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  1. Young, Thin, and Cute New Hires

    PureLifeRN replied to TheCommuter's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yet another example of stereotyping based on

  2. Young, Thin, and Cute New Hires

    PureLifeRN replied to TheCommuter's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    But if a new, cute nurse writes a post about how she disagrees with her nursing unit hiring a bunch of older, ugly nurses, she would be crucified. Its rather immature to write a long post obviously...

  3. More Proof That Surgeons Are HUGE JERKS!

    PureLifeRN replied to All4NursingRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Sometimes surgeons get agitated for no good reason. Other times, they have a very good reason. As an OR nurse, I got real good knowing when someone just needs to blow off steam, and when to really...

  4. Young, Thin, and Cute New Hires

    PureLifeRN replied to TheCommuter's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    These kind of posts amaze me. If any young, new nurse writes a post stating that a bunch of old, crotchety nurses are mean to them, well then they get ripped a new one. But when its the other way...

  5. Pregnancy and work hours

    PureLifeRN replied to Ilovethe80s's topic in Operating Room

    I was 30 weeks pregnant when I was put on bedrest by my perinatologist and OB. My son always measured small and was diagnosed with a growth restriction. My perinatologist knew I worked 40-60 hour...

  6. Professionals or "workers"

    PureLifeRN replied to blackribbon's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    My union has negotiated a whopping 2% raise in 2011 and NO raise for 2012. thats right. There are a couple employees that should have been let go years ago for terrible job performance but they coast...

  7. BSN as entry into practice; why we decided against it.

    PureLifeRN replied to MunoRN's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I cant stand this type of argument. Why is it always assumed that BSN's DONT know what they are doing?!? All these posts from ADN's stating "My ADN school had more clinical hours", "My community...

  8. New Grad applicant walked on a unit today...

    PureLifeRN replied to BotoxBaby's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    sheesh...thats rough. A little kindness can go a long

  9. Patients overstaying their welcome in hospitals

    PureLifeRN replied to fallinnstyle's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I have taken care of a patient who was from Mexico and lived in Florida homeless for a long time. He was found unconscious in the streets and after being in our hospital for a long time was able to...

  10. Dealing with Circulators as a New Student.

    PureLifeRN replied to gymnut's topic in Operating Room

    Sounds like you need to grow some thick skin. As a student, you are not a necessity to a room....in fact you are an obstacle to the RN. Just as long as you remember that. Some days I could scream...

  11. Does anybody use sterile technique anymore?

    PureLifeRN replied to bookwormom's topic in General Nursing

    As an OR nurse I understand the necessity for sterile technique for a lot of dressing changes. But if you arent prepping the skin with betadine paint or some other type of skin prep, I'm not sure it...

  12. Etiquette in the OR?

    PureLifeRN replied to trauma_lama's topic in Operating Room

    And I hope you act like that to ANY nurse who talks about a patient in such a manner, even if they are in the break room or at the end of a shift. Coming from working on the floor, the OR nurses are a...

  13. Etiquette in the OR?

    PureLifeRN replied to trauma_lama's topic in Operating Room

    I am in no way saying what happened was ok, but you will get the same type of attitude no matter WHERE you work in nursing. On the floor, nurses will gossip about patients all day at the nurses...

  14. Nursing hours

    PureLifeRN replied to GivingLove's topic in General Nursing

    Your time away from your kids is going to be a lot, whether you are a teacher or nurse. You might as well do something you are passionate about. Btw, you could always work full time (3 12's) for a...

  15. Profanity in the OR

    PureLifeRN replied to PetiteOpRN's topic in Operating Room

    I, for one, am SHOCKED that profanity would EVER be used in the

  16. Med error? help im going to loose ky mind thinking about this!!!!!!

    PureLifeRN replied to avenellpn82's topic in General Nursing

    I have had to give myself Rocephin IM shots with lidocaine when I was pregnant, living overseas in a third world country. It was probably about 3-4ml. Not sure if thats the norm or just where I was...

  17. Self-driven training

    PureLifeRN replied to ChristineAdrianaRN's topic in Operating Room

    Was with you until I reached this point....circulating is extremely important and can be very challenging. Don't be so quick to concentrate on only scrubbing, circulators take charge of the room and...

  18. prep question

    PureLifeRN posted a topic in Operating Room

    Hello! Quick question from a newbie.... When you are prepping an open contaminated wound (i.e. pressure ulcer), I know you prep that actual wound last, but do you prep starting from the perimeter of...

  19. prep question

    PureLifeRN replied to PureLifeRN's topic in Operating Room

    So if this was a pressure ulcer, you would put sterile 4x4 or something on it wound, then using betadine scrub outward....would the 4x4 be soaked with sterile NACL or just dry? Could you use scrub...

  20. Counting?

    PureLifeRN replied to mercys's topic in Operating Room

    Where was this packing? just curious.... Do you guys count for lap tubal

  21. Counting?

    PureLifeRN replied to mercys's topic in Operating Room

    Yeah, we are trying it in our OR. But the wand is only for laps/ray that have an additional little peice of metal that is detectable by the wand or the gel pad under the patient. The company that is...

  22. recapping saline bottles?

    PureLifeRN replied to lynswim's topic in Operating Room

    We order our abx irrigation from pharmacy and it comes in a pour bottle with a label on it so I guess they must open it and put the baci/poly in it and then recap it

  23. What computer system do you use in the OR?

    PureLifeRN replied to ShannonRN2010's topic in Operating Room

    meditech, worst system in the

  24. What if a hurricane hit your facility while you were there?

    PureLifeRN replied to tiroka03's topic in General Nursing

    All the hospitals I have worked in (south florida) have a Team A/Team B. Team A usually will get more $ per hour, especially if they have to stay there

  25. Advertisement I just saw that made me mad!

    PureLifeRN replied to handyrn's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    According to who?!?! I have seen a lot of BSN new grads and they "catch on" just as quick as ASN. And I have seen ASN new grads completly drown on the floor while the BSN new grads flourished and...