PetiteOpRN

PetiteOpRN

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  1. Some crazy/funny things that patients did.

    PetiteOpRN replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

    I know a nurse who made breast milk banana bread for a bunch of PITA surgery residents. She told them about the secret ingredient AFTER they had enjoyed their

  2. BCG vaccine and Mantoux test

    PetiteOpRN replied to Belle Epoque's topic in General Nursing

    If the health department and your employer are not willing to provide the Quantiferon test, see if your PCP could order it. The cost was prohibitive 6 years ago when I first found out about it, but...

  3. BCG vaccine and Mantoux test

    PetiteOpRN replied to Belle Epoque's topic in General Nursing

    My employer recently started offering Quantiferon gold testing. I have never had the BCG vaccine, but when I was a newborn received the mantoux test several times and developed an allergy to phenol,...

  4. Do you like short or long?

    PetiteOpRN replied to solneeshka's topic in Operating Room

    Different strokes for different folks. I like the surgery to last at least as long as the paperwork. I have been floated to facilities to do ECT, which takes about 3-4 minutes per case. Drove me...

  5. Paleo/Primal Diet?

    PetiteOpRN replied to 7student7's topic in Patient Education

    That sounds ideal for a patient who requires a low residue diet! /sarcasm It is not lazy to work within your scope of practice. You are a doing prereqs for nursing school, so you'll have plenty of...

  6. OR nurses not critical care?

    PetiteOpRN replied to AZRN52's topic in Operating Room

    Yep, but only by nurses who have never worked in the

  7. Legal Nurse Consultant: Is this what it is made out to be?

    PetiteOpRN replied to DNS on the go's topic in Legal

    I am a simple country RN, no extra certification at all. I am contracted to review charts, compose a document summarizing care and reporting the final level of impairment or disability of the...

  8. Paleo/Primal Diet?

    PetiteOpRN replied to 7student7's topic in Patient Education

    Unless a diet has been ordered by the physician (ADA, AHA, etc), it is not my job or my business to instruct the patient on how to eat. So, I would not feel comfortable telling a patient anything at...

  9. How many years experience helps?

    PetiteOpRN replied to ericleroy's topic in General Nursing

    Wow. In a global society, all are welcome to compete. The AMA has a similar stance that you do. Many foreign educated doctors have to take boards and redo residency in the US in order to practice....

  10. Anyone else rushing to become an APN before 2015?

    PetiteOpRN replied to smkiya's topic in General Nursing

    They've done this with other specialties (for instance, a newly minted PT has a DPT...ten years ago a bachelor's degree sufficed). The only reason to do this is to keep people out of the field. It is...

  11. Patient gender preference

    PetiteOpRN replied to Cul2's topic in General Nursing

    Statistically, in the US 25% of the female population has been the victim of some form of sexual assault before age 18. Males are also the victims of sexual assault. With that in mind, there might...

  12. Why is CA Nurse's Association supporting Nikki Diaz?

    PetiteOpRN replied to GoodNP's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    It is a political

  13. Facebook

    PetiteOpRN replied to LadyTiger44's topic in General Nursing

    I had a coworker fired over their FB profile. "Job description: Surgical technologist at *******. I sabotage

  14. Career Switching and Schooling Questions

    PetiteOpRN replied to glasjar's topic in General Nursing

    I'm willing to bet the reason it's spread out like that is because of the clinical component. Most programs have a didactic portion and a clinical portion that you do simultaneously. It is not to...

  15. Why Even go for your MA? Don't Understand...

    PetiteOpRN replied to skittlebear's topic in General Nursing

    How many times have you been asked why you didn't become a doctor? You are a nurse for a reason. Maybe it's the patient relationships, maybe the hours, but there is a reason you persevered through...

  16. Universal Precautions are not optional...

    PetiteOpRN replied to Lisa, MA's topic in General Nursing

    OSHA

  17. Any INTJ personality nurses out there...I need help in choosing any advance nursing car

    PetiteOpRN replied to BlackRN's topic in Nursing Career

    INTJ here. (Highly T, very highly J). I have been told umpteen times to go to med school, but that is just not in the cards for me. I have found two specialties that I love. 1. Neurosurgery...

  18. thinking of switching from main to outpatient

    PetiteOpRN replied to Lasoniamacaroni's topic in Operating Room

    I work at an outpatient center PRN and a trauma center full time. I don't think the outpatient center is boring, just different. I don't run 8 miles in the outpatient center, for

  19. PA vs. RN

    PetiteOpRN replied to malika's topic in General Nursing

    PAs are physician extenders. While there are many different specialties in which PAs are employed, the role is always that of the physician extender. Nursing is a little broader. There are options...

  20. Surgical Tech and then RN??

    PetiteOpRN replied to Butterfly0328's topic in General Nursing

    The only programs I know that teach perioperative nursing (in the US, at least) are diploma programs, which are few and far between. A month is really not enough time to learn much, but is better...

  21. Surgical Tech and then RN??

    PetiteOpRN replied to Butterfly0328's topic in General Nursing

    Ok, so you've heard a lot of cons. Here are some pros: You will have a leg up on the competition, especially if you go into OR nursing. Perioperative nursing IS NOT taught in RN school. You will...

  22. Question for the OR pros;RNFA worth it?

    PetiteOpRN replied to SeeTheMoon's topic in Operating Room

    Many hospitals use scrub techs to scrub. In a teaching hospital the resident is the first assist. Start looking into ORs in your area now. See if they train RNs to scrub and circulate. Scrubbing...

  23. What to do with co-worker that is drinking

    PetiteOpRN replied to robby5313's topic in General Nursing

    If she was drinking/impaired/MIA while on call, that does constitute working while impaired and possibly patient abandonment. It is NOT appropriate for you to address these issues with her. This is...

  24. Bair Huggers

    PetiteOpRN replied to canesdukegirl's topic in Operating Room

    I agree, canesdukegirl. Towel or blanket for padding, safety strap, bair hugger, blanket, drapes. I don't put the pillow under the hose, but I make sure that the hose does not come in contact with...

  25. Please tell me I am not wrong!

    PetiteOpRN replied to GMSinCA's topic in Operating Room

    First of all, no one is fed over the wounds/incisions. The scrub steps away from the field and the circulator slips something into the mask. In my case, I feed small sips/bites to the patient, or...