Scrubby

Scrubby

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  1. How to Gain Respect in the Workplace

    Scrubby replied to Liddle Noodnik's topic in General Nursing

    I would have replied with replied with 'clearly you need 'special ed' when it comes to social skills....oh and by the way your scrub top is on backwards. If you want to gain respect then work hard,...

  2. I want her fired!!!!

    Scrubby replied to HisTreasure's topic in General Nursing

    I remember this patient we had in the OR who was angry because he had to wait for two hours in the waiting room. He came in yelling at one of the nurses, he was large and intimidating and shook his...

  3. can a nurse refuse to give vaginal cream to a patient?

    Scrubby replied to Ms.RN's topic in General Nursing

    posted by ghillbert: [why are you involved? surely it's up to the nurse looking after the patient to provide the treatment (or not) and document as such. if you have the patient, you do whatever you...

  4. can a nurse refuse to give vaginal cream to a patient?

    Scrubby replied to Ms.RN's topic in General Nursing

    If I was in a situation like this I would firstly try and educate the patient to apply the cream themselves. If they refused I'd try and find out why the patient has an issue with it. If I suspected...

  5. Our unit clerk

    Scrubby replied to raindrop's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like a very toxic person. We all make small errors at times (like not wearing an isolation gown) but having someone running to management about every little thing is just ridiculous. Maybe you...

  6. Upsate on trouble-making co-worker

    Scrubby replied to 2shihtzus's topic in General Nursing

    Be very careful when this nurse is on NOT to gossip or even vent about a patient or anyone if she is within earshot. In fact I would just completely avoid her, she sounds like she's got some serious...

  7. Eating at the nurses' station

    Scrubby replied to nursebrandie28's topic in General Nursing

    I don't have a problem with anyone eating at the nurses station as long as they aren't taking up space that is needed for others to do their work and they give the desk a wipe when they are done. I...

  8. Eating at the nurses' station

    Scrubby replied to nursebrandie28's topic in General Nursing

    If I worked at any place which denied me my unpaid meal break I would be looking for employment

  9. Becoming an RN just for the paycheck

    Scrubby replied to Nellie Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I think that there is a huge assumption by people here that people who get into nursing for the money are incapable of showing compassion, empathy and are just going to be nasty to patients or drop...

  10. Nurses, where do you see yourself in 5-10 years?

    Scrubby replied to learning08's topic in General Nursing

    In 5 years I will hopefully have finished my law degree and am no longer

  11. Alternatives to Strangling

    Scrubby replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like the sort of family that should be barred from restaurants. I wouldn't make any more comments about their behaviour in the future, nor would I offer any assistance when the brat spills...

  12. I'm having trouble dealing.....long, sorry

    Scrubby replied to edisongirl25's topic in General Nursing

    Nurses have lives and families outside of work and this includes the occasional family crisis.My advice is if you need to be there for your family during this difficult time then don't go in. Family...

  13. OR Nurses HELP !!!!!

    Scrubby replied to stilllearning24's topic in General Nursing

    They don't want to hire anyone else to do it so they just put the work onto us, as though we don't have enough to

  14. I made a med error

    Scrubby replied to Curlup's topic in General Nursing

    It's obvious that you care about your patient wellbeing. Don't beat yourself up over this anymore, learn from your mistake. I once gave a dose of novarapid instead of actrapid and yes checked with...

  15. OR Nurses HELP !!!!!

    Scrubby replied to stilllearning24's topic in General Nursing

    We don't have them either. We have to take out all the rubbish, clean the room between cases and at the end of the day, we don't have any orderlies for collecting patients from reception and help in...

  16. OR Nurses HELP !!!!!

    Scrubby replied to stilllearning24's topic in General Nursing

    From my experience surgeons have much more respect for assertive nurses, than the ones who try and satisfy their every whim. 'I always say, a good day is a day where I don't get kicked out of a...

  17. Big issues with the charge RN.. what to do?

    Scrubby replied to beachbum3's topic in General Nursing

    [Or like the other day, when she made me out to be an idiot and slacking off because I was off for 6 days and when I came back we had some new skin protocol thing going on that I had no idea about....

  18. AAA rupture

    Scrubby replied to DMBFAN4EVR's topic in General Nursing

    This really is a stupid question and annoys me. What are they thinking? Aren't they meant to be teaching critical thinking and how to prioritise? As an OR nurse we're more concerned with dealing...

  19. Does your OR have an educator?

    Scrubby replied to linda2097's topic in Operating Room

    We have one educator full time and another one who is there part time. You never see them in the OR teaching or helping out. They do orientation with you then it's the nurses in the OR's...

  20. When to wear gloves!?

    Scrubby replied to LaurRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have always carried a spare pair of gloves in my pocket because I will not get any patients blood or bodily on my hands,

  21. The best behavior/verbal respond to the MD raising his voice

    Scrubby replied to olli975's topic in General Nursing

    I personally believe nurses should still have the right to assert themselves in front of the patient, otherwise patients too will think it's acceptable to yell at nurses and be

  22. The best behavior/verbal respond to the MD raising his voice

    Scrubby replied to olli975's topic in General Nursing

    If your being yelled at then you need to politely but firmly say 'I am not comfortable being spoken to in this manner, you need to lower your voice.' If this doesn't work then just walk away from the...

  23. It all comes down to money....

    Scrubby replied to kcorny's topic in Operating Room

    I get annoyed when I have to work with nurses who make more than me, yet are incompetent. We have a nurse who has been doing theatre for 30 years, makes about 13$ an hour more than

  24. spoken to at work

    Scrubby replied to jam2007's topic in General Nursing

    If my manager came at me with a list of complaints I'd be asking them why they have chosen to come to me now rather than after these 'incidents occurred'. I really do think this is a form of bullying,...

  25. Evil Doctors

    Scrubby replied to James_Adam's topic in General Nursing

    I nearly fell of the chair just then reading that comment about 'satanic doctors'. I now have this mental image of the crusty old surgical consultants meeting together to perform dark rituals in the...