careerchoices

careerchoices specializes in Surgical tech in nurseless angio suite..

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1. Scared Of Poop!!!!!!!!! Help!!!!!!!

   careerchoices replied to nursingstudent424's topic in First Year After Licensure

   Well, I would argue with that. What you are smelling are the various amine compounds and various other organic chemicals like

2. I have patient gown dyslexia

   careerchoices replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

   I can handle the gowns pretty well, but the tray tables...they make these new ambulatory/OR "big wheel" gurneys with the one giant roller in the middle. That's great, until you have a patient who...

3. Scared Of Poop!!!!!!!!! Help!!!!!!!

   careerchoices replied to nursingstudent424's topic in First Year After Licensure

   I'll tell you from personal experience, it is very degrading to have someone else clean you up after an accident. I had been the care-provider first. I earned an instant good-guy rating with the...

4. any nurses with crohn's/IBD?

   careerchoices replied to agent's topic in General Nursing

   Oh, and for the record I had Crohn's sx as a child (failed to thrive, etc) and was diagnosed in my 20s after several years of ignoring it. I've worked my way down the list of medications and I am now...

5. any nurses with crohn's/IBD?

   careerchoices replied to agent's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks for the replies, everyone. I don't know what I want to do...it's been a while since I stopped working in medicine, and the end of my medical career was about the same time I ended up being a...

6. what else do you do? LOOOONG!! sorry

   careerchoices replied to sChOOLRN48's topic in School

   Ugh. Sorry. I am not working in medicine right now; I was pre-med and as part of that, I worked as an OR tech for seven years. After I came down with again with what turned out to be Crohn's dz and...

7. thermometer & ice bags

   careerchoices replied to lilia123's topic in School

   That's a really good idea. My suspicion would be that he was not getting enough caring somewhere else in his

8. Is anyone else's office banning Fleets Phosophosoda??

   careerchoices replied to flightnurse2b's topic in Gastroenterology

   I can't do the PhosphoSoda prep again. I've done it like 10 times...my bloodwork is messed up for days afterwards, and I can never keep the second dose down, no matter how hard I try or clench my...

9. upper endoscopy

   careerchoices replied to lpnstudentin2010's topic in Gastroenterology

   I grabbed for the scope once during an EGD. I had been under, then totally woke up and was disoriented. GI chewed me up one side and down the other for not being in total control while on Versed and...

10. Most Embarassing Nursing Moments

    careerchoices replied to Jessiedog's topic in Nursing Humor

    hahaha...oh, that is a classic "new to microwaves" disaster. like the eastern-european immigrant we had working in our vascular lab in the early 1990s, who "knew" that the popcorn could not really...

11. Most Embarassing Nursing Moments

    careerchoices replied to Jessiedog's topic in Nursing Humor

    A couple of the nurses in one of the units at my hospital (a large University teaching/trauma center) wanted to warm a towel in the microwave. They did not know you had to wet the towels first... So...

12. Do men have priority when considered for Nursing School?

    careerchoices replied to playbanjogood's topic in Men in Nursing

    Haha! *wiping soda from my monitor* This thread is amazing. I had no idea that the posts on this site went back to the 1930s. But obviously this particular thread must be

13. any nurses with crohn's/IBD?

    careerchoices replied to agent's topic in General Nursing

    This thread is deader than corduroy. Anyone around with

14. incontinence question

    careerchoices replied to someguygoblue32's topic in General Nursing

    Hi. I would suggest trying Abena. I've used the Abena (both plastic and breathable) to deal with fecal incontinence, and sometimes I've had urinary accidents in the Abena X-Plus when I am rushing...