canesdukegirl BSN, RN

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    teaching project help specific to OR

    canesdukegirl replied to mrw322's topic in Operating Room

    I have found (surprisingly) that a lot of nurses don't understand their scope of practice, or know exactly how many CEUs they need to renew their license. I would do a handout along the lines of "Did...
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    Does experience on a surgical floor give you a leg up for a job in the OR?

    canesdukegirl replied to ChristineAdrianaRN's topic in Operating Room

    In the peds OR, you will do lots of ortho, cleft palate repairs, hernia repairs, bronchs, maybe some burns. I like doing Peds sometimes because the instrument sets are smaller. It will be a good...
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    im selfish? hmmm

    canesdukegirl replied to OhioCCRN's topic in General Nursing

    OP, I am with you! I don't have kids, don't want them. I guess that God forgot to install the biological clock when he made me. It never alarmed. I don't give a hairy rat's behind if people think I...
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    As a patient, is it okay to suggest a vein for IV?

    canesdukegirl replied to Lahryn04's topic in General Nursing

    Of course it is ok to make a suggestion. I love it when my patients suggest the best places. When I have to get labs drawn, most of the time the nurse will ask me where the best vein is to either...
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    HIPAA VIOLATION

    canesdukegirl replied to bc808's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Hmmm...so you are saying that you never want to taunt anyone about their circumstances, (and you did just that by your threats) but at the same time, we are all human and have limits. You further...
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    Am I able to become an OR nurse?

    canesdukegirl replied to rikomom's topic in Operating Room

    The OR is incredibly hard to learn. There are so many rules and all of them must be followed to the Nth degree. It is a lot to take in. After my first month in the OR, I also felt like a total...
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    How do you politely walk away or say no?

    canesdukegirl replied to Buggus's topic in General Nursing

    It is tough to say no, isn't it? Patients by and large want to feel like they are the only patient you have. When I first started out, I had a very high maintenance medical student who acted like a...
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    Help!! Problem with charting

    canesdukegirl replied to RN1212's topic in General Nursing

    Only chart what you do-you know that already. I would NEVER go by what by NM tells me to do. I document what I assess-PERIOD. Considering this is a very old thread, I wonder if the OP may fill us in...
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    WOW! The public really doesn't like us, huh?

    canesdukegirl replied to Mrs. SnowStormRN's topic in General Nursing

    You are exactly right when you state that it takes intense concentration to chart. Many of our support staff don't understand this very important point. Let me back up a minute and say in their...
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    How do you know when you are burnt out on a floor?

    canesdukegirl replied to beeble's topic in General Nursing

    When you post a thread such as this! The beauty of nursing is that you have so many choices. We are only limited by our own fears of moving forward. Look around and see what is out there. Take a stab...
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    Nurse hand me the...

    canesdukegirl replied to mindy1982's topic in Nursing Humor

    Very funny! Along those same lines, when I was first starting out in the OR, I was with a surgeon who was known to be quite the bear to work with. If the scrub nurse didn't anticipate what he needed...
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    I feel so bad

    canesdukegirl replied to beeble's topic in General Nursing

    I know exactly what you mean. On the one hand, you want to be a team player. You like to be self-sufficient, you like to give the NAs a hand when you can, you don't mind doing the tasks that they...
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    Stuck in the rumor mill at work...

    canesdukegirl replied to ToughLover's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Sounds like the accuser desperately wants to be cast as an extra in Nurse
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    Am I a victim of discrimination or being too sensitive?

    canesdukegirl replied to TheFloorisCold's topic in General Nursing

    Ummm...she POINTED to you in a large group at orientation and asked if you were Filipino and started talking about how Filipino nurses keep speaking Filipino during working hours? Yes, I would...
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    Spouses/Visitors In Patient's Beds

    canesdukegirl replied to jpmrt's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I haven't read through all of the posts, but I can tell you one thing for sure-if I am so sick that I have to be admitted to the hospital (and this country girl here is NOT going to the hospital...
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    Going to work with a broken heart...

    canesdukegirl replied to Poi Dog's topic in General Nursing

    Sending energy, calm, determination and peace to
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    I just have to say this....

    canesdukegirl replied to tokmom's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    These privileged nurses need to work at a disaster site for just a few hours in order to understand just how good they have
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    I just have to say this....

    canesdukegirl replied to tokmom's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Tok, I am hereby sending you my resume and cover letter. I am not beneath offering
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    Describe your biggest failure and what did you learn.

    canesdukegirl replied to nynewrn's topic in Nursing Career

    My biggest failure was listening to the battle axe who was "precepting" me when I first started in the OR. For some reason, she had a HUGE chip on her shoulder, and loved to make the "newbies" fall...
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    Things you'd never have done before...

    canesdukegirl replied to hiddencatRN's topic in General Nursing

    I really want to go for a massage...but I must admit that my greatest fear is that I will become so relaxed that I...uh...how shall I say...my gastric pyrotechnics are keeping me off the massage...
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    Supervision of a Registered Nurse

    canesdukegirl replied to radioactivern's topic in General Nursing

    Dude, I know! This guy was completely ****** when we told him that beer was not a 'clear'. So then the hilarious question throughout the OR was 'beer is not a clear...or is it?' Debate commenced at...
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    Supervision of a Registered Nurse

    canesdukegirl replied to radioactivern's topic in General Nursing

    I understand your point, but must offer a different view. The patient with gushing blood is not going to sift through their paperwork in the junk drawer of the kitchen to call the OB office. They...
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    Things you'd never have done before...

    canesdukegirl replied to hiddencatRN's topic in General Nursing

    You know Cindy, I have a question about the gel manicures. I was thinking about doing this (called shellacking? something like that?) but I am worried that it may be perceived by our infection control...
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    EMT - B with nursing school?!

    canesdukegirl replied to keegs13's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    YES!!! What a brilliant idea. I think you should go for it. How is additional knowledge and training a bad thing? Please correct me if I am wrong, but I trust that you are old enough to understand...
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    Nasty email from CNS

    canesdukegirl replied to Cg-RN's topic in General Nursing

    Stephanie, On the other hand, if she does NOT reply to this email, she could be accused of not following up. If she simply replies to the email with "I will be more vigilant in the future with...