goats'r'us ASN, RN

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    A long vent, I apologize.

    sorry you work with jerks Marleyna. it sounds like you're doing the right things and don't deserve the treatment you're getting. the advice you've been given here is sound, particularly about the...
  2. IMHO, if you're not touched by every code you're involved in, there's something the matter. (and before I get yelled at, I don't mean you have to be really upset, I just mean you should feel...
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    ever feel like you 'know too much'?

    thanks for not telling me I'm crazy, even though I'm acting like it! I'm definitely not sharing these concerns with her, she's got enough to think about. that's why I came here, I figured I could air...
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    Fictional-Hospital Scrubs for Real-Life Nurses

    I'm sitting here (in Australia, where scrubs aren't really marketed) wondering if there's such a thing as Scrubs scrubs, because I would donate my right foot to science in return for a pair of scrubs...
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    Necrotizing Fasciitis from a PAPER CUT

    it's amazing to think that I can have my whole hand in your chest ( I work in the OT, I don't just plunge my hands into chests for ***** and giggles) with no ill effects, but a patio scrape or a bit...
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    Necrotizing Fasciitis from a PAPER CUT

    ugh, that's enough to make me nervy about clipping MY OWN toenails! Poor man, must have been a hard way to
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    Necrotizing Fasciitis from a PAPER CUT

    You're quite right, but so is Nurse2033. it's true you can be al pink and scrubbed clean but still develop NF from an unfortunate scratch from something contaminated, but you can just as easily...
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    Funny Nursing Dreams

    I had a lady with a PICC for a few days running, who would continually bend her arm up, and then repeatedly complain that she couldn't understand why the stupid pump kept alarming. for three nights...
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    emergency cases - what's your record?

    I've got one of these guys too. on a half day lust he'll have two or three joints and usually something else as well. I did a case once where I scrubbed for a joint, got the patient out and the next...
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    Ever felt dizzy in the OR?

    You'll be fine. Everyone feels a bit fainty now and then, but theres ways to avoid fainting, and if you do feel ill anyone who gets mad at you is a jerk. Keep well hydrated (but not *too* well...
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    How many counts?

    one count for each cavity they close, and I count deep incisions as a cavity. So uterus closure - count. peritoneum closure - count. skin closure - count. Or, muscle closure and skin closure on a...
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    Funny things said by ortho surgeons in the OR

    assigning nicknames 'you can be Charlie, the sassy civilian instructor. I'll be maverick. Bold, skillful...' sorry, this isn't top
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    Random, Simple Request

    flame you? I think I love
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    Random, Simple Request

    HA-HA-HA-LARIOUS!!! I can neither confirm, nor deny, the rumour that I laughed so suddenly that I snorted and frightened the
  15. oh, and we saved the patient
  16. I have one to add that has the double barrelled benefit if reminding me how far I've come since I first read this thread and posted that I'd learned to scrub for a hip hemiarthroplasty. six months...
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    Calling briefs "diapers"....*vent*

    I don't think I'd feel right calling them pampers, even if the patient did! I think it's for the same reason that I don't like to call them diapers/nappies - these are products for babies, and adults,...
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    Calling briefs "diapers"....*vent*

    thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou!! I wish I could reach through the computer and kiss you!! I feel EXACTLY the same and have been made to feel stupid for feeling so strongly about it. I'm so...
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    facebook and HIPPA

    I said this on the 'another nurse bites the dust' thread, but I'll say it again. If you can't look at your social media post, and I mean pictures, statuses, forum posts, anything, and recognize that...
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    My God, these family members!!

    I only read the first post, but just wanted to extend my sympathy. that seemed like it really needed to come out, and I hope you feel better for getting it off your
  21. goats'r'us

    Another nurse bites the dust due to facebook

    I just want to add, since I'm seeing a lot of 'i got off facebook, it's too dangerous' posts... I facebook. A lot. and sometimes I'll even complain about work on it, and I don't necessarily see the...
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    Another nurse bites the dust due to facebook

    of course she got fired, and so she should! sorry, you've had a hard day, but there are ways to vent and ways not to. without even thinking of legal guidelines etc, it's common sense that you don't...
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    Your Favorite one liner used with patients

    and they dock my pay when I drop someone *sigh* it's gonna be a lean
  24. bump. I've had such a lovely dose of warm fuzzies, so thought I'd share an oldie with
  25. too bad you're too busy getting uppity to take me at face value. By 'one of my own' I meant you. I was wishing you