CheesePotato BSN, RN

Sleep medicine,Floor nursing, OR, Trauma

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    Hospital OR job vs. hospital outpatient surgical center job?

    CheesePotato replied to ToughingItOut's topic in Operating Room

    What is best? Honestly? Who can say. Everyone has their own preference of what they enjoy doing and experiencing. Provided your hospital situation is similar to mine, it's all about acuity....
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    New Trauma forums...

    CheesePotato replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    Yeah baby! Go on...git
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    OR enviornment

    CheesePotato replied to LovedRN's topic in Operating Room

    Oh sugarbear, no....no no no no....just....just no. This is a very tainted picture of our world and I am so sorry that of all the hell-holes you stumbled across, this is one you ended up observing. To...
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    fear of calling docs

    CheesePotato replied to SimplisticRnx's topic in First Year After Licensure

    welcome to the wonderful world of nursing, darling. first of all, i'm detecting some anxiety issues. enclosed please find a link to a horribly long-winded post i have already babbled regarding such...
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    Can I mention this during an interview?

    CheesePotato replied to un.employed's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    DO NOT under any circumstances, no matter how well meaning, bring up a facility's short comings. Seriously. Think about it. That would be like meeting someone for the first time and quipping, "I...
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    Anterior vs. Posterior Hip Replacement

    CheesePotato replied to gwendelyn's topic in Operating Room

    Honestly, as with most things in the medicinal world, the jury remains out. It can be argued that the anterior approach gives less pain, faster recovery etc, however, studies remain inconclusive and...
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    Found on the wall

    CheesePotato replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    This. Okay? Just....this. Having stumbled across this post, I found myself sitting at my computer hysterically gesturing and making unintelligent sounds. Then I realized you can't see the gesturing....
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    Being Naked Where I Work: A Nurse With Cancer

    CheesePotato replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Having been exposed at work myself both unintentionally (spontaneous pants combustion mid emergency heart) and intentionally (my own biopsy/surgical experience), I can fully relate to any feeling of...
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    I feel so incompetent!

    CheesePotato replied to luckynurse_1234's topic in General Nursing

    Bad OR nurse! No cookie! I am sorry that the report you received from the OR staff was rubbish and in all seriousness, incomplete documentation ought not to be tolerated. My heaven help me, the drain...
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    In need of advice, I watched a movie that is making me think?

    CheesePotato replied to Ibukishim25's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I think, for the most part, OP, you are taking the wrong thing away from the movie you watched. As others before have stated far more eloquently than I, this movie should have heightened your...
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    How many Hours per Week do you work

    CheesePotato replied to pat8585's topic in General Nursing

    Well....it depends on which specialty I'm covering for call and whether or not I'm covering nights as well. Last week I worked 72 hours...give or take a couple hours or so. I am only scheduled for...
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    How do you cope with anxiety?

    CheesePotato replied to WhyMEok's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Mmmm...anxiety and worry--two of the most powerful things in the world, aren't they? Able to halt sleep in its tracks and make even the most powerful individuals catatonically rock in a corner whilst...
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    I will fear no evil: for you are with me

    CheesePotato posted a topic in Spirituality, Religion

    Every now and again there is a moment in our jobs which lingers in back of our minds, niggling at our focus, bobbing on the outskirts of all other important thoughts and well, just generally being a...
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    Swearing: hugely unprofessional, mildly irritating or a normal part of speech.

    CheesePotato replied to loveoutloud's topic in General Students

    Now, in my little corner of the nursing globe, swearing is the same as breathing. It is so commonplace that, to be honest, I don't even hear it anymore. To be fair, our patients are under and,...
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    wearing makeup to work?

    CheesePotato replied to meghan91's topic in General Nursing

    As my world is nothing but blue blue blue conformity, with my hair secured under a standard issue blue bouffant or tied up under a men's scrub cap (lemme tell ya, that takes some doin'), the only two...
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    i cant insert an iv catheter successfully :C help

    CheesePotato replied to justbecamearn's topic in First Year After Licensure

    IV starts have to be one of the most daunting skills for many new nurses to master--you know you don't get many tries, the patient is nervous (most of the time), 99% of the time the reason the patient...
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    Take a deep breath and carry on

    CheesePotato replied to NurseOnAMotorcycle's topic in General Nursing

    On my rough days, I find myself wondering the same thing....and then I remember what I was thinking when I decided to be a nurse: If a Twinkie falls in the woods, would it still survive a nuclear...
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    Learning about Sutures

    CheesePotato replied to lnp0205's topic in Operating Room

    My pleasure. Glad I could assist. ~~ CP
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    Eating right as OR nurse

    CheesePotato replied to GMSinCA's topic in Operating Room

    I can totally relate to your situation of being run ragged and not allowed time to fuel up. Personally, most days I sustain myself off of energy bars, espresso and pure adrenaline. However, when I do...
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    OR Oops

    CheesePotato replied to 2001ORRN's topic in Operating Room

    My friend, you cannot let one mistake of such a relatively small nature cause such an upstart. After all, you have a decade of experience under your belt....and if this is the mistake that makes you...
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    #!@$ I hate cancer

    CheesePotato posted a topic in General Nursing

    I hate it because it's cruel. I hate it because it's indiscriminate. I hate it because it is sucking the ever loving life out of a beautiful soul and there absolutely nothing I can do about it. I'm a...
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    New Grad Entitlement

    CheesePotato replied to SunshineAnytime's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Nice post, OP. You know, I'm all about confidence. I believe that everyone needs to have faith of self, if you will. However, as a preceptor, it may be strange, but I want to see that gleam of fear...
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    Arthroscopic Footwear??

    CheesePotato replied to csmurray's topic in Orthopedic

    Ah yes, scope cases. Nothing quite like wading around in Shoulder Soup to get the day started out right. My shoe of choice is the Dankso Rain Shoe. Granted, little pricey, but nice support for a...
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    What is the difference between an oral and rectal thermometer?

    CheesePotato replied to Brian's topic in Nursing Humor

    Dear Brian-- Thanks to your post I now have a perfectly good mouthful of Muscato wriggling its way into my frontal sinuses while the rest of it, the part that forcefully flew from my mouth in a fit of...
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    Do you think that a "high school dropout" mentality exists in the field of nursing?

    CheesePotato replied to WillRegNurse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I find the Original Post to be blatantly immature, argumentative, pretentious and, worst of all,