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cdsga

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  1. circulating nurse = "go-fer" with no use for "real" nursing skills?

    cdsga replied to RunnerRN2015's topic in Operating Room

    In terms of marketing yourself-you must think about things that you do. Efficiency, organization, prioritization, clinical abilities in medication administration, emergency response, effective...

  2. circulating nurse = "go-fer" with no use for "real" nursing skills?

    cdsga replied to RunnerRN2015's topic in Operating Room

    It all depends on you. I started in ICU, then went to PACU then to the OR. I always was interested in the OR, but my nursing school instructors told me I wasn't cut out for it. Well I made my haters...

  3. Playing With Fire: Seeing "Noncompliance" In A New Light

    cdsga replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Patient Medications

    I like your style! Hate the word noncompliant-it is reminiscent of Nurse

  4. Man = muscle, being taken advantage of

    cdsga replied to DrkCocoMurse215's topic in Men in Nursing

    You can always say no. Utilize the opportunity to ensure that you have good lifting and transfer devices on your unit instead of brute strength. I'm not going to throw my back out or yours just...

  5. Periop 101 exam

    cdsga replied to smiggers's topic in Operating Room

    Even though you may be busy-you need to take a day to study over the modules and review. In our course we made a test of 100 questions that came from the modules for the nurses to review. They had the...

  6. I miss my NEPTUNE

    cdsga replied to nursinadream's topic in Operating Room

    OMG yes! The whole thing is

  7. What does it takes to be OR nurse

    cdsga replied to CanCan's topic in Operating Room

    It is a different skill set and has limited patient contact. But if it is something you want to do, consider it. It is physically demanding, you have to develop a thick skin, it is a strategic...

  8. Magnet curse!

    cdsga replied to ICUNurseG's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Don't get me wrong tuition reimbursement is a good thing, especially if the hospital has a goal of increasing the amount of BSN's. Our tuition reimbursement is $1500.oo per year-with a two year...

  9. Magnet curse!

    cdsga replied to ICUNurseG's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Hilarious

  10. Who's afraid of the ICU?

    cdsga replied to Trissity's topic in Critical Care

    I'd rather call it "Stage Fright". Each time you take care of a patient it is the first time for them and just like a stage performance, the patient (audience) deserves the same level of delivery and...

  11. Tattoos/Piercings in the workplace?

    cdsga replied to __patiently_waiting's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Unfortunately there is a stigma attached to multi piercing and tattoos that lend themselves to thinking that these folks practice risky behavior. So while I don't have a tattoo, my son does and I...

  12. How to survey doctors about OR nurse performance

    cdsga replied to fenwayemma's topic in Operating Room

    Here is a website for you and a good questionnaire to base your survey on.

  13. Sepsis Questions

    cdsga replied to nursenancy27's topic in Critical Care

    Renal function may be compromised in sepsis which affects half life of circulating cortisol. Overall assumption, lactic acid increase, reduces calcium transport out of the cell because lactic acid...

  14. Time Management

    cdsga replied to Katie13LPN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    It all depends. After you get report, you can get an idea of who is going to need the most care. In my experience, the most time consuming thing was meds-getting them prepared from multiple pyxis...

  15. Operating Room Nurse: Roles

    cdsga replied to BethCNOR's topic in Operating Room

    Could be difficult since nursing role is very different. You have call and holidays to remember and some weekends. You may lose some skills working in the OR, but not to be discouraging, many grads...

  16. Noncompliant

    cdsga replied to Vespertinas's topic in Nursing Humor

    Story is funny and I'm glad he realized it was to his benefit to move away from his stressors, oh all the money he's saving. In this case it wasn't "cheaper to keep

  17. Starting to feel burned out

    cdsga replied to Rose_Queen's topic in Operating Room

    Contact AORN (search on web) and find out what hospitals in your area offer OR internships. That will be the best way to get an

  18. Dear Nursing Students/Orientees: A Love Note from the Preceptor from Hell

    cdsga replied to CheesePotato's topic in General Students

    Yes you can compare the two professions on many levels-the two are service industries-cops can be kind and compassionate, so can nurses, nurses can be military in their style and...

  19. Dear Nursing Students/Orientees: A Love Note from the Preceptor from Hell

    cdsga replied to CheesePotato's topic in General Students

    As a preceptor-sometimes you just get an orientee thrown in on you-no time to meet/greet, just cursory hello then jump into a day that already has started. So the way things start are sometimes not...

  20. Healthcare is NOT a basic human right.

    cdsga replied to Asystole RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Healthcare coverage is different for different populations-If Medicare was so awesome, why do you have to have plan B, Plan D etc. You know-I'm just to the point where it's a done deal, and I'm just...

  21. Healthcare is NOT a basic human right.

    cdsga replied to Asystole RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Demographics-if you have a lot of older people, then you shift focus on disease processes of the elderly. If you have lots of rich, you focus on non urgent care items, like plastic surgery, if you...

  22. Healthcare is NOT a basic human right.

    cdsga replied to Asystole RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I agree-healthcare is a need. Once you enter into the system, you then have a RIGHT to quality healthcare that is affordable, not crippling financially. That is where the reform is most needed....

  23. Healthcare is NOT a basic human right.

    cdsga replied to Asystole RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Medical bills. "People often don't realize medical bills tend to be eminently negotiable," Andrew Cohen, a medical debt resolution program manager at The Access Project, told CBS News. The key is to...

  24. Healthcare is NOT a basic human right.

    cdsga replied to Asystole RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    It's not that I don't want insurance for everyone-it's that the US plan has not been fully constructed, there is too much that is unknown, and the way it was passed was careless. It's a law now, and...

  25. Healthcare is NOT a basic human right.

    cdsga replied to Asystole RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    You know-we all know people who have terrible stories of health problems that are expensive. We have people with insurance who also file for bankruptcy for catastrophic illness cost. Are these the...