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  1. Moms who want to feel absolutely NO pain

    oneillk1 replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    There's pain and there's pain... I have seen people who have screamed blue murder when the IV goes in, and then there's others who walk into the OR for a caesar, have been labouring for quite a few...

  2. What do patients say that irks you?

    oneillk1 replied to NurseforPreggers's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Kind of similar but different, the precious patients that come to OR for a D&C after miscarriage, who have to have a gas induction because they are too scared of needles hurting to have IV GA....

  3. Secondary Mace exposure

    oneillk1 replied to cathyinbfe's topic in Emergency

    Why on earth did they do

  4. Surgeons "go ahead" problem ?

    oneillk1 replied to OR male nurse's topic in Operating Room

    We have the patient in the anaesthetic room until the surgeon arrives in the OR, then they are brought into the theatre. I would never advocate going ahead with something before the surgeon is...

  5. Bookwalter retractors

    oneillk1 replied to sharann's topic in Operating Room

    I think the bookwalter would be larger than the whole child!! And sometimes it is better to fib to docs cos it saves you the hassle of having to listen to them rant and rave when you say they can't...

  6. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    oneillk1 replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    We had a man who was up and mobilising after a TKR. He was walking along the corridor. Meanwhile we were wondering what was the horrible smell permeating the ward. Then someone realised that this...

  7. Need a good ICU book

    oneillk1 replied to erinnRN's topic in General Nursing

    May I totally back up this humble recommendation - I am starting in ICU in a month and it is (hopefully) bringing me up to speed quickly. But also fun to

  8. Need a good ICU book

    oneillk1 replied to erinnRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    May I totally back up this humble recommendation - I am starting in ICU in a month and it is (hopefully) bringing me up to speed quickly. But also fun to

  9. My CRNA friends do illegal drugs

    oneillk1 replied to DrugReptoNurse's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Actually I think you should do something. It is not your responsibility to try and ascertain whether they are impaired at work, or know the pharmacokinetics of the drug. The BON will have experts for...

  10. RANT!! He left a dirty needle on my table!

    oneillk1 replied to nursejohio's topic in Ob/Gyn

    OK if it was me I would prepare what I was going to say first, making sure I knew what the hospital's policies were for disposal of sharps, then speak to the Doc about it. I would politely but very...

  11. Doula Thoughts on L&D (long)

    oneillk1 replied to futureTMA's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I think this woman is my new personal hero! :balloons: I am an OR nurse who is very often on call for the birthing unit.... ie for caesarean sections. And let me tell you the number of women who have...

  12. Hollywood movie called "awake"

    oneillk1 replied to crna2bee's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Hey if it made just one person scared enough not to do the stupid thing that sees them in my OR (putting hand through glass window, driving drunk, overeating, drinking and smoking) I'm all for it. Yes...

  13. Evil People

    oneillk1 replied to Happy-ER-RN's topic in Emergency

    I fully agree with this - if people (not the patients) are impeding a nurse's ability to do their job (be it physically or mentally) they should be removed from the nurse's workplace. End of...

  14. Count Procedures in OR - who does it?

    oneillk1 posted a topic in Operating Room

    Hi there I am looking at how we do our surgical counts at my facility in New Zealand. We have two nurses circulating in OR and one of them does the count at the start of the procedure. Our current...

  15. Worst patient experience

    oneillk1 replied to HappyJaxRN's topic in General Nursing

    I was looking after a man in orthopaedic surgical ward, I was a completely green new RN fresh out of school. He had one of those motorised scooters because he had some kind of walking difficulty (it's...

  16. How common are needle sticks in the OR?

    oneillk1 replied to findingmywayRN's topic in Operating Room

    I have worked in OR for 18 months and been stuck (to the point of bleeding) three times - once with a clean suture, once with a used suture and once with a used hypodermic needle. The hypo was my own...

  17. Any RECOMMENDED OR book?

    oneillk1 replied to eezee's topic in Operating Room

    I agree, Alexanders is great, I first used it as a student and when I started in OR I bought a copy myself (Not cheap but well worth

  18. "Natural" birth

    oneillk1 replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I know!!! We had a 16 yo girl in caesar theatre recently, under GA who was delivered lady partslly by forceps (basically they pulled the baby out). And they called it a normal lady partsl...

  19. Nurse doing cocaine HELP

    oneillk1 replied to llgrn1987's topic in General Nursing

    I think there is no question - you have to inform your DON. Put it this way, if a patiet is seriously compromised by this woman and you had previous knowledge of her drug use, how bad would you feel!...

  20. Scrub clothes vending machines

    oneillk1 replied to R.T.'s topic in Operating Room

    Hi, at present we have hospital issued and laundered scrubs, but lack of supply is fast becoming an issue (everyone else in the hospital comes and takes them leaving none for the people that need to...

  21. 1950s nursing

    oneillk1 replied to colrainrn's topic in General Nursing

    Oh my gosh I think that New Zealand is definitely still in the dark ages. In NZ... Nurses do not regularly use stethescopes in their daily work unless they are in a specialist area. Nurses don't do...

  22. Any new grads start in OR?

    oneillk1 replied to Chrislynn2003's topic in Operating Room

    Hi, I am a new grad in OR in a hospital in Sydney, Australia. I was lucky enough to spend five weeks in OR during my RN training, and this has come in handy because I have a lot of the basic...