goats'r'us ASN, RN

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   Common nicknames for hospital items.

   goats'r'us replied to LifesAJourney's topic in Nursing Humor

   Patients always look at me askance when the anaesthetist puts in their IV and then asks me for a toilet seat. I used to try to explain, now i just show them this and they
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   Help with instruments

   goats'r'us replied to cp24001's topic in Operating Room

   it's more important to know what things do than what they're called. focus on that
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   OR Pet peeves

   goats'r'us replied to MsLeylaBar's topic in Operating Room

   Ha ha, i remembered another one.. Peekers. our theatre doors have little windows in them, and i get so so cross when i'm in the middle of a stressful emergency case and i look up at the door to see...
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   OR Pet peeves

   goats'r'us replied to MsLeylaBar's topic in Operating Room

   i have a lot of little peeves, most of them so petty that i feel silly about bringing them up, but they make me so cross! *med students/junior doctors who, while scrubbed, try to take instruments...
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   What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

   goats'r'us replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

   fournier's gangrene debridement. I will never forget those two sad, uncovered
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   Sterile nacl or h2o???

   goats'r'us replied to Lasoniamacaroni's topic in Operating Room

   i've heard this one too, and there are a few surgeons who go with it, but most use saline. i got similar crazy looks when i started at a new hospital and found that they use saline in neurosurgery. i...
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   Wrong side/omitted procedure

   goats'r'us replied to guest64485's topic in Operating Room

   i can tell you exactly why this happened. time is money. my hospital has a policy that before the patient can be brought up from the waiting bay to the anaesthetic room, the surgical site must be...
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   tell me about your brainless moments

   goats'r'us replied to goats'r'us's topic in Operating Room

   i got busted the other day turning around so that my body was aligned the same way as the patient's so that i could work out which side the diathermy plate was on and which arm was on an arm
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   What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

   goats'r'us replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

   it's funny, i work in theatres and i see a lot of stuff that most people would think is really gross, spanning a wide range from your run-of-the-mill 'where does all the poo come from?', though...
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    Pyxis for the uninitiated

    goats'r'us posted a topic in General Nursing

    hello all! I've been reading these threads for years, and for the most part have managed to translate your american qualifications, medications and abbreviations into australianisms well enough to...
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    24 weeker - how bad is it?

    goats'r'us replied to goats'r'us's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    update, since i've just returned to look at this thread.. she's now closing in on 2kg, weaning off CPAP really well and in an open cot! mum and dad get to see her whole
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    Anyone studying at UTAS in sydney?

    goats'r'us replied to mel1979d's topic in Australia, New Zealand

    ok, i googled it. that's new! how exciting for
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    Anyone studying at UTAS in sydney?

    goats'r'us replied to mel1979d's topic in Australia, New Zealand

    i'm confused. UTAS is University of Tasmania - how is it that they have a Sydney
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    How to NOT interview for your RN/LPN job!

    goats'r'us replied to musicianRN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    now, to the OP (and other interviewers), you touched on something dear to my heart, and my face. my nose stud. before having it done, i checked my work's uniform policy, and made sure to use a...
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    How to NOT interview for your RN/LPN job!

    goats'r'us replied to musicianRN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    i'm no expert on interview technique (i interview terribly due to nerves, and am always surprised when i get a job!) but i'm guessing what the OP means isn't so much 'be sure to wear make-up' as 'take...