Scrubby

Scrubby

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  1. Best shoes for OR??

    Scrubby replied to Tiffany, RN, BSN's topic in Operating Room

    I'm a Birkenstock girl. They are really comfy and hard

  2. Almost made 1st med error. Who's at fault?

    Scrubby replied to TangoLima's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I have no idea what the reaction would have been, thanks to you it DIDN'T happen, well done for questioning the order

  3. German OR RN migrating to OZ soon

    Scrubby replied to Morko's topic in Operating Room

    Hi Morko The only places I can think of is ACORN: http://www.acorn.org.au/ and the Australian nursing and midwifery council. Hope they can point you in the right direction :) Just out of curiosity...

  4. Thats It!! Im Calling The State!!

    Scrubby replied to zimsaint's topic in General Nursing

    I used to work in a nursing home and used to go home and cry over the treatment of the residents. I think it's fantastic that you have the courage to report this and stand by your residents and I wish...

  5. My bad attitude

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

    I think the club is an excellent idea! Apparently i have a bad attitude because i don't like working all day without meal relief and don't understand the 'bigger picture' I told the manager that...

  6. Please help needing immediate advice!!

    Scrubby replied to gt4everpn's topic in General Nursing

    If someone dared call me at home i'd be ringing the union and hanging up on them. In fact i'd probably tell them to f*kc off! Damn that makes me angrt!!! It's completely inappropriate, we have the...

  7. Troops being sustained by antidepressants

    Scrubby replied to martinb216's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not going to express my views on the war. The fact is that like it or not the war has happened and the soldiers have probably seen a lot of things that most of us cannot even imagine. If you have...

  8. Double gloving

    Scrubby replied to all_dressed_in_white's topic in General Nursing

    [How often would you say this happens out of curiosity?] It happens every now and then. It's very easy to get your gloves caught when your putting instruments together, when you lock the ratchett on...

  9. Double gloving

    Scrubby replied to all_dressed_in_white's topic in General Nursing

    We are encouraged to double glove when we scrub. ACORN (australian college of operating room nurses) recommends this in the standards. I double glove for every procedure i scrub for because you never...

  10. i got a needle stick today need prayer

    Scrubby replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    I really do feel for you and hope it all works out. As for that other nurse her practice was completely dangerous. I hope for your sake and others that you report her unsafe practices. Absolutely no...

  11. OR Standards book

    Scrubby replied to Fun2's topic in Operating Room

    We have a very similar standard to AORN's in Australia. I haven't bought it because it's available for staff to read at work. If i'm not sure of anything i just read it as i go along. I personally...

  12. Acused of no compassion

    Scrubby replied to nurseofficegail's topic in General Nursing

    If you are being accused of having no compassion by a manager then shouldn't there have been a process of documentation by your accusers? Otherwise she's just going by rumour/gossip. It sounds to...

  13. Will you watch what I'm doing for God's sake!

    Scrubby replied to sarahbellum's topic in First Year After Licensure

    If she yells at you again calmly tell her that you cannot understand what she is saying, perhaps lowering the voice will help. Sometimes though this doesn't work because some people can't be reasoned...

  14. Who else doesnt plan on being an RN forever?

    Scrubby replied to PiPhi2004's topic in First Year After Licensure

    [i was just wondering if you'd considered looking for an RN position elsewhere? Do you work 12-hour shifts? I work the same 3 days every week and I feel I have lots more time and energy for my kids...

  15. Made a med check error -- feel terrible

    Scrubby replied to SoundofMusic's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I don't know what the law/policy is in your country but when you give pain meds where i live you have to do it with another nurse and the patient is checked no matter how long he or she has been in...

  16. Who else doesnt plan on being an RN forever?

    Scrubby replied to PiPhi2004's topic in First Year After Licensure

    [it seems your implying that nursing isn't a profession to begin with] There seems to be a lot of talk about nurses being a 'profession', yet we are unpaid, often have an unreasonable workload and...

  17. How to deal with pt's sexual advances?

    Scrubby replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

    I agree you need to say something straight away if he does it again. If it was me i'd blatantly tell the patient that this sort of behaviour is sexual harassment and i'd be writing incident reports....

  18. nurses leaving the floor

    Scrubby replied to The Bell Jar's topic in General Nursing

    I would write this up as an incident report if the nurses who left did not handover the patients. And no it isn't fair to dump their patients onto the nurses who weren't invited

  19. EEK! There's a woman in my room!

    Scrubby replied to 58flyer's topic in General Nursing

    If I saw a nurse ever do that to a patient i would call the police and report them for assault and battery. [i'm curious as to what you would do if you encountered a patient, such as myself, who...

  20. Can't do TOP

    Scrubby replied to spiritNursehealer's topic in Operating Room

    I'm not bothered by TOP's at all but I do respect the fact that others may find it hard to deal with due to religious/personal beliefs. I don't believe that anyone should be forced to work where they...

  21. Alarmism??

    Scrubby replied to RNdudeNNJ's topic in General Nursing

    I don't have a problem with this article at all. I had an MRSA infection after an intramuscular injection two years ago. I don't really know why it happened, but when i have an injection now i always...

  22. Need advice

    Scrubby replied to Apollonia's topic in Operating Room

    First off congrats for making it through nursing school :) Do both these places give you the opportunity to scrub and circulate or circulate only? I would recommend that you go to hospital which does...

  23. what can docs do to us?

    Scrubby replied to kmokay's topic in General Nursing

    Docs are not my boss, if they are rude to me and start carrying on then i turn my back on them. I didn't do a three year degree and have a fifteen thousand dollar student debt to be treated like an...

  24. Scabies- nurses role

    Scrubby replied to Titanium888's topic in International Nursing

    As far as i'm aware there is no scabies protocol. I don't think it's appropriate for us to diagnose this, it should be done by a doctor otherwise you'd be practising outside your

  25. First relatively big mistake... can't stop crying

    Scrubby replied to cyndilouwho12's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hugs :) We all make mistakes, it's part of learning and it really sucks! I'm sure that you'll remember this for a long time and won't make the same mistake