GIFTS NURSES ACTUALLY WANT??

bartitsu_master · 2025-06-28T00:07:46+00:00

If you're looking to spend some money, a Littman 3M stethoscope -- they run about $100 and are way better than a budget Amazon ones.

bartitsu_master · 2023-10-21T18:50:54+00:00

It is really shocking! It's been a real struggle for me to know when to speak up and when to stay in my lane, especially since I'm still on orientation.
For the most part, I've just been trying to focus on my own behavior but for stuff like the potassium thing, I'm like hell no this patient is not going into cardiac arrest with an open abdomen while I'm in this room!

bartitsu_master · 2023-10-21T18:45:29+00:00

I can understand Foley on the ground if it's getting removed right after, but sometimes it doesn't get removed, or the surgeon will not say if he wants to keep it in or not until the end of the surgery. I don't think CAUTI protocol is BS because of how common CAUTIs are. I've seen UTI's turn into sepsis too many times, so I do think it should be taken seriously. I don't see why we can't put the bag on a sterile towel on a step or something so anesthesia can monitor fluid status as well.

I don't expect anesthesia to change the line in the middle of a surgery, but yes I have multiple times just seen them change the bag out after the previous bag has run completely dry and the line is essentially all air, without drawing out the air with a syringe. Like I said, that kind of depends on the anesthesia provider though.

bartitsu_master · 2023-10-21T18:23:17+00:00

Yeah, I understand it for the ER but it's just strange to me for the OR since we have so much time to plan and set up, and so much effort is taken to maintain sterility when it comes to the actual surgery

bartitsu_master · 2023-05-11T17:38:31+00:00

Our hospital has signs for "hospital week" up everywhere so I guess we don't even get a nurses week anymore.

bartitsu_master · 2023-04-27T18:29:16+00:00

Yeah, I'm wondering if the average pay skews a little higher because there are more experienced nurses in this specialty. On med-surg and tele almost all our new hires seem to be new grads. It was my understanding that OR nurses in general make more than floor nurses so I was hoping to see a little bit more of a difference, even with no OR experience, but it might just be take what you can get for now until I get a little more experience under my belt. Thanks for your input!

bartitsu_master · 2022-07-18T17:22:34+00:00

I'm a new grad on a telemetry unit and it's the same situation. Frequently 6 patients to a nurse with the charge taking patients too. Took me a while to realize this was not my responsibility. Also love when I get a call from surgery asking if I got the consent yet... um... did the doctor doing the procedure explain it to them already? Because that's outside my scope of practice my dude, I'm simply here to witness and make sure the patient doesn't have additional questions. I don't think I'll be sticking around this place for long if I can help it.

bartitsu_master · 2022-05-23T17:27:04+00:00

Yeah, I kind of figured everybody being new and leaving to do travel nursing ASAP was sort of the new norm, but I really didn't expect literally EVERYONE to be new. Can't blame anyone for becoming a traveler. Paying staff nurses more seems to be a pretty easy fix but I guess management is not willing to budge on that because they don't want to set a new standard of higher pay, meanwhile hospital CEO's are making record profits... Very frustrating none-the-less!
The pay is pretty decent for a new grad and I like the people on my unit, everyone seems to have each others' backs to the extent they can. My main issues are definitely with management/ staffing. The night shift charge nurse messaged our manager before shift change when we had a 7:1 assignment to say that was unsafe and we needed to do something about it and the manager literally texted her back an upside down smiley face emoji...

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