Scrubby

Scrubby

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  1. No such thing as minor surgery!!!

    Scrubby replied to 68RN's topic in Operating Room

    No this patient did not die from malignant hyperthermia. As I said she died from anaephylaxis from the anaesthetic. It's a very rare occurance but it does happen:...

  2. Substance abusers disillusion me...

    Scrubby replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have very little sympathy for drug users who blame the world on their problem. Maybe I am judgemental but about ten years ago my partner completely wrecked his life because of crystal meth, heroin,...

  3. Lack of communication....This is NOT RIGHT!!!!

    Scrubby replied to cute_cabbage2005's topic in General Nursing

    I would be absolutely furious as well!. I would also write up an incident report on this because the patient was put in danger from the nurses who did not do a handover. No one should be put in this...

  4. No such thing as minor surgery!!!

    Scrubby replied to 68RN's topic in Operating Room

    You do get pretty complacent in elective surgery because it's not often you'll see something bad happen. A few weeks ago we lost a patient who was having a routine lap chole and had a massive...

  5. Pretending to palpate pulses

    Scrubby replied to nessajune21's topic in General Nursing

    Not a good idea. Do not confront this nurse about it directly because she may get defensive and set out to make your clinicals a nightmare. You can advocate for you patient by reporting this to your...

  6. Scheduled meeting with manager, HR and union rep

    Scrubby replied to meadow85's topic in General Nursing

    I have been reading this thread for a while now. While I agree that meadow did the wrong thing, I don't think she did it out of spite, simply ignorance. I don't believe the manager was wrong...

  7. What was your 1st day like??

    Scrubby replied to Sl1011's topic in General Nursing

    Terrible. I had not slept the night before because I was so anxious and so I was an absolute zombie on my first day. I told the nurse I was paired up with that I hadn't slept and they were pretty good...

  8. Nurses showing up late for work.

    Scrubby replied to justmanda's topic in General Nursing

    I get very annoyed at people who are chronically late to work. It's not fair on your co-workers, if you arrive late then you should make the time up after your shift is supposed to end because why...

  9. Calling out sick

    Scrubby replied to Jules A's topic in General Nursing

    When I did my hospital orientation we were told by a nurse manager that taking a mental health day is completely understandable and that the hospital would prefer us to do this rather than come into...

  10. Hurricane coming: evacuate or stay and work?

    Scrubby replied to FroggyMama's topic in General Nursing

    Hurricanes aren't a prob in Australia but we do have tropical cyclones and bushfires. I wouldn't risk my life for my job. I would be heading for safety along with everyone else. Our hospital policy...

  11. Med/Surg vs. Specialties for new nurses

    Scrubby replied to EvaLuna's topic in General Nursing

    My hospital prefers nurses to have worked in a ward area like med/surg before going to the OR because a lot of the skills you need in theatre area learned on the wards. When you go to work in the OR...

  12. Ethical Issue: Nurse with MRSA

    Scrubby replied to Penguin67's topic in General Nursing

    I can speak from personal experience here. I'm an OR nurse and several years ago I contracted MRSA after having an IM injection which lead to an abscess which as it turned out was MRSA +ve. I had...

  13. Ethical Issue: Nurse with MRSA

    Scrubby replied to Penguin67's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry double

  14. sterile fields in operating room

    Scrubby replied to pcoburn's topic in Operating Room

    This is how we do it as well. I don't really like it though because the patient hears everything being opened and people counting. The problem is we have no where else to set up our fields except in...

  15. Basic question about counting

    Scrubby replied to RNOTODAY's topic in Operating Room

    Interesting topic. I guess if you know exactly what instrument is missing the surgeons might have an idea of where they used it last. Most of the time when I know the tray well I count them...

  16. Abuse of Nurses

    Scrubby replied to widi96's topic in General Nursing

    I've chatted at work about whether or not you'd call the police if someone who did not have dementia assaulted you for ANY reason. I just can't believe that most people at my work would just let the...

  17. Catty coworkers

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

    A couple of years ago a friend of mine worked on a ward where there were about five nurses (all female) who were so catty that they were making life miserable for everyone. They always seemed to work...

  18. Depression...

    Scrubby replied to rnmomtobe2010's topic in General Nursing

    I think as nurses we are exposed to so much sadness (as well as all the other stress factors) and try as we might to put walls around our personal feelings, it's only a matter of time. I think all...

  19. Grossest Thing You've Ever Seen

    Scrubby replied to sicushells's topic in General Nursing

    ]Starting to feel a bit sick

  20. Every other weekend- what century are we in?

    Scrubby replied to lizva101's topic in General Nursing

    Every other weekend is a lot fairer than my hospital. If your on a 7 day roster (thank goodness i'm not anymore) your entitled to ONE weekend off per month. I think it's the same throughout Australia....

  21. cholesytectomy during nursing school

    Scrubby replied to wishNhopeNdreamN's topic in General Nursing

    Hmmm two days after surgery? to I had a lap appendix and i had shoulder tip pain for a while, had to have a full week off work due to pain and nausea after surgery. Also theres a tiny chance that it...

  22. Grossest Thing You've Ever Seen

    Scrubby replied to sicushells's topic in General Nursing

    The worst thing I've ever seen was when I scrubbed for a a hydatid cyst removal. These cysts are caused by a parasite which passes from livestock, dogs etc and can then be passed on to humans. It was...

  23. Pubic hair

    Scrubby replied to nurseJLoo's topic in General Nursing

    I have to clip pubic hair in the OR sometimes, thankfully the patient is asleep! I don't believe it's necessary for any nurse to shave a patients nether region. It's not like they walk around with no...

  24. WHY do we need more nurses

    Scrubby replied to getinfall's topic in General Nursing

    Kasia You remind me a lof of myself when I was a student. I do understand what your saying, as a student I too met a lot of nurses who were clearly aggressive with their patients and burned out. But...

  25. Charge Nurse

    Scrubby replied to NurseyPoo7's topic in General Nursing

    When I was a grad I was made charge nurse for a ward. I had only been working there for 2 months, 6 months of being an RN in total. They made me charge because there was no one else around and I was...