haras regnurps replied to Hollywood/rn's topic in Ob/Gyn
There is not much out there in the way of research because our UD tried to find some, at the last hospital I worked at switched to laundering their own scrubs at home for surgery. The hospital was...
haras regnurps replied to regglynn's topic in Operating Room
Schedule for the day/with room assignments Trauma scissors roll of tape ink pen permanent marker alcohol preps x2 phone ( pager if I'm on call) (my watch if I just prepped or scrubbed in) ID badge we...
haras regnurps replied to Wife of Spinner's topic in General Nursing
If you can't be kind to all those that you work with then maybe ya'll are in the wrong profession. I used to have a colleague of mine tell me, " honey, you will kill more flys with sugar than you will...
I believe that the nearest place to get zcoils is near grand rapids Michigan. Think you should really give them a try. They are about the same price as danskos but you muxt be professionally
haras regnurps replied to ORSmurf's topic in Operating Room
RN's need to be proactive in regard to the tech circulator role because there are some managers that think it might be ok. especially on the budget. Techs do not have the training or the knowledge to...
self cath patients when in the hospital still have to follow the hospitals nursing protocol. so what does the good book say about cath procedures. politely read it in front of the nurse that kept...
Our hospitals performance evals went up enought that adm. gave everyone a little treat in their paycheck. well everyone but me. My manager found out that it was just an oversight and I got my "treat"...
haras regnurps replied to ORSmurf's topic in Operating Room
I have worked in OR's that have an all RN staff and OR's that have even tried to let techs' circulate. I know which hospital I would rather be a patient at too. Being versatile is always a plus tech...
haras regnurps replied to Wife of Spinner's topic in General Nursing
Just like the Marines slogan says.......respect is earned well, I too have been on both sides of this. I was once an aide prior to being a student nurse, and then RN. I think it makes a big difference...
It is hard to be in your shoes. Hang in there even if it takes a few years. Your family is truly blessed to still have your daughter. Someday when she is not angry she will be so grateful to have...
haras regnurps replied to luv2shopp85's topic in Ohio Nursing
Ohio is awesome. If you want places to go without too much snow choose Cinncinatti or Columbus. Cinncy is the prettier of the 2 but there is so much to do in Columbus. Job market in both is reallly...
haras regnurps replied to ORSmurf's topic in Operating Room
Working in the OR is one of the most exciting jobs you can have in nursing. Nothing is more irriating to a seasoned RN than to have a green scrub tech say something like " circulating is sooooo easy...