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  1. R U Serious.Signing Out for lunch...

    linda2097 replied to TopazChick81's topic in Operating Room

    We are required to sign out for lunch, but what most people do is sign out, sign back in a half hour later, and then keep taking a break for another 15 minutes. So, signing out for lunch is a

  2. Does this make sense to you?

    linda2097 posted a topic in Operating Room

    We have a plastic surgeon who is very slow. He likes to operate long hours. He often operates all day and into the night, ending around 2am. There is only one circulator and tech on call at night,...

  3. This can't be safe

    linda2097 replied to nw31705's topic in Operating Room

    Look in your yellow pages for employment lawyers and give one a call to get his

  4. Night shift workers who sleep?

    linda2097 posted a topic in Operating Room

    Have any of you heard of O.R. nurses or techs who sleep during night shift? If so, was management aware of

  5. Is it appropriate to visit past patients in the unit?

    linda2097 replied to lilla_fjaril's topic in Operating Room

    I'm not sure my hospital would allow it. We are told not to look at a patient's record on the computer unless it is a patient that we going to work with. Once we are done treating the patient, we do...

  6. Surgeons who scrub early

    linda2097 posted a topic in Operating Room

    When surgeons gown and glove when you're still positioning the patient, do you think they do it to pressure you to speed

  7. Offered a position in the OR after graduation!

    linda2097 replied to shoegalRN's topic in Operating Room

    I agree. It can be hard to get an OR position even if you have floor experience. Seize the day and take the OR job. If you still want floor experience, you can work per diem or volunteer on the...

  8. What do you want O.R. nurses to do during a trauma alert?

    linda2097 posted a topic in Emergency

    I am an operating room RN who just started night shift. During a trauma alert, I will go to the ER. What can I do to help the ER

  9. Basic question about intraop blood transfusions

    linda2097 replied to lilla_fjaril's topic in Operating Room

    For circulating purposes, type and screen takes time. If you are doing a case that MIGHT need blood, always make sure there is a type and screen. If not, tell anesthesia that there is no type and...

  10. Question about being a nurse in the military?

    linda2097 replied to emily_ganshert's topic in General Nursing

    You still have to get accepted into a nursing school. And the military requires a bachelors degree. The military will pay for your college if you agree to work as a military nurse for a few years...

  11. Did you ever have such a bad day, that you regretted becoming a nurse?

    linda2097 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Did you ever have such a bad day, such as a nursing error, or difficult personalities, that you regretted becoming a nurse at least for a little

  12. Do you count instruments during an infant belly case?

    linda2097 posted a topic in Operating Room

    Do you count instruments during an infant belly case even though the instruments are longer than the thickness of the

  13. Did you ever have such a bad day, that you regretted becoming a nurse?

    linda2097 replied to linda2097's topic in General Nursing

    Well

  14. Do you count instruments during an infant belly case?

    linda2097 replied to linda2097's topic in Operating Room

    Wow. You count ortho trays? Do you count every screw and plate in the implant trays? I'm not being a smartass. I'm seriously asking

  15. Do you count instruments during an infant belly case?

    linda2097 replied to linda2097's topic in Operating Room

    Do you count instruments during ortho

  16. Brain farts

    linda2097 posted a topic in General Nursing

    What's some dumb non-dangerous things you've done as a nurse? Today, I changed an IV bag without taking the old one down first. IV fluid poured on the floor.

  17. Surgeons who don't know what they are doing

    linda2097 posted a topic in Operating Room

    We have a surgeon who literally doesn't know how to do some of the procedures he books. During cases, he asks the nurses and sales reps what to do. As nurses, are we supposed to tell someone that the...

  18. Brain farts

    linda2097 replied to linda2097's topic in General Nursing

    You would have noticed by yourself when you looked for the urethra. Hey, there's nothing wrong with a squeaky clean rectum. Consider it a deluxe bed

  19. Sometimes wasting blood is the best choice, right?

    linda2097 posted a topic in Operating Room

    Surgeon ordered 2 units packed cells to be infused stat. Gave 1 unit. Took hemocue. Hemocue was 10.6. Asked surgeon if he still wants the second unit. He said no. Returned unit to blood bank....

  20. Sometimes wasting blood is the best choice, right?

    linda2097 replied to linda2097's topic in Operating Room

    I've worked at hospitals that send the blood in a small cooler. I am assuming that some hospitals choose not to let staff refrigerate blood because it dangerously assumes that staff will always...

  21. Sometimes wasting blood is the best choice, right?

    linda2097 replied to linda2097's topic in Operating Room

    10-minute D&C. He made the decision not to give the blood after the

  22. Do you make time for YOU? Staying healthy, peaceful, exercising, etc?

    linda2097 replied to ICor9:24's topic in Health, Stress Management

    If you have time to watch TV, you have time to exercise. Get a $300 treadmill and put it in front of your TV. The more convenient it is, the more likely you are to comply. Jog at least 20 minutes...

  23. stressed

    linda2097 replied to LovePurple's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Night shift is a lot easier if you sleep at the same time everyday including your off days. That means staying up all night when you are off. Try

  24. How do YOU relieve stress?

    linda2097 replied to jellybean321's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Exercise is the most important thing. It's the best drug in the

  25. nursing grad who cant seem to pass boards

    linda2097 replied to angieb82's topic in General Nursing

    Take this course with live classes.....