SandraCVRN

SandraCVRN

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  1. "Patient" or "Client"?

    SandraCVRN replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing

    I use patient, was taught client in NS, but where I work now "they" use customer, worse than

  2. Proof that Magnet Status is a farce (read this article!!)

    SandraCVRN replied to CareBayer's topic in General Nursing

    I worked at a Magnet (was already one before I started) and it was an alright place to work. Most of the nurses said once the Magnet status was achieved everything went pretty much back to normal,...

  3. Travel nurses in your OR

    SandraCVRN replied to RNERHOUSESUPOR's topic in Operating Room

    We have 3 travelers right now, when we hired them we asked for persons able to circulate and scrub. They mostly circulate but scrub when needed. They have been wonderful and we will miss them...

  4. the RN's appearance

    SandraCVRN replied to Olli's topic in General Nursing

    I work in the OR so have to wear hospital provided scrubs, butwhen I worked on the floor I always ironed my scrubs. Don't chew gum, it's bad on my TMJ. Keep those breath strips in my

  5. You Know the patient is going bad when...

    SandraCVRN replied to Nurseboy1's topic in General Nursing

    Hey, ya'll quit talking about

  6. You Know the patient is going bad when...

    SandraCVRN replied to Nurseboy1's topic in General Nursing

    guilty

  7. My doubts about a future in nursing

    SandraCVRN replied to NewJA's topic in General Nursing

    NewJA, All nursing areas are not as stressful as you think and like what your roommate is going through. You don't state what area of the country you are in but even as a new grad I was rarely so...

  8. Acused of no compassion

    SandraCVRN replied to nurseofficegail's topic in General Nursing

    I guess you filled under some type of workers comp? Lot's of folks don't like that. Not right but unfortunatly the way some employers work. Do not sign off on your injury until you are 100% Good

  9. What is Meditech???

    SandraCVRN replied to nursejllrn's topic in General Nursing

    You can get the hang of it, but it's not user friendly at all in my opinion. The version we have is DOS based, not windows based so it's a PITA. Our original 2 page nurses notes in the OR turned into...

  10. The union will lower my pay...........

    SandraCVRN posted a topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    :typing This is what I was told by one of my fellow nurses today. I'm in Texas (YEAH Cypress nurses!!) Afew years ago my facility had a union vote. They brought in some truckers union or something....

  11. So how many pts do you have?????

    SandraCVRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    :typingJust wondering, how many pts do you have? Type unit? With or without techs/aids? Do you your break/lunch? Most of the time? Never? It's hard for me to gage what the floor nurses are REALLY up...

  12. First Unionized Hospital in Texas

    SandraCVRN replied to herring_RN's topic in Texas Nursing

    Thanks Houston, guess this is why I just got my 2nd market adjustment and a retention bonus in the last

  13. So how many pts do you have?????

    SandraCVRN replied to SandraCVRN's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, thanks everyone. I didn't realize we were taking care of so many more pts than other facilities when I was on the floor. But I was right out of nursing school so I didn't know any better. At...

  14. What do you wish for in a break room?

    SandraCVRN replied to RNmom08's topic in General Nursing

    I just want a REAL break, without a phone ringing, without my lead nurse telling me what to do next, just a ******* break for pete's

  15. Going back to the OR

    SandraCVRN replied to RNOTODAY's topic in Operating Room

    I was a private scrub for an oral surgery practice for 12 years, doing cases in the same OR I work at now. We moved away and I went to nursing school, then worked the floor and then a 1 OR, 25 bed...

  16. The union will lower my pay...........

    SandraCVRN replied to SandraCVRN's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    I didn't believe it, but some that were here during the last vote did. Fact gathering is what I'm trying to do. I told my co-workers about Cypress yesterday. It's not that I'm superpro-union (as a...

  17. Pigeon holed?

    SandraCVRN replied to mooneyes65's topic in Operating Room

    I think it would depend on how long they had been in the OR and if they had any other experience prior to the OR. For myself I did 2 years on an Ortho/Medical unit and have been in the OR for almost...

  18. How much difference in pay do two year rn's get than four yr??

    SandraCVRN replied to bigmac018's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    One dollar an hour extra for BSN where I

  19. Nurses...Miserable?

    SandraCVRN replied to JerseyGir1's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Not miserable, it's like everything else in life. It just depends where you are.............you know, being in the right place at the right time. I have worked at 3 very different facilities and...

  20. "New Nurses's Don't Know Anything."

    SandraCVRN replied to Diary/Dairy's topic in General Nursing

    I was actually talking about the OP, who was posting to this thread and others (a couple dozen posts as a matter of fact) while working. I know we use the computer for our

  21. Counting Policy

    SandraCVRN replied to kmh2000's topic in Operating Room

    You count instruments on open cases right? (belly cases) Our count shets are nt part of our record, but we do have a spot to chart count

  22. "New Nurses's Don't Know Anything."

    SandraCVRN replied to Diary/Dairy's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, you all can be a little harsh. This is a nurse, someone that knows how thin we are stretched, someone whose son is mentally handicapped, someone who knows her son's nurse may be on the computer...

  23. MSN at the bedside

    SandraCVRN replied to dianacs's topic in General Nursing

    I had an instructor that graduated 3 years before me. Only worked part time while getting her masters. You could really tell that she didn't have much "real life" experience in nursing. Work at the...

  24. Counting Policy

    SandraCVRN replied to kmh2000's topic in Operating Room

    Instruments on sheets that come in the pans. Everything else including peel packed instruments on a seperate sheet. A couple rooms still use the dry erase board for sharps/laps. We have a regular...

  25. Back to AllNurses Hello!

    SandraCVRN posted a topic in Operating Room

    just popping in to introduce myself. i joined allnurses years ago and then somehow lost the habit of message boards. well, i am back, have been a nurse for 5 years, 2 1/2 in the or. on the heart...