gymnut

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About gymnut

A loving, caring individual who is on a 2nd career change to become an RN. It's scary but then again what change isn't!

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  1. Dealing with Circulators as a New Student.

    I guess I should explain a couple of things about the tuition statement. I meant "money I don't have" in a more genral sense. If I had the money I wouldn't need to take out a loan. I didn't mean to...
  2. Oh no another post about grouchy people in the OR! This is very long and if the journals were up it would actually have gone in there. I just need to vent or I'll explode!! So once again I'm turning...
  3. Attitudes in the OR

    I know how you feel. I'm currently enrolled in my hospital's surge tech program and while the techs and surgeons are great and treat you well the RNs have a horrible reputation hospital wide for their...
  4. Oh if only the 5 second really worked in the
  5. Hi Everyone! My teacher just posted a discussion topic online that asks what would be the correct procedure of sterilization should a bone flap fall to the floor during a craniotomy? I did some...
  6. Craziest Thing You Saw a Surgeon Do.

    Oh my God am I laughing after reading these posts! I expected to come in here and find all this outrage of a patient being turned into a human curtain rod only to find out it's common. I am actually...
  7. Or really anyone. So in clinicals during a robotic case the surgeon proceeded to staple the sterile drapes...TO THE PATIENT!! He said this way he can be sure the drapes don't move. The patient did...
  8. One More Strike and I'm Out. (Venting)

    We sat down today and hashed it all out. I am going to try and take as many evening clinicals as I can and not work late the night before I have day clinicals. I also printed out some good healthy...
  9. Hi guys remember me? I'm the girl who fainted in the OR twice and started a whole thread about it. I got some awesome advice and everything has been going great! I just finished the 2nd semester with...
  10. I can't understand what you're saying!

    I can't do text speak even when texting. It makes my brain sad. I do however would like to see a font on here called Doctors Handwriting and type posts using that just to see how many can
  11. upset pt

    I had one patient try and pull that crap with me. The first time I had her she was coming back from a test and had a lot going on. She had compression stockings, IV, wound vac and an NG tube. She...
  12. Feeling scared...I just need to vent a little :(

    I never heard of HIV 2 either but here is a link that I found on Google:
  13. gowning and gloving technique

    This how we are being taught in school and how I've seen every other tech and nurse gown and
  14. Recently Certified as a PCT in NYC

    If PCT means patient care technician then it's common in PA too. I do phlebotomy and EKGs. However doing an EKG and actually interpreting it are two different things. I just enter the patient data,...
  15. I wish we had sitters on our floor. They just pull us PCAs and make the floor short and everyone just goes crazy. I would kiss your feet if you were available to watch any of our