Scrubby replied to trustsupplyguy's topic in General Nursing
I have no idea here what a pyxis is so i'm pretty confused...can someone please explain??? Do you mean by pulling meds that you take some tablets from another patients packet and use it on someone...
lostfromlatex-I didn't mean to snap at you but i get a little bit emotional about this subject. When i started scrubbing in the OR i had several bad experiences with surgeons yelling at me, and the...
Ummm yes you can keep giving the handover when they interrupt. When i worked on the ward and the nurses tried to talk over me, i'd speak loudly and just keep giving the handover until they got the...
Heres what i do in the OR Check where i'm allocated Check the cases for the day Walk into the OR and set up the trolleys, instrument trays, equipment etc and fingers crossed that the set up was done...
[You need to get thick skin if you are going to make it in the O.R. Unfortunately, it is the nature of this beast.] This sort of attitude really doesn't help at all and just exacerbates the problem....
When i worked in ICU this accidently happened. We were turning a ventilated patient and the trach just came out. The senior nurse reinserted it, we checked her SaO2 and called for an x-ray straight...
Sounds like an incident report to me. Her delay may have caused the patient to fall, and possibly the other nurse left holding him to do his/her back in. Why not just get up and follow you to where...
Overtime is constantly a problem where i work. When surgery goes later than anticipated sometimes theres just no one to relieve you when your scouting, or your stuck scrubbed at the table. I'm happy...
I felt very similar a few years ago before i started in the OR. I used to dread going to work, i even went part time because i could not stand being fulltime as a bedside nurse. I wish you all the...
When it comes to nurses stealing drugs i have very little tolerance. Stealing meds to feed an addication is an unforgivable breach of trust. If you are unable to go to work and not steal drugs then do...
Hi Pam. I had the same trouble when i started scrubbing. I'd scratch my nose etc because it was so automatic. And i felt so annoyed with myself. It takes time to learn these things and as long as...
I work with surgeons every day and i can only go by my observations.... I think that they are under a great deal of physical and emotional stress, especially the junior surgeons who tend to put up...
Wow where i work as a new grad you get one week orientation in each area! One week then a full patient load. Four weeks sounds like a long time to me.... we do a graduate nurse program like most...
Hope you feel better soon and they aren't too hard on you at the meeting. In my grad year i made two drug errors, lucky for my patients that they weren't serious. I gave the wrong insulin (even though...
Just my two cents worth. I personally don't believe it's fair to expect a certain day off once a week (especially on the weekends) because of ANY reason. Yes i believe Nurse Managers all should at...
Kaeky-I think you really need to speak with this person about it and even take it further. It's a concern that she doesn't even chart her vitals properly, is she just relying on her memory? Not good...
Unfortunately there are some patients who seem to delight in making life misery for nurses by being demanding and unreasonable. I think that what happens is that a lot of nurses are continually...
Interesting discussion. Heres my two cents worth: I really feel that as nurses we let each other down a lot. When i worked in the ward environment i saw so many nurses stressed out and in tears...
[The board of nurse examiners requires that you fill out a declaratory order, that asked you if you have ever been arrested or have any mental illnesses. If you declare that you have a mental illness,...
What ppl are describing here is the reason why i left nursing on the wards! I'm the type of person who takes pride in doing ALL of my work on time, and i used to feel so frustrated when i could not...
I'm in two minds about this. Part of me agrees with the concept, but i also see it as an invasion of the persons privacy. I guess that if you didnt' know the patient very well and wasn't aware that...
[The surgeon allows his surgical assistant to leave prior to closure of the incision and asks the scrub nurse to assist (retract and cut sutures) while she is doing the closure count. As the scrub...
Scrubby replied to constantlylearning's topic in General Nursing
As nurses we need to advocate for our patients, and yes even put our own personal feelings aside to give them the best care possible. It's not about you, it's about making your patients as comfortable...
I've had a few needle stick injuries from sutures. I now make the surgeon cover the tip of the suture with the needleholder or put the suture in a kidney dish. And i double glove for every procedure....