PetiteOpRN

PetiteOpRN

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  1. Do you consider yourself a "highly sensitive person" ?

    PetiteOpRN replied to Gentle Giant's topic in General Nursing

    I am NOT a HSP. At all. But my twin sister is, extremely so. She has also been diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome and ODC. She is working on her doctorate in physical therapy right now, and seems...

  2. "I know, I know"

    PetiteOpRN replied to Scrubby's topic in General Nursing

    Is she on orientation and scrubbing by herself? In my facility, orientees circulate or scrub with another staff member, who could take the stapler or drill and show her how to use them correctly and...

  3. "I know, I know"

    PetiteOpRN replied to Scrubby's topic in General Nursing

    Is this nurse your circulator? I know how frustrating it can be to ask for something, see it being done incorrectly, if at all, and not be able to do anything about it because you are busy and can't...

  4. Blood Pregnancy test needed?

    PetiteOpRN replied to Schweet's topic in Emergency

    No, it's not the cost that's the issue. It's the fact that DFS does not consider it valid unless it comes from a doctor's office or the health department. You can literally have a baby emerging from...

  5. Relocating from CA to KS, how to proceed to ensure a swift return?

    PetiteOpRN replied to Little Miss Blue's topic in Nursing Career

    Witchita's great! I obviously don't know about your whole situation, but Wichita is not a bad place to be. One big advantage is that nursing school is cheaper in KS than in CA. If your plan is to...

  6. First vaginal exam

    PetiteOpRN replied to Sarah LnDHopes's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I promise your first lady partsl exam will not be this bad: My father is a surgeon who knew from the time he attended his first A&P class he wanted nothing to do with anyone's reproductive...

  7. Improvement Ideas

    PetiteOpRN replied to HelloOBNurse's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Is the baby not good enough anymore? You have to throw in extras to sweeten the deal!?! A candlelit dinner is still going to be hospital food. One hospital in town gives a gift card to Walmart and a...

  8. Blood Pregnancy test needed?

    PetiteOpRN replied to Schweet's topic in Emergency

    Medicaid.

  9. what would you have done?

    PetiteOpRN replied to brownbook's topic in General Nursing

    Conscious sedation is very different from general anesthesia. Many people (typically teenage boys) wake up and hit the ceiling. We have the entire OR team restrain them for 5-10 minutes until they...

  10. Vaginal Prep solutions

    PetiteOpRN replied to chills07's topic in Operating Room

    We use Ivory soap and rinse with NS. The Ivory soap emulsifies and solubalizes bacteria so it can be rinsed away. It is not bactericidal, but it at least gets the area

  11. Do you answer your phone on your day off?

    PetiteOpRN replied to Leelee2's topic in General Nursing

    1. Management remembers a "no" much more vividly than someone not picking up the phone, at least in my experience. 2. I don't abandon my work and patients whenever my family calls. 3. If they...

  12. Because thats really gonna help

    PetiteOpRN replied to Simply Complicated's topic in General Nursing

    That is the last page of my computer charting. The checklist confirmation. It will not accept my charting as valid unless it is

  13. Count Policy for 360 Spines

    PetiteOpRN replied to nurseboudin's topic in Operating Room

    For hearts, we have a pre-printed sheet that has all of the instruments according to tray, so it's pretty simple to go down the list. There's also the "cover everything I don't really need with a...

  14. Count Policy for 360 Spines

    PetiteOpRN replied to nurseboudin's topic in Operating Room

    My facility does not count instruments for these cases (at least it is not our policy -- I recently transferred to neuro, and have yet to do one, so I don't know how it would go over if I insisted on...

  15. Need help on mark twain quote!

    PetiteOpRN replied to TeeGuneys23's topic in General Nursing

    Erik, if your nursing class was anything like mine 90% was asleep and completely missed those gems. I used to think that those kinds of things were said to wake us up and keep us on our toes. So I...

  16. How to deal with a difficult scrub tech

    PetiteOpRN replied to canesdukegirl's topic in Operating Room

    Yikes. Yes, I've dealt with these types, but not consistently. There was one who would make me repeat the time out because she hadn't heard the patient's DOB (which is on the time out board). The...

  17. Need help on mark twain quote!

    PetiteOpRN replied to TeeGuneys23's topic in General Nursing

    I have a slightly different perspective as a homeschooling-parent. Schooling is the act of going to school and memorizing and believing what your teachers tell you to memorize and learn. When I was...

  18. Frustration Rant

    PetiteOpRN replied to Aniroc's topic in General Nursing

    "This is called teamwork. I furnish the brains, you furnish the muscles, the aches and the pains. I'll pick the best roads, tell you just where to go and we'll find a good doctor more quickly, you...

  19. pt pass out after IM ceftriaxone inj

    PetiteOpRN replied to yat777's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like classic vasovagal syncope. Saw it first hand when my son was born and my husband hit the

  20. Nursing Survey from California Board of RN

    PetiteOpRN replied to nminodob's topic in General Nursing

    Before you fill out the survey so eagerly, ask yourself what the state board of nursing has the power to do. They cannot wave a magic wand and suddenly make new jobs appear. But they can "remedy" the...

  21. Dear Surgeon

    PetiteOpRN replied to Scrubby's topic in Operating Room

    This sounds like an adverse patient event that should be reported immediately to the appropriate administrator or patient safety committee. Gee, I hope it doesn't create too much additional headache...

  22. Technical problem in withdrawing drugs

    PetiteOpRN replied to Student Cheryl's topic in General Nursing

    Half life is the time it takes for the bioavailability to decrease to 50% after the patient has been administered the drug. The length of time between reconstitution and injection should not affect...

  23. what exactly is a relief nurse

    PetiteOpRN replied to ymm123's topic in General Nursing

    We have several break nurses here in the OR, because we literally cannot leave the OR during a case (which may be our entire shift) unless we are relieved by another RN. Relief nurses are assigned a...

  24. Distrust of Dr's-Paxil Withdrawl

    PetiteOpRN replied to KimGau's topic in General Nursing

    Check out crazymeds.us. It is a site about psychotropic drugs that is made by patients, not medical professionals. It has a lot of actual experiences and studies. I think it might be what you are...

  25. Healthcare is a commodity

    PetiteOpRN replied to PetiteOpRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    It's been years, and I'm not a huge fan. I did, however, enjoy Mozart was a Red. Ok, to break it down to basics: there are not enough resources to provide healthcare to everyone to the extent that...