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  1. Generation wars in your OR?(this is a rant..)

    ortess1971 replied to ortess1971's topic in Operating Room

    LOL, I reread my post from the other night...I was pretty PO'd! There are some awesome experienced nurses and techs that are great to new people so I've been trying to hang with them and try to ignore...

  2. Heart Attack Grill (20/20 ABC show)

    ortess1971 replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in General Nursing

    IMHO, this is a "major issue" in nursing. You cannot tell me that the nursing shortage is not impacted at all by the poor image nursing has. I attended an academically challenging private girls school...

  3. Heart Attack Grill (20/20 ABC show)

    ortess1971 replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in General Nursing

    You know, I don't offend easily and actually at times can have a pretty raunchy sense of humor. But this does bug me somewhat. There are plenty of male patients who think we are there to be eye candy...

  4. New Grad opens a can of "whup "

    ortess1971 replied to ortess1971's topic in Operating Room

    You guys are right. No surgery is minor surgery,IMHO and they all have the potential to go badly. I was proud of myself for standing up to him but it turns out, I'm not one of these people who can...

  5. Worth joining AORN?

    ortess1971 replied to ortess1971's topic in Operating Room

    Thanks everyone for the replies...the jury is still out on whether or not I'll join, for financial reasons, mainly. The free ceu's would be a good

  6. #%@&$ Flu Shot!

    ortess1971 replied to JaneyW's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Last year, I decided that I wasn't going to bother with a flu shot. I ended up with a horrible case of the flu that decided to take up residence in my lungs for a bit. Yes, my arm gets sore and I feel...

  7. Ethics Violation-Would you remain silent or challenge the system?

    ortess1971 replied to MissJanelle904's topic in General Nursing

    Looks like someone cheated on one too many english exams......:icon_roll Try as you might, you are not going to convince most people on here that cheating is OK. Most professors are not tolerant of...

  8. Who votes?

    ortess1971 replied to sanctuary's topic in General Nursing

    After the last presidential elections, I felt that way too..But recently, I got my faith in my vote back. There were primaries for senator in my state some months back. One of the candidates was a...

  9. Ethics Violation-Would you remain silent or challenge the system?

    ortess1971 replied to MissJanelle904's topic in General Nursing

    Look, what it comes down to is these cheaters 1)can't pass a pre-requisite A&P test without cheating so they're either dumb or lazy-2 qualities we don't need in future nurses. 2) They're...

  10. Will somebody PLEASE tell these doctors....

    ortess1971 replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    ARRRGHHH, those freakin' pagers! I swear, I'm gonna flush some surgeons pager down the hopper one

  11. ready to quit school, almost

    ortess1971 replied to catnip's topic in General Nursing

    My school did not count the math tests.You had to pass it with an 85 and you got 3 chances. If you didn't reach the required score, you were done. Care plans were part of clinical and clinical grades...

  12. nurse & dr affair, what should I do?

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

    Agreed, although some people are sensitive to the point where if a differing viewpoint is expressed, feelings get bruised. I had the beginning of my post "edited" because I made a little joke about...

  13. nurse & dr affair, what should I do?

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

    Yeah, I know, why bother being married at all really, if you aren't going to be monogomous. I mean, you don't really even NEED to be married anymore, even to have kids so IMHO, if you do get married,...

  14. So Glad I found this Forum

    ortess1971 replied to RNSuzq1's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I have worked at both kinds of hospitals and like you, I like a smaller atmosphere where workers and patients aren't just a number...If you want a bigger environment later, you can always take a...

  15. career growth in the OR

    ortess1971 replied to kalayaan's topic in Operating Room

    Wow, I bet we OR nurses could take over a small country if we tried!!!! Excellent

  16. nurse & dr affair, what should I do?

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

    Seriously, I would stay out of it as well...Not something I would choose to do but I'm sure someone, somewhere would find something about my life that offends them. None of us are perfect or 100%...

  17. confused: Surgical tech or med-surg

    ortess1971 replied to godsgurl's topic in Nursing Career

    I agree, stay with the LPN..My OR has several LPNs who scrub and later, you could go on to get your RN and be an OR nurse, if that's what you want. I also loved being a surg tech but my program cost...

  18. experienced RN's please chime in!

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

    you're right, the hospital environment is not a very sympathetic one...you will find in any specialty, there are those that will look at illness or injury as something you should be blamed for. my...

  19. Worth joining AORN?

    ortess1971 replied to ortess1971's topic in Operating Room

    You're not the only person I've heard this from...plus, it's not exactly cheap to join either...I'm leaning towards no-it's a shame that most of these organizations still try to pit LPN against RN,...

  20. Afraid of grouchy manager....

    ortess1971 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I have a dilemma...I have been feeling lousy lately, abdominal pain, nausea, etc and my doctor thinks it may be Crohn's disease..I have an upper GI series scheduled for Thursday(he wanted it done...

  21. career growth in the OR

    ortess1971 replied to kalayaan's topic in Operating Room

    Ok, first of all, I know perfectly well the difference between anaphylaxis and prophylaxis. Secondly, no RN diagnoses patients and we do quite a bit of life saving in the OR. OR nursing is what you...

  22. Do you wear some type of support for your legs to prevent leg cramps?

    ortess1971 replied to JNT'smom's topic in General Nursing

    I wear support hose some of the time and I also have compression socks that I got at TJ Maxx for 1.99 a pair!(they were originally 10.00). Both of these things help greatly-I notice a difference when...

  23. The room is open........

    ortess1971 replied to staceyp413's topic in Operating Room

    If there is some delay..someone will "guard" the room although we have taped the doors on occasion. We don't have float people to open rooms, we're too short staffed!! Ideally, we try not to open too...

  24. Skirts in the OR

    ortess1971 replied to MoriahRoseRN's topic in Operating Room

    Most of the dresses Ive seen are slightly above knee level. I had no idea fanny was slang for vulva-that's why its so cool to have nurses from different countries posting

  25. Hypochondriac Nurses

    ortess1971 replied to HillNPStudent's topic in General Nursing

    Ha Ha! So funny-I got the greatest visual from the Sanford and Son