grimmy RN

i don't mind call all that much, as long as it's evenly distributed. where i work, it works out fairly well. one of my gripes with my workplace is that the management is practically non-existent. there are certain nurses and/or techs that have ...

i'm with you on that one. i have complained, it seems, without being heard, that most of my patients smoke, so i don't want to smoke the patient! why inhale that crap? i guess i need to press harder on this issue at work. i mean, for cripes sake, ...

i agree - counts are critical items in pt safety, and cannot be fudged for any blowhard. the fact that the surgeon and pa are pompous morons is another story. obviously they've had great nurses around (like you) to make sure that they have never to...

i did sort of choose - they were desperate for people on a few teams, and i chose the one where i liked the people. i like most kinds of surgery, so that really wasn't going to be an issue. people that you spend 8-12 hours with, every single day, is...

i, too, live about 30 minutes from work, and it hasn't posed much of a problem for me. i think the only time i really hate it is when i'm called in, sent home, and then called back less than an hour later. it makes a commute in the dark that much l...

i, too, prefer the hanging bags. the scrub typically drops them in the kick bucket (which i line with the pack plastic bag at the beginning of the case) and during the case i keep track of them by putting them in the hanging bags. i've only been in...

i'm hoping that the pt had anti-embolic stockings and kendall boots on, too (or did they use enoxaparin?) lack of blood flow, poor positioning, can all contribute to that sort of pain - what type of lithotomy positioning did they use? candy canes or...

you're not particularly clear about why you find nursing stressful - and yes, you will definitely find psych pts no matter what kind of nursing you do. the or (where i work) does require some moving of pts, but it is fairly minimal. if you like tec...

our stringers change depending on the pan, but most begin with scissors, drivers, and work on down to sponge sticks and cv clamps. we had to go to additional pans when it was just too darn heavy to lift the rib instruments. we rarely use doyens and...

no fakes, no long nails, ever. even if i could wear nail polish it would be scrubbed off within a day or so, and why bother? i'm so used to having short clean, squared off nails that i clip and file them once a week to keep them healthy. i even ge...

i absolutely hate commuting, and i have less of an issue with it than the op - i am 30 minutes from work. even so, i'm looking at buying a home closer to work for many reasons, including the commute. i listen to npr, my ipod, have plenty of java by...

speaking of australian nurses, we have a travel nurse from australia, and she has mentioned the back tables they have with multiple levels and "side pans" that attach to the back table. well, i want one! maybe we have them in the us, but i haven't ...

well, go to your local american lung association website or second wind http://www.2ndwind.org/ you could also get a picture of lungs and have the baker shave the cake into that form...or forget about the form of lungs altogether and think of somet...

as someone who works with surgeons everyday, its hard to imagine not talking with them. imagine having to deal with residents who think they know everything, too! in reality, of all the surgeons i work with, the vast majority are decent, if not a...

i'm not interested in m/s primarily because of poor staffing issues. i feel like i cannot possibly do a great job because i wouldn't have the time to do it right. there's also a limited technical aspect to the job which i would miss. i crave techn...

i would think this would qualify as a verbal order. goodness knows that i run them through the or constantly. yes, eventually that md has to sign off within a certain time for the orders, but a ua seems to be a petty issue.

[color=darkslategray]i would wonder what your facility's policy is regarding hats brought from home. where i work, several people wear hats (some home-made) from home, and pledge to wash them between each wearing. of course, they must adhere to the...

[color=darkslategray]i, too, am dealing with this where i work. some folks are content to leave things as they are because this manager is a "known." they're more afraid of the unknown quantity that could be brought in from somewhere else. frankly...

[color=darkslategray]i think chemistry is extremely important. you cannot fully understand acid/base balance in the body without chemistry. additionally, knowing and appreciating basic med calculations, drip rates is basic chemistry, even if you're...

[color=darkslategray]ok- here it comes from an or nurse... you are hardly alone in your fears. most patients who come to the or in fear are afraid of this very thing. agreed, we do have great meds available for anesthesia, and much of what happen...

[color=darkslategray]you may want to look at the work of one of the professors (where i work) who had done significant research on skin breakdown in the minority geriatric population. his name is courtney lyder and here are some websites of various ...

[color=darkslategray]its my understanding that in certain places (mayo clinic comes to mind) that all their postop pts go through what looks like a "car wash" of an x-ray machine as they go to pacu - this is how they get away with not counting instru...

[color=darkslategray]not at my facility, though it can be requested, depending on the case. for my team (we do thoracic surgery) we do require postop cxr - some facilities do xrays on all pts. a lot depends upon facility policy.

[color=darkslategray]a lot depends on your geographic location, etc. if you're a member of aorn, go to http://www.aorn.org/careers/default.htm and click on salary calculator, and sign in. put in all the pertinent info, and for your location, educat...

[color=darkslategray]oh, the little things...and they are insidious. they creep into your vulnerable, insecure soul and nag at you. i remember all too well. i was scrubbing a micro/neuro/spine case, something i definitely hadn't done more than a h...