Anisettes BSN, RN

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    Most relevant specialties for nursing abroad

    Anisettes replied to lolotambu's topic in General Nursing

    Regarding OR nurses - you must be able to circulate AND scrub. Most of the overseas NGO's operate on the European model where nurses do both, unlike the US where most places hire RN's to circulate and...
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    Terminated After Two Months!!

    Anisettes replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    I hope you hang in there and find your niche! Just a caveat though, I really wouldn't recommend jail or prison nursing for someone without at least a year or two of hands-on nursing care. Often you...
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    Etiquette in the OR?

    Anisettes replied to trauma_lama's topic in Operating Room

    I've seen this happen quite a few times and I don't like it either. It's more than gossiping, it's something more, another level entirely and I don't like it. I have a strong personality (re: a *****,...
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    "Listening to nurses is key to being a good doctor"

    Anisettes replied to turnforthenurse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I love me some Ibee Grumpy. He's one artisanal
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    Image book for OR set-up

    Anisettes replied to Epona's topic in Operating Room

    You know YouTube has videos of everything and guess what I found? and you'll find other videos on the same topic. Hope it
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    Image book for OR set-up

    Anisettes replied to Epona's topic in Operating Room

    Epona, I don't have an answer for you - but you might get more bites if you post this over in the Specialties section under Operating Room Nursing, I'm sure there is someone over there who'll be...
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    Patient died...

    Anisettes replied to samiam4's topic in General Students

    As hard as it may to accept, we all are going to die one day. And many of us won't make it into our 80's even without all his co-morbidities. It's just the way it is. It might help if you remember...
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    instructor says nursing is not for me..

    Anisettes replied to Orlette's topic in General Students

    I agree. Almost 30 years ago I was told by one of the nursing instructors (at the school I ended up enrolling in) during a nursing orientation for PROSPECTIVE students, that she didn't think me and...
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    Personal advice needed!

    Anisettes replied to bailee4's topic in General Nursing

    I'm the last person who'd ever tell another that nursing isn't the field for them. I remember being told that several times early on - one of them was a nursing instructor on my admission board before...
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    how does one become an OR nurse

    Anisettes replied to Nolander's topic in General Nursing

    Only requirement is being an RN (any degree). You can't just 'drop-in' to the OR, though. Depending on your hospital's program you'll undergo a 6-9 month training period - paid on the job training....
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    How to start the new job????

    Anisettes replied to lifein08's topic in General Nursing

    First - take a deep breath. NEVER lie, if you don't know how to do something - admit it - then ask for assistance or information. I've been doing this for 20+ years and I still don't know even half...
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    What the what??

    Anisettes replied to pockunit's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think this one is necessarily wrong, but I had an instructor who always said res-PYRE-RA-tory. She also said vege-TABLE which drove me equally crazy - strange how a non-nursing word was said...
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    If people could see what we see don't you think they'd see things so differently?

    Anisettes replied to Vtachy1's topic in General Nursing

    Excellent article. I don't want to die at this moment either, but neither am I afraid of it. Only, as the author noted "dying in pain or alone." Though I don't even really mind the alone part either,...
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    "That nurse is vile" (long)

    Anisettes replied to PintheD's topic in General Nursing

    Hang in there. I know it doesn't feel like it, but the truth is that nothing, nothing that another person thinks, feels, does, or says is about you - it's about *them*, where they've been, how they...
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    What is the weirdest thing someone has been admitted to the hospital for?

    Anisettes replied to SweetsRN522's topic in General Nursing

    I've had several patients come in with shaving cream cans, potatoes, apples, etc... shoved up their butts. If they can get it in there, they'll try it out, though I don't understand the non-phallic...
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    Ever accepted a position knowing it was a mistake?

    Anisettes replied to Gratefulprn's topic in General Nursing

    Yes! My first day there was a living nightmare and it went downhill from there. It got to the point that when I hit the door to the ambulance bay (where we usually entered the ER from the parking lot)...
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    Correctional RN job vs. ER RN job

    Anisettes replied to lei_joshelle's topic in Correctional

    I had a similar experience with ER burnout - eventually I ended up leaving the ER completely for the OR. Anyway, in the interim I took a job at a women's prison doing two 12's on the weekend and went...
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    androgel patch

    Anisettes replied to Zen123's topic in Patient Medications

    We kept injectable testosterone in our narc box when I worked for the VA and it was part of the narcotic count. It's only a controlled substance in that it develops legs if not carefully controlled....
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    Roll Call for all Military and VA Nurses and those considering the Service

    Anisettes replied to RNPATL's topic in Government, Military

    23 years in Nursing, mostly ED and OR, but have also worked as a SANE, and in Corrections (So. Nevada Women's Prison). Worked for the VA in VISN 22 (Las Vegas) for 3 years back in the 90's. Currently...
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    Roll Call for all Military and VA Nurses and those considering the Service

    Anisettes replied to RNPATL's topic in Government, Military

    I see this was posted in May - but I just now saw it. I'm at Landstuhl in the OR. Unlike the OR (we do 8's & 10's), the ICU nurses work 12-hour
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    Dead bodies?

    Anisettes replied to relgis15's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I think it depends on where you are. When I lived in NYC, the nurses did post-mortem care and transported bodies down to the morgue. But when I lived in Las Vegas, we still did post-mortem care, but...
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    Dead bodies?

    Anisettes replied to relgis15's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    If it helps, don't think of them as dead bodies (if you can). Think of them as sleeping if it helps. That's about the only the thing I can think of to help you. The dead don't bother me, never have,...
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    Are 12 hour shifts going extinct?

    Anisettes replied to MunoRN's topic in General Nursing

    In my OR we have a mix of 8's and 10's - no 12's. Our ICU only does 12's. It may just be your particular hospital is trying something else - more than likely financially
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    Dear Vocera

    Anisettes replied to PeepnBiscuitsRN's topic in General Nursing

    I loathe it. You repeat a name over and over and it doesn't 'get it', or you -clearly - say Stacy Smith and it asks you "Did you mean John Plain?" Which sounds NOTHING like what you just said. Ugh! We...
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    How to get yourself ready for a long day in the OR?

    Anisettes replied to Monica08's topic in Operating Room

    I've used cloth masks in the past for the same reason, all of the disposable face masks break my face out - I had what looked like a perpetual butterfly rash. The cons are that they don't have the...