rubichick

rubichick has 6 years experience and specializes in Surgery, Dialysis.

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1. Operating Room Nurse: Roles

   rubichick replied to BethCNOR's topic in Operating Room

   I left the OR because of the hours. Working 70+ hours/week, 21 hours straight, not seeing my family for days at a time was too much. Hopefully if you transfer to the OR it is fully staffed. I miss...

2. Surgical Instruments

   rubichick replied to beautifulskymind's topic in Operating Room

   I did the same thing. I spent a couple days in SPD putting all the trays together and getting familiar with all the instruments. On slow days my preceptor would take me in a room and we would practice...

3. Abandoned patients

   rubichick replied to rubichick's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

   I gave the PT a ride, per the AM's request/approval. I'll never do it again and I'm salary, so no I didn't get paid to do it. The medical director lives about 2 hrs away, so he wasn't dealing with it...

4. Abandoned patients

   rubichick replied to rubichick's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

   not that calling a cab is an option here, but why/how could you get fired for it? The part that makes it even more difficult is that the patient has an extensive criminal history and not sure if...

5. Abandoned patients

   rubichick replied to rubichick's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

   I totally

6. Abandoned patients

   rubichick replied to rubichick's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

   I haven't seen a policy that states that. Last Pt off on second shift and wait for 2 hours when there isn't anyone to give the pt a ride and no cab service in this small rural town...Medical director...

7. Abandoned patients

   rubichick posted a topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

   Have any of you run into the issue with someone dropping a patient off for tx and not coming back to pick them up? We have had that happen a few times recently. There isn't a taxi service or public...

8. What's aTypical Day

   rubichick replied to Jama CCHT's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

   I worked 4 years as a tech while in nursing school, left because they only hire new grads if you used tuition reimbursement. I worked 2 yrs in OR. I then went back to dialysis working 6 months on the...

9. How did everyone get into the OR?

   rubichick replied to JLKNurse's topic in Operating Room

   I was one of those Mom's who returned to school to become a nurse. I also worked a full-time job, took care of my kids and studied when everything else was taken care of and many times that wasn't...

10. Not a real nurse?

    rubichick replied to nrsman1's topic in Operating Room

    I just got my license in August and started in the OR circulating right way. The way I look at it, those who work in the OR can always go to Med/Surg to fill in if necessary, but those on the Med/Surg...

11. The strangest thing you've ever seen on an x-ray?

    rubichick replied to Spirit of Humor's topic in Nursing Humor

    I don't want to sound stupid, but how in the world would that get in her

12. Operating Room Nurse: Roles

    rubichick replied to BethCNOR's topic in Operating Room

    Very well said. Thank you for informing

13. 39 days

    rubichick replied to bsugar888's topic in General Students

    My final is May 13th and pinning is May 22nd (@ 5pm...lol). I'm not counting but there are only 24 class days left. Sounds better to me that