ortess1971

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  1. The "bully" nurse

    ortess1971 replied to MikeyBSN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I think you might really like the OR-there are a lot more male nurses and the female nurses tend not to have that prissy, catty cliquish behavior that occurs all too often on the floors. I hate to...

  2. TV's ER new NM, Eve

    ortess1971 replied to maolin's topic in General Nursing

    I have learned not to take crap either-Docs have a lot of education behind them but they are still human. My role is not to be some surgeon's verbal punching bag because they are having a bad day. I...

  3. Questions about OR for a nursing student

    ortess1971 replied to mcorrao77's topic in Operating Room

    Marie LPN-I love your avatar! It makes me smile everytime I see

  4. Questions about OR for a nursing student

    ortess1971 replied to mcorrao77's topic in Operating Room

    The thing about the OR is that the situation can change very quickly so it may have looked like they weren't prepared. Circulators do have to leave sometimes. I find too that many students hear...

  5. OR nurses

    ortess1971 replied to sharann's topic in Operating Room

    My OR does what's called a "time out" before the knife is dropped. Granted, some surgeon's are hyper and want to get moving. I've had to hide the scalpel on some of them!:rotfl: Also, in the holding...

  6. I don't want to eat the young!!! Advice, please!!!

    ortess1971 replied to abbi77's topic in Operating Room

    Hi, I'm an ST who is also in my second year of nursing school. I'm wondering, does your OR have a nurse educator or a formal perioperative nurse program? Some places just subscribe to the theory of...