GadgetRN71 ASN, RN

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    Things you've seen in the O.R that made your teeth crinch?

    GadgetRN71 replied to RNman09's topic in Operating Room

    Ha! An intra-operative "blue cauldron"! That's what we called them as kids anyway..
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    Very Eager To Get Into The OR

    GadgetRN71 replied to redraider1977's topic in Operating Room

    Some have applied for jobs as orderlies in the OR and that worked..usually anything you can do to become a familiar
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    "Yinz"

    GadgetRN71 replied to oramar's topic in General Nursing

    I was born and raised in New England but I worked in Pittsburgh for 2 years..when I moved there, they knew I wasn't native to Pittsburgh and I was confused at first by the whole "yinz" thing.. All...
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    Things you've seen in the O.R that made your teeth crinch?

    GadgetRN71 replied to RNman09's topic in Operating Room

    I think you
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    Modesty Issues

    GadgetRN71 replied to ToryAdore's topic in Operating Room

    This might fly ok on the floors, not so much in the OR. Sorry, but when someone has a gunshot wound and is crashing, the last thing out of my mouth is going to be question on what gender the pt...
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    Perfume allergy...what to do?

    GadgetRN71 replied to Rocknurse's topic in General Nursing

    To me, this is surprising that people who work in a hospital and have pt contact are allowed to wear perfume..it's written into our policy..no perfume. Now, do some break this rule? Yes, but at least...
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    Or nurse float to floor?

    GadgetRN71 replied to JOURNEYDL's topic in Operating Room

    In all of the hospitals I've worked in, people don't float into or out of the OR. The first 2 were community hospitals and my facility now is a big teaching
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    Things you've seen in the O.R that made your teeth crinch?

    GadgetRN71 replied to RNman09's topic in Operating Room

    Yeah, that's just wrong on multiple
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    Things you've seen in the O.R that made your teeth crinch?

    GadgetRN71 replied to RNman09's topic in Operating Room

    Foreign body removals from the rectal orifice.. You name it, it's been up there, markers, tubes of toothpaste, a serving fork, an aftershave
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    Modesty Issues

    GadgetRN71 replied to ToryAdore's topic in Operating Room

    Also, so many of my patients are trauma patients..so the last thing on their mind is modesty, poor things. The weather has gotten really nice the past few days, soon we'll start with the motorcycle...
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    Do you usually stay in the specialty you start out in?

    GadgetRN71 replied to tigerlily345's topic in General Nursing

    I think it depends on the specialty..in mine, most nurses stay. I myself plan to be there for awhile. Not sure for the rest of my career because I may want to pursue an NP
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    Missed a call for an on-call shift

    GadgetRN71 replied to BabyLady's topic in General Nursing

    I think what happened was, this thread got away from the root of the problem. The root of the problem was the OP goofed by not being available for call. Granted, the cell phone failed(which does...
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    Missed a call for an on-call shift

    GadgetRN71 replied to BabyLady's topic in General Nursing

    I think the problem for many of us here is the OPs response when called on her mistake..it's excuse after excuse ie I'm sleep deprived, I can't afford a new cell phone, I don't want to give my...
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    Missed a call for an on-call shift

    GadgetRN71 replied to BabyLady's topic in General Nursing

    :yeah:Most places give you about $2.00 an hour to be on call..(of course you get time and a half if you come in) and if it's part of your job to be on call you can't complain. Find a different...
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    Missed a call for an on-call shift

    GadgetRN71 replied to BabyLady's topic in General Nursing

    No one is flaming the OP. But she has to realize that if it is part of your job to be on call, then you have to be accessible. She is a grownup and she asked for people's opinions. I think she will...
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    Co-Worker not smelling so good

    GadgetRN71 replied to RelloydRN's topic in General Nursing

    As Americans, we tend to assume that everyone wears deodorant throughout the world..this is not the case. I've traveled and even in Europe, there are plenty of people who don't wear...
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    Missed a call for an on-call shift

    GadgetRN71 replied to BabyLady's topic in General Nursing

    Not to scare you but I think you're going to catch some grief for this. If you are expected to be on call all night then they have to be able to reach you, plain and simple. I had the same thing...
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    Co-Worker not smelling so good

    GadgetRN71 replied to RelloydRN's topic in General Nursing

    We had a medical student that really smelled bad..there was talk of speaking to him but people were afraid because it may have been a "cultural" thing. People were just putting that peppermint stuff...
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    do other careers get "write-ups" as much as nurses?

    GadgetRN71 replied to IHeartPeds87's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, you'll find in this profession that nurses are looked at as children and are disciplined as such..it's so
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    sex in the work place...really?

    GadgetRN71 replied to Mr. Evans's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I've heard a few stories but never have participated..nor would I. I'm no cheap date. You're going to have to take me out for a nice dinner if you want me to put out and grody cafeteria food doesn't...
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    Regular RN scope of practice in the OR

    GadgetRN71 replied to USAF RN's topic in Operating Room

    Yes, you were out of line..maybe not legally because I'm not sure what your state says about suturing etc. But from an ethical and moral standpoint, not cool. I don't care that you did all this stuff...
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    Horizontal Hostility Crisis / HR

    GadgetRN71 replied to pistolchick's topic in General Nursing

    I was going through something similar..was told that my nursing skills were up to par, that I was a good nurse. My problem? I was too nice and had to learn to play the "game" better. Meaning, start...
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    Horizontal Hostility Crisis / HR

    GadgetRN71 replied to pistolchick's topic in General Nursing

    I'm assuming you don't have a union.. be careful when dealing with HR-they are not on your side. I'm worried that you may go into this meeting and find that it's you against HR and the other two...
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    Why do I get yelled at for doing the correct thing??

    GadgetRN71 replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

    Your welcome..not that I'd really hit someone with a drug book. I would probalbly engage in a tug of war over the book
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    NANDA , NIC AND NOC still in use ?

    GadgetRN71 replied to skyranger's topic in General Nursing

    OMG, when I saw NIC NOC and Nanda, I had horrible flashbacks to those freakin' care plans in school. Hated every single minute doing