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  1. does anyone else feel like a glorified maid?

    ortess1971 replied to smileysenior's topic in First Year After Licensure

    This sounds harsh and self centered but it's not my concern, as long as it's not me!! My career is too precious to me to get burned out within the first year. Maybe once the hospitals realize that new...

  2. MBT or Danskos?

    ortess1971 replied to LanaBanana's topic in General Nursing

    The Danskos will absolutely hurt your feet for about 4-5 days but then for most people they break in and feel good. I thought also that Crocs would work for me but it turned out they didn't offer me...

  3. How much autonomy do nurses have??

    ortess1971 replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    I think once Epona starts nursing school, she will truly realize just how smart, capable and hardworking nurses are. My mother knew nursing was my path long before I did..I wanted to be a doctor at...

  4. How much autonomy do nurses have??

    ortess1971 replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    Just a suggestion : Drink Decaf. That poor girl was just asking a question. Maybe she's a new grad or a student- I'd like to think that all questions are welcome here and I've seen far more silly...

  5. NCLEX practice questions per day?

    ortess1971 replied to rn2be2006's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I take my NCLEX on August 2nd, and I've been trying to do 100 questions a day. Sometimes it's a little less than that if I feel lazy. I've heard from others on this site that the practice questions...

  6. ST and RN Advice Please

    ortess1971 replied to staceyp413's topic in Operating Room

    Actually, people may complain about the circulator returning late if you have seen her sitting her butt down, making a personal phone call, having an extra coffee break etc. Also, the RN's at my OR...

  7. scheduling call help

    ortess1971 replied to livingintheor's topic in Operating Room

    Yes, most places you get time and a half for actually coming in and a flat rate for being on call. Some places will throw in a weekend diff as

  8. ST and RN Advice Please

    ortess1971 replied to staceyp413's topic in Operating Room

    First of all let me say that I hear where you are coming from. I have just started circulating after being a scrub for 5 years(graduated NS in May) and this has been a problem in every OR I've been...

  9. Male Nurses/female Patients

    ortess1971 replied to ern91's topic in Men in Nursing

    I agree with your post and would like to add that doctors are not necessarily exempt. I had to have a pelvic exam in an ER and the male doctor asked a female nurse to chaperone, which I though was...

  10. Waiting for the freakin' ATT

    ortess1971 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Ok- so I've sent my fee and registration out to Pearson Vue..I have my GN license from my board of nursing. I get this letter from the NCLEX people last week and get all happy because I think it's my...

  11. New Grad Thrown to the Wolves!

    ortess1971 replied to IttyBittyCritty's topic in General Nursing

    If you have a temporary license(as in GN that hasn't taken the boards yet) you should not be doing some of the things you are doing without an RN there that can cosign etc. You should find another...

  12. Waiting for the freakin' ATT

    ortess1971 replied to ortess1971's topic in First Year After Licensure

    An update-got the ATT today and scheduled my boards. Boy, spots are filling up fast! I'm taking them on Wednesday, August 2 at 2pm. Would have liked an earlier time of day but at this point, I just...

  13. Waiting for the freakin' ATT

    ortess1971 replied to ortess1971's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I called Pearson Vue today and they said the ATT went out yesterday so I should get it soon. The person who said that the phone reps have very thick accents wasn't kidding! The lady that helped me was...

  14. I've decided to become an OR nurse

    ortess1971 replied to cwishes's topic in Operating Room

    Excellent post, Musical Nurse, but I'm going to respectfully disagree about the necessity of previous experience before going to the OR. I have seen floor nurses come to the OR and struggle just as...

  15. Nurse dates doctor openly at work.

    ortess1971 replied to castle's topic in General Nursing

    :yeahthat: As long as they are not indulging in PDA on the floor, it's really only their business(and the wife too). If we all were subject to scrutiny-how many of our private lives would pass without...

  16. How Can You Bear to be a Nurse?

    ortess1971 replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

    Going to print this out and ask some of my friends to read it...Maybe they'll understand the nursing profession

  17. What is ur average 2 week take home pay?

    ortess1971 replied to chioma829's topic in General Nursing

    I have a very hard time believing that you don't have a ballpark figure of how much nurses make. Out of those of us who feel it's a personal matter, not one of us said anything deragatory-I simply...

  18. Dang shoes!!!

    ortess1971 posted a topic in Operating Room

    I have had the worst time with shoes lately...I'm finding that the shoes that served me well as a tech are failing me as a circulator. Granted, I could stand to lose some weight and have lost about 5...

  19. What is ur average 2 week take home pay?

    ortess1971 replied to chioma829's topic in General Nursing

    Another hint, grasshopper, now go do your research....I make less than a doctor and more than a CNA(figure if I'm going to be accused of being difficult and unreasonable, dammit, I'm going to...

  20. What is ur average 2 week take home pay?

    ortess1971 replied to chioma829's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't go so far as to say that money isn't important to me...I'm not one of these nurses that wants to be sainted. I'm not even offended that the OP wants to know how much people make-I just...

  21. Condition H

    ortess1971 replied to LaNorteBellaRN's topic in General Nursing

    I too can see the potential for abuse but ultimately, I think it's a positive thing. Anyone that has kids knows that even the best parents have expeienced a child slippng from under supervision and...

  22. Do patients/families that are hostile, rude affect your morale?

    ortess1971 replied to smartynurse's topic in General Nursing

    Feeling very lucky that in the OR, my patients are unconscious and the families are in the waiting room. Don't know how the nurses on the floors deal with some of these people. As far as I'm...

  23. What is ur average 2 week take home pay?

    ortess1971 replied to chioma829's topic in General Nursing

    You have to realize that for many of us, we were raised to believe that asking someone how much money they make is considered rude and poor manners. Someone asked me at work how much I make, and I...

  24. Condition H

    ortess1971 replied to LaNorteBellaRN's topic in General Nursing

    We have a rapid response team in our hospital but I don't think the families call it. I think it is a staff member(RN, etc)that notices the patient is heading for a crisis situation before they code....

  25. Had my first cranky surgeon today.....

    ortess1971 posted a topic in Operating Room

    as a circulator, that is. I was putting in a Foley on a 19 year old male hernia patient. The patient was under general because the hernia was going to be repaired laparoscopically. Now this doc is...