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  1. fart joke

    carcha replied to Farkinott's topic in Nursing Humor

    Brilliant!

  2. Surgeon Bashes CRNAs in Vogue Magazine

    carcha replied to TraumaNurse's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I can tell you now, that NO surgeon is going to give me an anaesthetic!. I'd sooner bang my head off the floor until I pass

  3. This took the cake

    carcha replied to sharann's topic in Operating Room

    Yeah, had one ask me to phone his wife and check when the restaurant reservation was for again. Wont be asking me to do that

  4. OH Yeah, I had it all together

    carcha replied to oramar's topic in General Nursing

    Heading home from the OR one day I noticed a lot of people staring. Thought I must be looking really good that day. Wasent until I was on the bus that I saw my reflection in the window. Was still...

  5. Should Surgical Technicians Circulate

    carcha replied to Rnn2003's topic in Operating Room

    From my own experience hospitals employ techs, or CSA, ect when there is a shortage of RNs. I really dont think its about money -for a change- but simply manpower. Lets face it one RN can do a...

  6. Masks worn by ALL staff in the OR?

    carcha replied to RN_Amy's topic in Operating Room

    There is a lot of literature on this too numerous to mention, however some years ago it was deemed unnecessary for the circulating staff to wear a mask. Theres so much on this I really dont have to go...

  7. circulator jewelry

    carcha replied to mcmike55's topic in Operating Room

    Yeah, I'm with Stevierae, this practice of no jewelry on the circulating nurse sounds a bit extreme. What is the basis behind it?. I can understand the immediate scrub team but those who circulate,...

  8. RN's signing LPN Charts

    carcha replied to busyrninva's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    We have had this problem so many times , this hospital is so clever, its employing non nursing staff, LPNS and getting the RNS to cover their asses to make the insurance carriers happy. If this...

  9. ER last night made me mad!

    carcha replied to smk1's topic in General Nursing

    so I guess none of u guys were offended by how they protrayed doctors in this series?. Let me see!. One nutter with one arm was racist, a bigot and a general all around fool. One gave the wrong...

  10. Should Surgical Technicians Circulate

    carcha replied to Rnn2003's topic in Operating Room

    Poor choice of phrasing. This whole topic has absolutely nothing to do with good or bad. The whole issue has to do with different education, responsibilities, accountabilities. To try and define it as...

  11. Cell Phones in the OR

    carcha replied to poopsiebear's topic in Operating Room

    I have to say the cell phones dont bother me too much at all. Usually only the res on call has one and we know its 99.9% a call re a patient. As for the monitors, the cell phones dont bother them at...

  12. RN signs for LPN discharge

    carcha replied to TinyNurse's topic in Emergency

    TinyNurse, some years ago while working on a unit I was expected to sign for the work carried out by the LPN'S. I refused and was told by my manager that if I dident sign I would be fired. Of course...

  13. Should Surgical Technicians Circulate

    carcha replied to Rnn2003's topic in Operating Room

    In response to your question, Lonman, where I work only RN's work in the OR. Only RN's scrub, circulate, assist with anaesthetics, and recover. Only RN's. All patient care is planned and implemented...

  14. Should Surgical Technicians Circulate

    carcha replied to Rnn2003's topic in Operating Room

    Hey, Lonman, lighten up. This posting is a fair debate on the roles of all the OR team and we all should be comfortable about posting topics of interest to all of us. As an RN I get so fed up with or...

  15. Should Surgical Technicians Circulate

    carcha replied to Rnn2003's topic in Operating Room

    Wow, you lot, I bet none of u have worked in a theatre in the UK. I can only imagine your reaction. I have worked in places where health care aides, with less then a few week experience have been...

  16. Nurses who smoke

    carcha replied to Fivestar22's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    so do u think nurses should drink at all, after all we look after alcoholics, should we not go just that little bit over the speed limit when we're running late, after all we look after mva's. I mean...

  17. Anesthesia and the ER: sedation of a class III/IV patient

    carcha replied to Calfax's topic in Emergency

    Hey, Calfax, time to go I'd say. What a

  18. Neglect...LPN was fired, RN was not

    carcha replied to KacyLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    Is it just me or is the main point of this sad tale being overlooked. A lot of people appear to focus on either the size of the caseload or the GI bleeder aspect or the LPN, RN aspect. What worries me...

  19. count sheet

    carcha replied to MsHB's topic in Operating Room

    I agree Stevierae, and dont know if you or others might agree but I have found that the type of Mayo loading you describe is usually due to a mixture of inexperience, lack of confidence and sometimes...

  20. IV site dressing

    carcha replied to mtnmom's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    mtnmom, we have made for iv dressings here, sterile, consisting of 2 steristrips and a tagaderm that fits around the base of the cannula. we have them in both adult and paed size. their

  21. Should patients receive their gallstones?

    carcha replied to MsHB's topic in Operating Room

    2ndCareerRN, the issue of cultural beliefs is not what we are talking about. Burying body parts is a lot different then putting them in your handbag and boring your friends to death with them at a...

  22. count sheet

    carcha replied to MsHB's topic in Operating Room

    Orrnlori, you had done a count then, originally your post made it sound as though the scrub hadent at all. Yes sometimes the closure is quick, however as long as a count is done I wouldent care if it...

  23. Should patients receive their gallstones?

    carcha replied to MsHB's topic in Operating Room

    I feel especially working in the UK, with our c.j.d. experience that tissue should not be given to the patient. Its just a fad, and lets face it would we give patients their bowel resection, their...

  24. count sheet

    carcha replied to MsHB's topic in Operating Room

    Orrnlori, I dont understand your point. I like u have I'm sure ,taken part in some horrific trauma cases, and some elective cases which have gone very wrong. Those cases if so unstable are kept...

  25. Implant logs....

    carcha replied to KarenHalse's topic in Operating Room

    absolutely Karen, just as Shodobe says. We log everything, aneurysm clips, surgical packs, sterile instruments, grafts, implants, anything with a coding system, barcode, sterility tag ect, we