Lahryn04

Lahryn04

Orthopedic Surgery

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About Lahryn04

Lahryn04 specializes in Orthopedic Surgery.


RN- Ortho Floor

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  1. That typically means that you passed! I did the same thing with mine 3 years ago and got the same message. It is supposed to let you schedule another test if you failed! So I say, Congrats!!
  2. I'm a newbie!

    Yep, here in Southern Illinois we have that as well. I love working with ortho patients and now that we have "Joint Camp" it's even better. For the elective surgeries, people come in knowing what to expect which I feel results in better/faster reco...
  3. I'm a newbie!

    You aren't by chance located in Illinois are you?
  4. Things pts say that make you scratch your head.

    I heard this little exchange on CosmoRadio on Sirius/XM not too long ago... Between a random caller (male in his 30's) to Dr. Jenn's "Love & Sex Show. She is a psychotherapist. Here goes a shortened version: John Doe: hi I was calling because I...
  5. Families of patients can be quite cruel!

    Thanks for your reply, but no it's not still bothering me! Sorry for the repost... I had this written and saved on my computer and forgot that I had already posted it! Immediately after I reposted this it took me to my threads and I realized my mista...
  6. I just wanted to share an incident that happened recently at work involving myself and a patients family member. I don't know how you all feel, but personally I'd almost always rather deal with a needy/grouchy/mean/annoying, etc... patient than thei...
  7. Patient's family

    I just wanted to share an incident that happened recently at work involving myself and a patients family member. I don't know how you all feel, but personally I'd almost always rather deal with a needy/grouchy/mean/annoying, etc... patient than thei...
  8. There is a website called http://www.medscape.com for you to go and get free and fairly quick CEUs. Make sure you view presentations with CE or CE/CME next to it. CME alone will not give you the correct credits. At the end there is a short quiz on...
  9. Who are all these people dying in your arms?

    Not going to lie, I kind of agree with you! And I even work on a surgical unit! Granted there are a few occurrences when a code situation happens, we dont technically "save lives" everyday. Also, I'm pretty sure we, as nurses, are supposed to try to...
  10. Water Pitchers

    At my hospital administration has changed the policy for water passes: every patient is supposed to receive an 8oz cup of water with ice q2h no matter what! Well of course we don't for pts that are fluid restricted or npoz but the cnas pass h2o q2 ar...
  11. Patient smokers!!

    WOW! typos galore! Thanks droid for failing to read my mind! Sorry guys... I can't stand to read out myself because of that!
  12. Patient smokers!!

    I was just wondering what you all do when a pt wants to leave the floor to go smoke? I work at a facility that has strict no smoking policies in place for patients who smoke, visitors and staff. There is no smoking on hospital grounds period. I al...
  13. One time I had this young guy (early 20s maybe) admitted to my unit with altered mental status. (dont you just love when you get the ones with this diagnosis??! LOL) Anyway we ran a tox screen and surprisingly it came back all clean! So I go into my...
  14. Random ?

    A bit of sarcasm maybe? I can appreciate what you were doing, seriously. Wasnt trying to be offensive at all. I just remember how frustrating it could be as a student sometimes. Thats why I threw out the answer and tried to explain why to help th...
  15. Random ?

    Just for a but of clarification, choledocolithiasis specifies a gall stone in the bile duct not just a gall stone which would be called cholelithiasis. As for morphine, from my experience docs tend to steer clear of it due to the incteased risk of s...