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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 to AN to help me out with my clinical portion of my...

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 come across as saying since I paid 10 grand I demand...

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 bad attitudes. To be honest when someone who work...

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 research online and came across this website and while i...

Oh if only the 5 second really worked in the OR!!

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 not consent to this and when the procedure was finis...

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 a 4.0 GPA and I'm really enjoying my clinical expe...

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 very relieved to find out that this is not bad prac...

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 breakfasts and plan on drinking lots of water and ora...

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 translate.

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 wanted to sit in the chair instead of going back to b...

I never heard of HIV 2 either but here is a link that I found on Google: http://library.thinkquest.org/03oct/01335/en/txt/hiv1n2.html

This how we are being taught in school and how I've seen every other tech and nurse gown and glove.

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, slap all the leads on and wait until the machine tel...

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 patients!

There was one patient who I needed a stool sample from so I put a hat in her toilet. She called and I came in and she said she had the stool sample for me. Well I open the bathroom door and was so shocked I actually said "Wow, I'll say you do!" The ...

I had one patient who was on our floor for awhile getting multiple tests done almost everyday. I came in and asked what kind of test they had on the agenda for today and he said. "They want me to go for an echogram." I knew he meant echocardiogram b...

I would do what Esme12 posted and check your labor laws or even the hospitals policy itself. Our hospital states that a person MUST have every other weekend off unless of course you personally want to work on the weekend or are on a weekends only s...

This is long but, I need some advice so hang in there with me! So as a few of you may recall I am enrolled in a surgical technologist program through my hospital. I absolutely LOVE it and am doing great academically. We have started doing our clinica...

Well today is the big day and it's gonna be a long one because we are there until 2:30. I got a solid nights sleep and right now I'm eating a large breakfast of Blueberry pancakes, hashbrowns, sausage and scrambled eggs with Bolthouse Farms Protien p...

*edited because I'm an idiot*

When I first read the title of this thread I thought this was going to be some sort of euphemism for something else. Then I read the thread and did a bit of research and realized that it was not and my stomach did a little flip flop. What I want to ...

I am in school and I always bring my books with me to study. However I only study when all my patients are ok, the nurses I'm working under do not need anything, the other PCAs do not need my help AND there is nothing for me to run and get such as an...

Even though I'm a PCA it seems that everyday at 7pm when the shifts change that's when all the patients want something that I can't get them. They want all of their 345 medications that they take and because some of them were due 5 minutes ago want t...

Hi Monica!! I just started a thread about the same problem you are having. https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-discussion/almost-fainted-twice-633223.html I got some great advice so I hope it helps you too!