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  1. Undercover Learning

    ortess1971 replied to walktheline's topic in Operating Room

    Hi, I was a tech for 5 years before becoming an RN. Personally, while I loved my job, I recommend going straight to nursing school. Your best bet is to get an student nurse intern job in an OR if...

  2. Nurses Eat Their Young

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

    :roll I was drinking my coffee when I read this and almost spit it out on the computer screen! The visual is what did it

  3. Are you my waitress today?

    ortess1971 replied to adria37's topic in General Nursing

    :rotfl:

  4. I feel rotton

    ortess1971 replied to hica19's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Many high acuity areas are following the new trend of hiring new grads into their areas. These new grads can do well but only if the unit realizes that they've hired a new grad and are prepared to...

  5. "Med-Surg first"..need advice from a student RN

    ortess1971 replied to StakRN's topic in Operating Room

    Exactly-that is one of the things I love about the OR-I'm not very patient and I tend to think surgically. That is, don't waste time with meds etc for some of these problems-go in and fix them...

  6. Hospital OR to ASC

    ortess1971 replied to ORSmurf's topic in Operating Room

    Wow, those jobs can be hard to come by-around here, you usually have to wait until someone retires to get a job in a surgery center. The upside is no call, holidays and weekends. The downside is the...

  7. How do you develop thick skin?

    ortess1971 replied to IsseyM's topic in Operating Room

    I was discussing this topic with an OR friend of mine and I came to the conclusion that you want thick skin, but not too thick. Meaning, that sometimes, we as OR nurses tolerate treatment that...

  8. Stupid little mistakes....

    ortess1971 replied to RNOTODAY's topic in Operating Room

    My orientation has been going pretty well but sometimes I feel like I'm just being hung out there in the wind because I have previous OR experience. I think they figure because I've been doing well...

  9. Personality Type and Nursing

    ortess1971 replied to Mesomorph's topic in General Nursing

    Hello, fellow ENFP! Not too many of us

  10. wondering if OR nursing is right for me

    ortess1971 replied to pisces_girl18's topic in Operating Room

    Speaking as a person who is quiet also, assertiveness can be learned. It's not always a bad thing to be quiet, I find. I have seen co-workers get into trouble because they were too loud and obnoxious....

  11. Latex-Free Operating Room

    ortess1971 replied to lostfromlatex's topic in Operating Room

    Many hospitals are going the "latex safe" route. We only have latex free gloves(sterile and non-sterile) in my OR. The other day, I saw a visitor get stopped in the main lobby of the hospital. She had...

  12. Advice Please! A cna spread a rumor about me.

    ortess1971 replied to Diahni's topic in General Nursing

    I can see why you were aggravated with this CNA/fellow student..It's obvious that once she becomes a nurse, she's going to be a gossiper. Also, she evidently thinks she is perfect but she'll mess up...

  13. Experienced Nurses Only

    ortess1971 replied to RunningWithScissors's topic in General Nursing

    The idealistic posts don't bother me...because I guess I don't worry what someone with no experience thinks. I'm a new nurse but have been in the healthcare field for about 5-6 years. In school, I saw...

  14. what the heck are medical assistant schools doing !

    ortess1971 replied to lauralassie's topic in General Nursing

    Absolutely! I paid less for my RN(about $14,000 less) than I did for my surgical technology degree(that one cost about $20,000 for 2 years!) In this area, there is a commercial for one of these places...

  15. "Med-Surg first"..need advice from a student RN

    ortess1971 replied to StakRN's topic in Operating Room

    IMHO, I don't think you need med/surg first. The OR is very different than the floors...What I think would be most beneficial is if you could get a job as a student nurse in an OR-that way, they could...

  16. need some advice before I go talk to my teacher?!

    ortess1971 replied to MyEBee's topic in General Nursing

    If the doctor thinks you won't be contagious, why say anything? Granted, you might be putting yourself at some risk(ie splenic rupture if you over do it lifting someone) but sometimes schools are not...

  17. Adn's Who Don't Care

    ortess1971 replied to nursing4me23's topic in General Nursing

    I have been thinking about the BSN only because I have been fascinated lately with the idea of going to law school and becoming a nurse/attorney who could represent fellow nurses in malparactice...

  18. Foley balloon, test or not to test

    ortess1971 replied to mcmike55's topic in Operating Room

    I always test, was taught to test the balloon. Also, sorry for hijacking the thread, but what about the little forceps in the kit? I was taught by my preceptor to always use then when prepping the...

  19. Is it just me, or are nurses pushy?

    ortess1971 replied to firstyearstudent's topic in General Nursing

    Excellent post! I REFUSE to call my patients "customers" for several reasons-by using the word customer, you are reducing the interaction between healthcare provider and patient to a business...

  20. Organ Donation and Homosexuals

    ortess1971 replied to mysticalwaters1's topic in General Nursing

    This makes sense...but I don't see whythe interview is seen to be this important filtering out system of "high risk" people. I also agree with those who feel that gay people(those that take...

  21. How do you develop thick skin?

    ortess1971 replied to IsseyM's topic in Operating Room

    Thankfully, not all are like that..and those that are,I have no problem letting them know that it is NOT acceptable to treat me disrespectfully. It helps if your OR has a manager who will stick up for...

  22. Organ Donation and Homosexuals

    ortess1971 replied to mysticalwaters1's topic in General Nursing

    I was able to donate blood recently, and I have 4 tattoos-they knew about them, and told me that it's only a problem if you've gotten one in the past year. One of the fastest growing groups for HIV...

  23. The Today Show

    ortess1971 replied to bklynborn's topic in General Nursing

    I think the doc's main concern is that she's probably been called a nurse because she's a woman. If nurses were forced to wear those stupid caps, she wouldn't have that problem. Just because someone's...

  24. Is it just me, or are nurses pushy?

    ortess1971 replied to firstyearstudent's topic in General Nursing

    I don't look at it as being "pushy", I call it being persuasive. As a student, I had a patient on the med/surg floor who had mental health issues(paranoid schizophrenia) It came time for her to get...

  25. I wanted to explain what happened to me...

    ortess1971 replied to LoriAlabamaRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not flaming you or this post, but many times, we as nurses can't win. She could have called in sick, and been fired for calling out and leaving the unit short-staffed. This is especially true in a...