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Good description, I agree. Keep the bread and butter cases give me a good trauma crani. or gunshot wound anytime.I love not knowing what will be coming through the doors next. Life is never boring.

I hope to run into you at Ft Lewis some time in the future for a cup of java. I do hope all is going well with you & your family. Susan & I love it out here in the South Puget Sound area. HOOAH! I'm glad you like the Pacific Northwest.I can'...

I don't know what your views are on the war in Iraq but if you join the Army Nurse Corps deployment at some time is vertualy guaranteed. I was scheduled to deploy in June but had the mission postponed till November. I have personal opinions about Bu...

welcome to the pacific Northwest. Bring a raincoat!

You are welcome. I had forgotten that things can get picked apart in some of my replies made about vague statements and loop-holed posts. Actually, the statements I made were not directed at you or anyone else personally. I was speaking in the genera...

While I agree that some flirting goes on in the OR I hardly think the OR is the only place where that happens. Any time men and women work closely together some flirting happens. But that is not the same as someone using their gender to get ahead. I ...

I have to disagree: It's not disrespectful to refer to a surgeon or anyone else by their first name if that's what they want to be called. There were only 14 surgeons at my last job and we all knew each other pretty well. I feel that it would'v...

I find this issue very doctor dependant. Some doctors insist that we all call them by their first names, others would be offended if we did. Having known some doctors for many years, I am comfortable speaking my mind and they do the same. Nobody g...

We had a similar problem at my hospital (thankfully before I started working there). A pan of instruments that was supposedly sterile was opened and used and apparently the tech and RN didn't notice the indicators hadn't changed. We now have to chart...

The most rediculous thing I have ever seen was a patient who lost a .....sex toy up his rectum. But that was not the funny part, his partner decided to try to get it out with salad tongs the kind with a hinge in the middle. The hinge got caught on th...

Wow, so much to answer! I am reserves, Army Nurse Corps. I am a newly comissioned 2LT. 915 th FST Vancouver WA. My commander is cool and will help however he can but lets face it he has no controll over conditions wherever we may end up deployed or w...

Does U of P have a RN to BSN online program or is it all classroom?

Hi everyone, I am glad to se an Oregon section in this forum. I'm in the Eastern end of the Gorge but work in Portland.

Just wanted to say i love your quotes!:)

I would be interested in your results. I am working on my BSN and am concerned about how deployment will affect my ability to complete my work in a timely manner.I know many forward units have poor internet connections and time is limited. Don't get ...

Nurses scrub at my hospital also. In fact we don't hire nurses who can't scrub. I have worked at hospitals where the administration has convinced themselves that they save money by hiring techs to scrub but I think it is a mistake. Happy Thanksgivin...

I have worked with urologists who do hernia repairs. Go with the general surgeon!

I don't know what the clinical situation was but I believe some responsibility must lie with either your preceptor or your nursing instructor. If you made a critical error then something went wrong somewhere. I am not saying that you should not be he...

As an RN who spent several years as a scrub I can say I have had the exact same experience. I recently started a new job and I realize that people don't know my abilities yet but I am an RN with lots of experience and deserve at least a minimum of re...

I am new to this forum and fairly new to the military. Comissioned as 2LT USAR in January 05. Many years in the Operating room. Current assignment in military FST OIC. I love my experience so far in the Army and am glad to have the opportunity to ...

I agree,you shouldn't have work on med surg if you know you don't want to. I knew from the day I graduated that floor nursing wasn't for me. God Bless the nurses who like it. But if I would have had to put in a year on med surg first I might not stil...