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they can order your scrubs i have seen them as much as a 5 x

something else to think about,,,,,jepsen ob, pers c, lester a, jensen a. centrale afdeling for sygehushygiejne, statens seruminstitut, københavn. for more than 70 years, the surgical mask has been used under operations as part of the maintenance of aseptic conditions in the operational field. experiments with models and investigations of sources of infection carried out over the past 20 years have shown, however, that the bacterial flora of the upper respiratory tract do not contribute to airborne contamination of the surgical wound, but that persons who are situated directly beside the field may contaminate the wound directly by droplets released by speech, sneezing or coughing. over the last ten years the usefulness of the surgical mask has been disputed several times, and a few controlled clinical trials have been able to confirm any benefits associated with use of surgical masks. there is therefore no reason from the point of view of preventing infection to maintain a general requirement for the use of surgical masks by others than those persons who may be situated within an arm's length of the operational field or instrument table. pmid: 8317057 [pubmed - indexed for medline

romney mg. department of medical microbiology, faculty of medicine, university of british columbia, vancouver, bc, canada. [email protected] in most modern hospitals, no one is allowed to enter the operating theatre without wearing a surgical face mask. the practice of wearing masks is believed to minimize the transmission of oro- and nasopharyngeal bacteria from operating theatre staff to patients' wounds, thereby decreasing the likelihood of postoperative surgical site infections. in this era of cost-restraints, shrinking hospital budgets, and evidence-based medicine, many health care professionals have begun to re-examine traditional infection control practices. over the past decade, studies challenging the accepted dogma of surgical face mask usage have been published. masks that function as protective barriers are another emerging issue. due to a greater awareness of hiv and other blood-borne viruses, masks are taking on a greater role in protecting health care workers from potentially infectious blood and body fluids. the purpose of this review is to evaluate the latest evidence for and against routine use of surgical face masks in the operating theatre. copyright 2001 the hospital infection society. pmid: 11289767 [pubmed - indexed for medline]

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just to lose a pt is hard, be it a new grad or nurse for 17 yrs it doent get any better or easier i guess thats why we became nurses because we cared

go to google and granny jokes lol

from what i have seen at my hosp anyways is that we have lpns that are scrubs like myself they can pay scrubs alot less than what we are paid so that is usally what they do ,,lpns are becoming less and less

in east tn $2.00 hr and time and a half for call back

have u tried putting one foot on stool for a while then switching after a time just relaxing one of my legs and feet for just a lil bit seems to help me and yes the shoes

gezzzz im lpn scrub but we count before pt enters room then once during and before closing and the rn circ is the boss but it is drilled into our heads our name is put onto that paper as to that we the count is right that type stuff i guess the bottom line is the pt care i belive and respect everyone here at our hosp being the newbie isnt fun and ya got to give it to get it at the same time ur the boss in the or and that needs to be understood i want to get my rn and be a circ anyways sounds like ur doing the right thing and best of luck

congratttttsssss:up::dncgbby:

i feel your pain ive been a nurse for too many years and have worked ed,,med surg,,rehab,,pcu,,and now in or everywhere but ob and after some days even that is looking good the great thing is many places to work in this field:yldhdbng:

i always say C Y A

just a thought but some pain meds at times slows gi tract just thought id throw that in

i agree with the "cowtown" city moderator no matter witch you are there is always somebody higher and lower i was cna before i got my lpn and also going for my rn just rember dont forget where you come from ,,,,