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    Med Errors

    goats'r'us replied to UM Review RN's topic in Patient Medications

    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?

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

    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...

    goats'r'us replied to nurse441's topic in Psychiatric

    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

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

    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?

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

    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

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

    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

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

    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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    Open Heart Nurses...I need your help! (we need prep recommendations)

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

    we use alcoholic iodine all
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    Qualities of a good nurse circulator

    goats'r'us replied to youngestof6's topic in Operating Room

    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?

    goats'r'us replied to sm9796's topic in Operating Room

    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...
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    What should I carry in my pocket as an OR nurse intern?

    goats'r'us replied to bnhanna9's topic in Operating Room

    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?

    goats'r'us replied to westheimer1234's topic in General 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?
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    i feel a rant coming on... things that make me mad!!

    goats'r'us posted a topic in Developmental Disabilities

    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...
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    Wanna Get N Da Program But Dnt Kno Wat 2 Do....n-e Suggestions???

    goats'r'us replied to TTRM's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    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

    goats'r'us replied to LanaConga's topic in Emergency

    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?"

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

    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

    goats'r'us replied to punkstar's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    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...
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    Seriously Ill Patient vs A New RN Who Clearly Did Not Know How To Work in That Area

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

    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??????!!!!!!!!!!

    goats'r'us replied to gt4everpn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    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...
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    Please share something GOOD that happened at work!

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

    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?

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

    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

    goats'r'us replied to AstrosFan's topic in Emergency

    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!

    goats'r'us replied to Roy Fokker's topic in Nursing Humor

    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

    goats'r'us replied to wooosp's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    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...
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    What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

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

    hellloooo! it was written by