ebear

ebear BSN, RN

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  1. All floor nurses... please help me!

    Discuss with your nurse manager as to how to divide this up more evenly in the future. Don't use a complaining tone, though, or point out that the "other nurses were just sitting around". Just explain...
  2. Too slow for med-surg: other work options?

    Someone mentioned the O.R. Don't even think about it--especially if you've never worked that area. It takes a GOOD year to have a clue, you will be expected to take call, and you will work at...
  3. Breakfast of champs

    Agnus : in Arizona Yep, she means Wal-Mart and back off Piggly Wiggly!! That's a Southern tradition!! :lol2:
  4. IM going to FLipOUt on my coworkers!!!

    Blearn, if you'll buck up one GOOD time, they'll back off! Try it! Unfortunately, that's the only way to get people like this off your back. You've tried being nice and diplomatic--didn't work. Don't...
  5. Aging trophy wives of wealthy elderly patients

    Well, for whatever it's worth, as Judge Judy says, "Beauty fades, dumb is
  6. What it means to be a professional nurse?

    Yeah, that...and usually a kick in the butt on a daily basis. Don't mean to sound negative, but it is quite challenging to be a nurse these days for many
  7. transfer anxiety? need advice please.

    Patty, what you are feeling is entirely normal and telemetry is a difficult area to work, from what I understand. Go ahead and put in your request for ER. If that's where you should be, it will work...
  8. Aging trophy wives of wealthy elderly patients

    Bless her heart! That's probably all the enjoyment she has. Can't take it with you. I've never seen a UHaul behind a
  9. Can't believe what I heard!

    AMEN,
  10. starting in cm

    Dria, I've tried getting into insurance company work for a long time. I'm certified in legal nursing and O.R. nursing with 34 yrs. exp. Seems I never hear back from them--if I can manage to get...
  11. They called the cops!

    Happened to me one time when I was on call for surgery. My kids were 2 and 4 yrs old at the time. Seems one of them knocked the phone just ajar enough that the operator could not get through. It was...
  12. Asperger's Syndrome

    This is quite an interesting illness. Steele city, your mailbox has been full for a long
  13. Most stressful moment as a nurse?

    Mike, no question! I had no intention of having my orifice in court with his!! That REALLY burned my butt up! The hospital administrator did send me a thank you note (per snail mail) thanking me. I...
  14. Horrible thing happened in O.R yesterday

    Because of the expertise of our OR nurses, in my opinion it is indeed the "majority" of the surgeon's fault. After they do multiple counts, look all over the floor with a metallic roller, check the...
  15. Most stressful moment as a nurse?

    I once had a doctor who was about to operate on the wrong side (hip fracture) He was adamant that he was on the right side and after looking through the chart, the consent said opposite side, the...
  16. Horrible thing happened in O.R yesterday

    Well, in my particular hospital, the staff is so anal about counts and do a damn god job in being thorough about them. It is usually the surgeons who say "WELL, IT'S NOT IN HERE!!" On xray, There it...
  17. Horrible thing happened in O.R yesterday

    Under NO circumstances should the patient be taken to the PACU to find the needle,sponge, instrument or anything else that was reported missing on xray. The doc was told by the nurses that the item...
  18. Surgeons who make me cry!!!

    I don't recommend that you "accidentally cut him with a scalpel, unless you want to face assault charges. He needs to be reported (in writing) to the Chief of surgery, Chief medical officer, and...
  19. Perfume Policy?

    I used to work with a surgeon who was a "naturalist" and did not wear deodorant. By the end of his long cases under gowns and hot spot lights, the OR staff died a "natural" death!!!
  20. Is it ever okay to speak up for yourself...

    ABSOLUTELY it is OK to speak up for yourself, fellow nurses, and your department. I once walked up to an orthopaedic floor with a fellow supervisor (from PACU) to check on an O.R. patient situation....
  21. I need to hear from the real nurses!

    Uhh.... You'd do well to start working on the "impatient" part--NOW. If you're familiar with the Bible, nursing requires the patience of Job! Nurses who are impatient end up burning out very early...
  22. Online BSN but I have pain when I walk.

    LearningRN, Try Chamberlain's online program. RN - BSN. I don't think they require more clinicals. Are you being treated by an orthopod??? If not, please make an appt. ASAP. Birkenstock shoes also...
  23. OR nurses? Interview soon, need advice

    ligi, Go through the threads in the OR Forum (under specialties). You will find much valuable info. about this field of nursing. Good luck to
  24. Legal Responsibility to report?

    I think you would need to discuss with the patient (privately) whether this happened in the distant past or if this is a situation they are currently experiencing. If necessary to report problem, go...
  25. Do you hate your job as a Registered Nurse? Why?

    I don't think people really "hate being nurses" for the most part. What they hate is that they aren't allowed to BE nurses due to all the other BS that is