abbi77

The point of my post is that I AM trying to correct her in a caring way and reinforce what she's doing right, I was simply looking for advice on any other tricks for doing that. I have never been disrespectful or said how "stupid" anyone was.

Can one of you PLEASE come clean my house??? If I have a clean towel after my (daily) shower, clean clothes to wear, and clean dishes to eat off of, I consider myself blessed...if the dishes don't come out of the dishwasher clean, they go back in the sink, to be put BACK in the dishwasher till they're clean....

HI, all, I'm rather new to posting here, I think this is my 2nd or maybe 3rd post. A little background on me, the surgery bug bit me while I was still in nursing school, I did a preceptorship in surgery, then went to med-surg for the required year, then back to surgery for 2 years, and have now landed at a small (2-room, but only running 1 room at a time) surgery center, where I've been for 2 years and hope to be for many more. In preparation for hopefully running 2 rooms at once, we hired a new grad nurse, who did her nursing school preceptorship with one of the FA's who works with us a lot. She's very interested in learning, and she has the best of intentions...problem is, the docs, other PA's, our ST (who has an attitude from HELL), are ready to eat her alive. She's only been with us for almost 3 months, and she's a bit of a slow learner, but we all know how long it can take to get comfortable in the OR (I was told in the beginning 1 year to be comfortable, 2 to be competent). Problem is, the things they are complaining about are big problems, and I'm afraid when I talk to her about them, I'm not sure she's getting it...for example...she was doing the prep today for a CTR. She finishes the prep, and she's standing there, holding the prepped arm with 2 hands, one on the wrist, one at the elbow, waiting for drapes. The PA asks her to move the chux, so she reaches down & does that, then reaches over and moves the rolling stool out of the PA's way, then reaches back & grabs the arm again...I re-did the prep, but the surgeon was by then in the room...he took it well, all things considered, but in the VERY NEXT case, she was getting ready to prep, put her gloves on, and proceeded to adjust her mask. I don't know what to do to get her to get it. When I talk to her after, she recognizes the contamination (although she still doesn't remember touching the stool), and it seems to only happen when she's stressed over the hectic pace we're keeping. I don't want to get her in trouble, I'm just looking for ways to help...any suggestions? We have an administrator, but I really don't want to bring this to her, I don't want the new nurse to feel like she's getting in trouble. I know there will be some who say this has to do with not doing that (eww) year of med-surg first, but that's not helpful now because 1-we've already hired her, and I'll be danged if she's going to get fired, and 2-how much do you REALLY learn about sterile technique working med-surg... Thanks

http://www.naturalfamilyonline.com/BF/200312-formula-report2.htm I understand the idea of not wanting to make the bottlefeeding mom feel bad, but how many of them truly understand the risks involved with bottlefeeding? I fed my 1st of 3 daughters formula, I was young, I was uneducated on the risks that I was subjecting my child to, and NO ONE tried to tell me about them. 5 years later, when I became pregnant for the second time, I did some research...then some more...and decided to nurse. It was hard. I went through lots of problems, including my daughter's difficulty with latching on (I went for several weeks before we got that one figured out), bouts of mastitis, followed by bouts of thrush from the antibiotics to help with the mastitis. But, because I knew about these risks, I looked for the help that I needed to make it through this, and went on to successfully breastfeed not only that baby, but the next, 3 years later. We don't need to use guilt or negative reinforcement to encourage breastfeeding, let the facts speak for themselves, and once they have, empower the mom by providing her with the resources to be successful. Before formula, what did we do? If 90% of moms in this country bottlefeed, how many do so because they "can't" breastfeed? Is it that they can't, or is it that they haven't had access to the resources they need? Before formula, breastfeeding was the norm. Women saw it in their families, in public, etc. They witnessed friends' and family members with difficulties, and saw the ways around those difficulties, just like we do now with other difficulties (how many tricks do you know to help a colicky baby, remedies for a gassy baby, potty training techniques, etc?). We need to give them these things, since our society now can't. I'll climb off my soapbox now, hope I didn't offend anyone too bad, maybe just made them think a little. Abbi