goats'r'us ASN, RN

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    Med Errors

    I'm glad this thread is still alive. Haven't looked at it in ages, but just learned a thing or two
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    emergency cases - what's your record?

    new one: three hour cancellation! Patient on the table at 2, then an emergency in recovery, so anaesthetist had to go out there, then there was a query about his post op destination, then waiting on...
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    evil.. just so evil...

    if she's been 'reised' (not sure I spelled that right, hadn't heard the term before) I can totally understand why the other staff members thought she was being manipulative - it sounds like an order...
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    OR Pet peeves

    it's probably no use telling you this, since I can't actually produce the article, but I did an assignment on organ transplantation and found this great article that explained quite clearly and...
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    emergency cases - what's your record?

    forgot to add, would also love to hear about your marathon efforts on traditionally quick cases - we did a 4 hour pacemaker the other day. 20 minute lap chole is pretty impressive!! for extra points,...
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    OR Pet peeves

    sorry, am a little sensitive at the moment. had this poor teenaged girl come in recently for an ortho procedure, shaking and crying and generally terrified because her mother had stressed to her that...
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    OR Pet peeves

    there are a few niggly things that annoy me, but my biggest peeve is the assumption my a small section of society that I get some perverse pleasure out of working with patients who are unconscious, or...
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    Qualities of a good nurse circulator

    must pay attention. if you're looking at your facebook, you're not looking at what I might need! the circ nurse needs to be following what's happening in the surgery so they know what the scrub will...
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    Where have you lost a sponge?

    behind the liver. conversation goes like this: me: do you still have a pack inside? We're one short. doctor: no, I definately took them all out. *count again* me: are you sure? I saw you put three...
  11. scissors, pen, small notebook, tape. If you carry much more, it just gets in the way of you getting to your pen, tape, scissors or small notebook when you need them. you might find over time that...
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    birth defect, not allowed to practice nursing?

    I work with an anaesthetist who only has a couple of fingers on one hand. The only thing he can't do properly is fill a glove. can't be a nurse because of a couple of fingers?
  13. a little history.. i worked for a while in a group home with four awesome teenagers who were profoundly disabled and a whole heap of in-house politics. throughout this time, and since, i got really...
  14. wow. sorry, but with the combination of capitals and shorthand, that was incredibly hard to read! if you're not sure if you want to be a nurse, start by thinking about why you might want to do it. do...
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    silly question

    i don't work in emergency, but i imagine all units are the same.. easily won over with gifts and perpetually
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    "Did you report her?"

    heard a story once about a pt being found long deceased on the 6am round (ie, pt was cold). when checked, nursing notes reported 'pt sleeping comfortably when checked' every hour from 11pm, and there...
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    CRNAs with Tattoos

    you'll get varied answers on this, with some people saying it's fine and others saying it looks unprofessional and bad, but the bottom line is, they're your tattoos, on your body, so why should they...
  18. i'm sorry you were so unwell and uncomfortable, but really, i think you're being a bit hard. like other people have said, i don't think the nurse in question's actions really deserve her label as a...
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    Say What??????!!!!!!!!!!

    It was me saying the stupid stuff on this occasion. I was looking over the day's theatre list and noticed that there had been a repair of a fractured member earlier that day. turned innocently to a...
  20. i learned how to scrub for a hemiarthroplasty today, after only a few weeks in ortho theatres. before that all i could do was assist in removing
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    Tips for a newbie on dealing with mean doctors?

    don't be scared. their poo smells no better than yours. if you truly have something worth reporting in the middle of the night, then you're doing them a favour by calling them. i usually start with...
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    Pt demanded a stronger pain med

    i'd have taken the request a lot more seriously if it came from the patient, rather than his wife. it's his pain, after
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    501 ways to know you've been on allnurses.com too long!

    1. you're still stuck in threads from 2002, trying to catch up. 2. during conversations in 'actual reality', you keep looking for the emoticon buttons whenever you are being sarcastic/trying to be...
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    COPD pt's and 2L o2

    it's ok to crank the 02, what's really important is knowing where your goal is. it's fine to give whatever o2 is necessary to bring up their levels from 82, as long as you realise that you're not...
  25. hellloooo! it was written by