GadgetRN71 ASN, RN

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    Specialities in the Operating Room...

    GadgetRN71 replied to OR/GI Nurse Lisa's topic in Operating Room

    Most of my experience is in Ortho but at my new job, I do general, cysto and GYN too. The only specialty I really don't like is
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    OR Circulator vs. PACU

    GadgetRN71 replied to ijuanabhappy's topic in Operating Room

    Sheesh, I find being a circulator anything but boring. Circulating is much more than being a waitress. especially if you're doing your job correctly. I like it because you advocate for the patient,...
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    Why does everyone seem to want to work L&D?

    GadgetRN71 replied to IowaLPN's topic in General Nursing

    I never wanted to work OB..ever. Love kids but when they are out, lol. Not interested in watching them come out either. This may be my personal experience but many GYN and OB patients are whiny and...
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    Male nurse in L&D

    GadgetRN71 replied to tony2353's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Also, who in their right mind would be aroused by a laboring woman or most of the GYN patients? Not the most physically attractive time of any woman's life.. I had a relative that swore up and down...
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    Male nurse in L&D

    GadgetRN71 replied to tony2353's topic in Ob/Gyn

    In my OR and in all the past ORs I've worked in, staffing does not allow for gender specific requests. Our male techs and nurses do GYN cases all the time. And patients do not get to request a...
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    New to Periop Services! HELP

    GadgetRN71 replied to PlasticsRN's topic in General Nursing

    OP, I don't want to be a negative Nancy, but I think you're going to be in over your head. To be a regular staff nurse and having no previous peri-op experience, you'd get an orientation of 9 months...
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    ICU to OR

    GadgetRN71 replied to ICURN099's topic in Operating Room

    I know people who went to NP school through an accelerated program, where they had no prior healthcare experience at all and they did OK. I do know that CRNA programs want you to have a year or so of...
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    Male nurse in L&D

    GadgetRN71 replied to tony2353's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I think just assuming because a nurse is a certain gender that they are a bad fit for a unit is wrong. I'm female, and you couldn't pay me to work L&D..I love babies and children but childbirth on...
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    Can you ever go from a big OR to a small OR and be happy?

    GadgetRN71 replied to GadgetRN71's topic in Operating Room

    The thing is, I really like the people I work with and that counts for a lot. The last place had some toxic people, to the point I ended up on BP meds. Ive spoken with my boss and just asked that...
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    Nurse pressing charges

    GadgetRN71 replied to Girlygirl69's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Just because someone is ill, it sure as heck doesn't make them noble. Sometimes nice people get cancer. Sometimes, the a** holes do. We've all gotten bad news, either about ourselves or a loved one...
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    progressive counting away technique.

    GadgetRN71 replied to lozza_49's topic in Operating Room

    This is how I was trained as
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    I love being an OR nurse because . . .

    GadgetRN71 replied to paul3489's topic in Operating Room

    I love being an OR nurse because I'm rarely bored. Just when you think you've seen it all-
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    Can a surg. tech. "circulate" a case -give medications?

    GadgetRN71 replied to Linda J's topic in Operating Room

    In my state, surgical techs cannot
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    Being rushed by manager

    GadgetRN71 replied to mondragon's topic in Operating Room

    I agree, get out of that OR as soon as possible. In the meantime, you have to do the right thing- even if the manager gets angry. Look at it this way..if a surgeon, a nurse manager is mad at you for...
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    medsurg/tele rn going for OR...any advice?

    GadgetRN71 replied to pale_pilsen's topic in Operating Room

    Yes, this is true. And you're right that the OR isn't for everyone. I'm glad that it's for me though- I hear stories from my floor nurse friends and I
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    medsurg/tele rn going for OR...any advice?

    GadgetRN71 replied to pale_pilsen's topic in Operating Room

    Just a friendly reminder that all caps is considered shouting on the Internet. :)There is backstabbing and game playing in all of nursing. Secondly, I wasn't saying I didn't believe you about the...
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    medsurg/tele rn going for OR...any advice?

    GadgetRN71 replied to pale_pilsen's topic in Operating Room

    Nurses should always get lunch breaks. The reason why hospitals get away with not giving them is that you have the Martyr Marys in the nursing profession
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    medsurg/tele rn going for OR...any advice?

    GadgetRN71 replied to pale_pilsen's topic in Operating Room

    Oh, this is so not true. :rolleyes:I have never had a surgeon throw an instrument at me and if one did, there would be hell to pay. That may have been acceptable years ago- not anymore. And we get...
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    My poor feet!

    GadgetRN71 posted a topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I have been having an AWFUL time with foot pain lately. Sometimes I get Plantar fasciitis but this is even worse than that- the whole bottom of my foot hurts like heck. I have tried Danskos,...
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    Dr. Scholl's from Walmart? Really?

    GadgetRN71 replied to Purple_Scrubs's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I will be hitting my local Walmart tomorrow for these
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    Charting in the OR and PACU

    GadgetRN71 replied to leekun2010's topic in Operating Room

    I've charted both ways. The facility I left a sort while ago had computer charting, which worked well, when the computers didn't crash or lock up. The facility I'm in now has paper and lots of it, so...
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    The Oversensitive... Vent!

    GadgetRN71 replied to Art_Vandelay's topic in General Nursing

    You're
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    The Oversensitive... Vent!

    GadgetRN71 replied to Art_Vandelay's topic in General Nursing

    Well, usually when somebody posts in big print, they're pretty cheesed off. But whatever, I'm not going to argue it further- obviously I wasn't alone in feeling that you were a little ticked right...
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    Bell's palsy...how long and will I ever recover??

    GadgetRN71 replied to rndiva1908's topic in General Nursing

    I had this in 2009 and also had a corneal abrasion with it. I was out of work for a month, I had issues with fatigue and headaches( I think because of the eye issues I had). I was on an anti- viral,...
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    Malpractice Insurance

    GadgetRN71 replied to NinetyNine's topic in General Nursing

    Also, it is good to have outside of work if you volunteer or help someone out in the neighborhood. I know there are Good Samaritan laws but I've seen them get sued