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    Or, he could have had a tension pneumothorax and what you were seeing was subcuatanous emphysmema, which frequently radiates into the scrotum-- Patient goes into PEA--nobody figures out the underlying...

  17. How common are needle sticks in the OR?

    stevierae replied to findingmywayRN's topic in Operating Room

    LOL, I've only had 2 in 30 years--both times, a surgeon inadverdently stuck me with a used suture needle, on a needle driver, as he was handing it back to exchange it for a fresh suture--without...

  18. When did AORN become an elitist political organization?

    stevierae replied to mgordonlvn's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Your OR nurse manager probably does not circulate in rooms--EVER. She may, indeed, have gotten away with circulating in rooms for over 20 years--but AORN sure didn't know about it. In every state in...

  19. When did AORN become an elitist political organization?

    stevierae replied to mgordonlvn's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I am surprised that your operating room or any nurse educator within your hospital did not inform you of this before you started studying, and, of course, before they promised to reimburse you. It's...

  20. I think I might lose my job, please help

    stevierae replied to BandEmom's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, lvandehey(((((((((((((HUGS))))))))))))))) I am so sorry you are going through this. It sounds like you are sort of falling through the cracks in regards to a good preceptorship. I do not think...

  21. How to treat nurses correctly

    stevierae replied to aw6b6's topic in Operating Room

    Wow, I can already tell you'd be a great person to work with. You have an awesome attitude. Here are my thoughts; just a couple----get and open your own gloves (or, alternatively, ask the circulator...

  22. Propofol

    stevierae replied to czipp's topic in Gastroenterology

    "We, " meaning, the gastroenterology nurses giving IV sedation? My question to you in one word:

  23. Medication error

    stevierae replied to kittiesareus's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    There is SOMETHING wrong with this scenario. First off, an RN with 20+ years experience in Labor and Delivery--or even an RN with a YEAR'S experience in Labor and Delvery----would be cognizant of the...

  24. What is a Thumper

    stevierae replied to FirewalkerRN's topic in Emergency

    Oh, man! What a tragic story! Did the parents go to prison, do you know? I certainly hope so! Imagine that poor little one, slowly freezing to death! I used to wrok at a restaurant (as a...

  25. DVT sleeves and technology

    stevierae replied to bjsmsn's topic in Operating Room

    Really? I've never heard this. I'd like to see this article. I always thought that DVT was directly linked to blood pooling--and forming clots-- in the extremities due to immobility or staying in...