Scrubby

Scrubby

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  1. So confused/upset/hopeless. Current CNA student needing advice.

    Scrubby replied to meghanlee's topic in General Nursing

    I remember feeling the same when I first encountered poo. I couldn't stop gagging and felt terrible because the patients saw how I struggled with it. My advice is if you find it really horrible then...

  2. Doctors getting angry??

    Scrubby replied to emtj's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I can see a lot of doctors are under pressure. I'm happy to let them vent to me about it as long as it doesn't become personal and a verbal attack on myself or my fellow nursing staff. Any doctor who...

  3. Doctors getting angry??

    Scrubby replied to emtj's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I can see a lot of doctors are under pressure. I'm happy to let them vent as long as it doesn't become personal and a verbal attack on myself or my fellow nursing staff. Any doctor who wants to raise...

  4. Big Fish, Small Pond Syndrome

    Scrubby replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    jlsRN you have really hit the nail on the head when you talk about the bigger fish maintaining their illusionary pond. Although I work in a large hospital, the OR department where I work is so...

  5. scrubs leaving the room before the patient

    Scrubby replied to tariet's topic in Operating Room

    As a scrub nurse if there is enough nursing staff in the room while the patient is being extubated then it's ok for us leave. We have to take the used scrub trolley to unload our trays, throw out...

  6. Higher incidence of depression among nurses

    Scrubby replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

    I'm going to have to disagree with that. It takes a lot to be a nurse. You should consider yourself real special to be a nurse. We learn to deal with a lot of adversities throughout our nursing...

  7. How are all other experienced nurses coping with orienting new nurses

    Scrubby replied to snowfreeze's topic in General Nursing

    I've only been an RN for 3 years but quite often I have to help with training new RN's in the OR. Now I accept this comes with being an RN, however I received no training on how to teach people...

  8. Telling it how it is.

    Scrubby replied to twistedpupchaser's topic in General Nursing

    Often where I work patients don't fast properly so we will make them wait until they can be anaesthetised safely or just send them home if it's too late. If they get too angry about it I don't *****...

  9. New interesting abortion poll

    Scrubby replied to danu3's topic in General Nursing

    Well I never swore any oath and if I did I'd still believe in women's right to choose. Back in Nightingales' day so many women died from backyard abortions and from having too may children. Of course...

  10. Do you recommend becoming a nurse?

    Scrubby replied to BradleyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing is a joke-You've pretty much summarised how I feel. While I love my job and can't imagine doing anything else, it's the petty tactics that management use and the horrendous workload that...

  11. Scrub hat pattern?

    Scrubby replied to redraccoon's topic in Operating Room

    I buy mine through greenscrubs.com I always get the supertie

  12. The Addiction of Nursing

    Scrubby replied to Flightline's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a nurse because I need a steady income and job security. I'm sure there are some people out there addicted to their job, but not me. My home life and my family comes first before

  13. Soap for Restless Legs Syndrome?

    Scrubby replied to SCRN1's topic in General Nursing

    Mum has been doing this for years, but she uses a cork not a bar of

  14. Threatened to be Fired for "patient safety" issues.

    Scrubby replied to crimson and clover's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Hmmmm I agree that your nurse manager has acted quite unprofessionally by asking you about the pregnancy etc and sabotage. But I'm actually quite concerned about the number of med errors you have...

  15. Nurse manhandled by doctor

    Scrubby posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hey guys remember how I was dreading coming to work on Monday? I'm starting to wish I'd called in! Sorry this is a long post! I've seen doctors verbally abuse nurses, seen them throw tantrums and...

  16. Nurse manhandled by doctor

    Scrubby replied to Scrubby's topic in General Nursing

    Yes we have workers comp on Australia. I really don't know much about it because I've never been on it before. I personally believe it happened because he was desperate, lost control of the situation...

  17. Help Me Please

    Scrubby replied to ICURNIAM's topic in General Nursing

    Wow you gained all that insight about a person just from a few posts :icon_roll And I hit the thanks instead of the quote.... Just maybe the OP is being honest about what happened because they think...

  18. I HATE nursing! (long)

    Scrubby replied to InfoNurse1595's topic in General Nursing

    In the preoperative clinic the duties consist of: providing pre operative teaching Taking baseline vitals Obtaining a nursing history and assessment Liasoning with surgeons and anaesthetists, for...

  19. I HATE nursing! (long)

    Scrubby replied to InfoNurse1595's topic in General Nursing

    Night shift OR can be anything but boring and simple at times. You have ruptured AAA's, organ harvesting, MVA trauma, ruptured cerebral anaeurysms and as an RN you have to be able to scrub or scout...

  20. I quit my job and am seriously considering quitting nursing

    Scrubby replied to sandlewood_nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't take offence at the fat cow comment because I didn't take it literally. My take on the 'fat cows' comment was fat meaning these nurses feeding off creating misery, hence growing 'fat', and...

  21. Nurses who became famous

    Scrubby replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    Sara Douglass a well known aussie fantasy author used to be a nurse as

  22. I quit my job and am seriously considering quitting nursing

    Scrubby replied to sandlewood_nurse's topic in General Nursing

    sandalwood nurse you sound like me a year ago. Some research has found that the operating room has the highest level of horizontal violence and verbal abuse from doctors...well I have to say that this...

  23. When is it going to be my time?..

    Scrubby replied to BethT's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes you just have to be a bit selfish. If people are holding you back don't let them, tell them how much becoming a nurse means to you. If they can't accept that then they are the ones being...

  24. I quit my job and am seriously considering quitting nursing

    Scrubby replied to sandlewood_nurse's topic in General Nursing

    [As a preceptor who takes my role as a mentor and a support person to a new grad nurse, I take offense at your feelings that we are all "cows".] Ummmm she said that those nurses who are eating their...

  25. What makes a good nurse?

    Scrubby replied to T123G123's topic in General Nursing

    What kind of person should become one? I know you need to get a university degree or college diploma and pass the exam and you are in but what kind of a person should look into being a nurse? I...