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    emergency cases - what's your record?

    goats'r'us posted a topic in Operating Room

    what's your record? I recently did a caesarean where we went from knife to skin to baby out in under a minute. I was also involved in a DHS that took seven minutes from first incision to final...
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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 posted a topic in Operating Room

    we all have them, and apparently mine is such a doozy that i now tell it to the new staff to make them feel better when they're feeling cruddy for doing something silly. the day after my work...
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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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    24 weeker - how bad is it?

    goats'r'us posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    a friend of mine has just had her baby at 24 weeks 4 days. as a theatre nurse, all I know of preemies is their tendency to develop NEC, so can someone please give me the lowdown - obviously this is...
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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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    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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    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...
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    please give me some quick wisdom

    goats'r'us posted a topic in Operating Room

    please, can anyone offer me some advice - I need a way to remove alcoholic iodine prep from skin. I've been doing some organ procurements where the surgeon has used this prep and it breaks my heart...
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    would this be useful?

    goats'r'us posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I've been meaning to knit some little hats to give to the NICU at the hospital where i work - they're easy to make and i like the idea of babies (and parents) having a nice little something to remind...
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    24 weeker - how bad is it?

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

    well, little lady is still hanging in there. a few days ago dad got to touch her for the first time, then the next day mum got to change her nappy, and yesterday mum got to have her first
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    Locker dilemma

    goats'r'us replied to Morainey's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    i think she needs to harden up. honest mistake, immediate, sensible apology, no harm done. there is absolutely no reason to behave like she did. unless you're lying to us and you really tore her name...
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    I feel so embarrased and feel like harrased...

    goats'r'us replied to neeke816's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    probably feels to harrassed to return and respond! i feel a bit sorry for her, i too got the feeling that she's from a more modest culture, and an inexperienced nurse, and felt embarrassed and...
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    Take a deep breath and carry on

    goats'r'us replied to NurseOnAMotorcycle's topic in General Nursing

    what was i thinking becoming a nurse? that i'd snag myself a hot young doctor to whisk me away. unfortunately, i've since learned that most available doctors are that way for a reason (and look like...
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    How can I stop being so scared and shy?

    goats'r'us replied to leogirl8's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    i'm a terrible public speaker, and sometimes i get flustered and start panicing just making a semi-important phone call because i so want to make the right impression and say the right thing! but,...