GadgetRN71 ASN, RN

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    Should a nurse perform CPR to someone outside of the healthcare setting?

    GadgetRN71 replied to jjones1728's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I believe that we all have an obligation to help each other, nurse or no. I would have a big problem with a lay person who knows CPR ignoring someone who needs it. FWIW, my dad has performed CPR out...
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    The most gruesome situation you've encountered?

    GadgetRN71 replied to SuzieVN's topic in General Nursing

    I can handle accidental injuries just fine( except when it's little ones). But, my brain and my heart cannot stomach deliberate cruelty and torture. I think I'd be in a mental health facility if I saw...
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    The most gruesome situation you've encountered?

    GadgetRN71 replied to SuzieVN's topic in General Nursing

    Necrotizing fasciiitis on several occasions. One time, they called us up to the ICU to amputate the pts hand at the bedside. More open fractures than you could shake a stick at..my brother was...
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    leaving my job gave a 2 weeks manager very rude.

    GadgetRN71 replied to purpleRN6163's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I have been working per diem and recently just got a new job. My workplace has called me as little as 20-30 minutes before I am due to start a shift( and I live 45 minutes away) and told me not to...
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    New RN, New OR Hire, How do I survive

    GadgetRN71 replied to alodocios's topic in Operating Room

    Congrats! Here are some tips. 1) be willing to learn. It sounds easy but sometimes people don't listen as much as they should. If you have one preceptor, do things the way he/she taught you at first....
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    I dropped out. Please console me

    GadgetRN71 replied to mclennan's topic in General Nursing

    You did the right thing,OP. It's not a good time for this for you right now. Why do something that is making you that unhappy? I'm sure the point of this was to better your life, not make you...
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    How to deal with surgeons that treat you like ****

    GadgetRN71 replied to rncoco's topic in Operating Room

    Most places around here don't tolerate surgeon bad behavior anymore. Most I've worked with have been fine. If anything it's other staff that are
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    What is going on in this OR?

    GadgetRN71 replied to fracturenurse's topic in Operating Room

    Wow, and I thought my current facility has problems. It sounds terrible to say, but one person isn't going to be able to change these bad habits. It's going to take a sentinel event and you don't want...
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    Best and Least Cases?

    GadgetRN71 replied to It Takes Heart's topic in Operating Room

    Ortho is my favorite. I particularly enjoy Ortho trauma and robotic assisted total joint replacements.(Makoplasties). I also like general cases. Hate
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    OR Sharps safest practice

    GadgetRN71 replied to NurseNicky's topic in Operating Room

    We have the foam, numbered ones. No magnet on the other side
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    Seriously thinking of doing agency work. Pros and cons?

    GadgetRN71 replied to LTCNS's topic in Agency Nurses

    I'm also new to contract nursing..I'm in talks for my first assignment. I've known people that have gone through my agency and they were pleased with it. One lady has been with them for years. I'm an...
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    Young, Thin, and Cute New Hires

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

    Excellent point. We all deserve basic courtesy, and to feel safe at work. You have to earn
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    Anti-intellectual & hyper-sensitive. WHY?

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

    There is a degree of anti-intellectualism in nursing. I've experienced it firsthand. And it doesn't help us as a profession. I also believe the OP as far as the woman's reaction to criticism. We've...
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    Mass exodus of staff

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

    We've been going through something similar, it sucks. Our evening staff is getting pummeled, and TPTB don't seem to care. They'll care when a horrible mistake gets made and then they'll only care...
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    CNOR study tips?

    GadgetRN71 replied to mlrinfl's topic in Operating Room

    I took mine last April and passed. I am a great test taker and it was not easy. Don't make the mistake of thinking it's just circulating stuff either. I had sterilization questions, anesthesia...
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    Pregnancy and work hours

    GadgetRN71 replied to Ilovethe80s's topic in Operating Room

    Everyone is replaceable. And they make special maternity lead that works very well. And sure, it would be great if the OR could be a place where we could all bond with each other and be all...
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    Witnessed unsterile procedure and feeling terrible about it

    GadgetRN71 replied to cblake4293's topic in General Nursing

    This will sound snarky, but I've found there's a good number of floor nurses with horrendous sterile technique while putting in Foleys. Ditto for some Pacu nurses as well. I would have said something,...
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    Pregnancy and work hours

    GadgetRN71 replied to Ilovethe80s's topic in Operating Room

    No, sorry. Still no sympathy for the preggos. Most of us have been there at one time or another and pulled our weight. Pregnancy is a choice in most cases. if you can't do the work, you don't belong...
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    Pregnancy and work hours

    GadgetRN71 replied to Ilovethe80s's topic in Operating Room

    Pregnant nurses have been working in the OR for ages. You knew what the job entailed before going into this specialty.I have worked with plenty of pregnant nurses and techs. They get put in cases with...
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    On-call in the OR

    GadgetRN71 replied to lozstar's topic in Operating Room

    They ( the OB staff) refuse to learn how to do C Sections. It has been this way for decades and the culture of the hospital is such that they get away with it. IMO, one of these days there is going to...
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    On-call in the OR

    GadgetRN71 replied to lozstar's topic in Operating Room

    This is very true. The last hospital I worked for was a large trauma center. It really had to be life or limb for them to call you and being that I was ortho, we didn't get called in hardly ever. We...
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    On-call in the OR

    GadgetRN71 replied to lozstar's topic in Operating Room

    I went to Per Diem so no more call for me. I just live too far away and we have to cover OBs C-sections. I had to stay overnight every time I was on call..it got old fast. I have recently gone back to...
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    Pregnancy and work hours

    GadgetRN71 replied to Ilovethe80s's topic in Operating Room

    In my OR, pregnant nurses are expected to perform like the rest of us. They wear special lead and 2 dosimeters- that's it. They'll try not to put them in a case with bone cement but even that isn't...
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    "Loosing" my license

    GadgetRN71 replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    It wasn't so long ago that I was a nursing student(6 years) and I do remember instructors always driving that point home. Also, the nurses who trained me in the OR made a point of it too. Factor in...
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    Stupid q's: Has smoking cigarettes kept you from getting a job?

    GadgetRN71 replied to mls4455's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    One of the big hospital systems around here will not hire smokers anymore. States that fact right in the application. Several of the hospitals are union too, so they can use the fact that you smoke...