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Liann

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  1. How can you say you're not paid well?

    Liann replied to malusport's topic in Emergency

    I am a med tech in the Blood Bank. When I worked on Thanksgiving, an OR nurse came to pick up blood and told me I could take my time getting it ready because she was on double-triple...

  2. 1950s nursing

    Liann replied to colrainrn's topic in General Nursing

    Prmenrs: The first book in the Anne Perry series about Nurse Hester Latterly (and her detective and lawyer friends) is called Face of a

  3. 1950s nursing

    Liann replied to colrainrn's topic in General Nursing

    Some thoughts I had on reading this thread.... I went to Medical Technology school in 1982...yeah...its ancient history...and we were taught to do hemacytometer grid counts for CBC as well as the...

  4. Nurses and Blood Draws?

    Liann replied to Curious1alwys's topic in General Nursing

    If taking the very best care of the patient is the goal, then someone has to draw the lab tests. I am a laboratorian and I do my very best to work with whatever clotted, hemolyzed, skimpy sample I...

  5. in need of some good reads: nursing fiction

    Liann replied to jolie chatte's topic in General Nursing

    I see The Ciderhouse Rules by John Irving is on the list. It is not strictly about nursing, but is one of my favorite (medically related) books of all time. It really makes you

  6. in need of some good reads: nursing fiction

    Liann replied to jolie chatte's topic in General Nursing

    WOW...that is some list, landonsles! I will have to go through it when I have more time!!!!

  7. PTT & APTT - Differences?

    Liann replied to kate930's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Are the pharmaceutical companies starting to market coumedin in prefilled PEZ dispensors? Must be....I work in the Blood Bank, and it seems as if all we do anymore is thaw mass quantities of FFP. Docs...

  8. in need of some good reads: nursing fiction

    Liann replied to jolie chatte's topic in General Nursing

    I forgot Tess Gerritsen! Awesome stories! I read somewhere that Stephen King himself is her biggest fan......thats a great

  9. in need of some good reads: nursing fiction

    Liann replied to jolie chatte's topic in General Nursing

    I figured someone would say

  10. in need of some good reads: nursing fiction

    Liann replied to jolie chatte's topic in General Nursing

    We Band of Angels was wonderful, but The Healers War by the same author about Vietnam was not as good. It was OK, but had a slant that I did not agree with. Maybe Vietnam is still too touchy a...

  11. What does STAT mean to your Lab?

    Liann replied to sharann's topic in General Nursing

    I think the confusion comes from the definition of STAT. This staus should only be used when a result is dire, as was previously stated. People abuse STAT status to get thing moving quickly for...

  12. MLT? Anyout here?

    Liann replied to SarasLPN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Well, then welcome to the world of the lab! Forewarned is forearmed. Best of luck to you! Dont forget to keep hanging out here at allnurses. This group is the greatest!

  13. MLT? Anyout here?

    Liann replied to SarasLPN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Also... "getting the word out" is a theme of every National Medical Laboratory Week in April. Each year we plan a grand production designed to teach the public and our co workers just what we do....

  14. MLT? Anyout here?

    Liann replied to SarasLPN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    As I said before, I love the job, just hate the conditions we work in. When I was younger and idealistic, I chose the path I did because I loved bio and chem and all the hands on lab work. I did NOT...

  15. MLT? Anyout here?

    Liann replied to SarasLPN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    And another thing I work a lot of weekends and had an OR nurse tell me to "take your time with that blood...I am on double, triple overtime today" Yeah, right. I replied that "we only have ONE speed...

  16. MLT? Anyout here?

    Liann replied to SarasLPN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    These days I work solely in the Blood Bank. I had an experienced nurse from Cardiovascular intensive care come to pick up blood recently...now I have worked with her for years, and she was shocked to...

  17. MLT? Anyout here?

    Liann replied to SarasLPN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Also...dont plan on getting the pay increases, overtime or bonuses nurses get. Our hospital gives periodic market adjustments to nurses, but everyone else gets a wage freeze or else a meager 3...

  18. MLT? Anyout here?

    Liann replied to SarasLPN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I too have been a medical technologist in Blood Bank, Chemistry, Micro and Immunology in the state of PA for over 20 years. There is a big difference in the responsibilities of the BS degree Medical...

  19. Daughter wants to go into Forensic Pathology ...

    Liann replied to RNPATL's topic in Forensic

    Good reading on the topic can be found in any of the books by Thomas Noguchi MD or Cyril Wecht MD, JD, both world famous forensic pathologists. The book MD by Benjamin Kean MD is a great autobiography...

  20. Mercy Hosp. of Pittsburgh

    Liann replied to BadBird's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    I work there too, tho I am not a nurse. There is a lot of pressure to eliminate overtime in our department, too. In addition to Mercy Providence, they also bought up Jeanette Hospital (now called...

  21. considering Sentara Norfolk General Hospital

    Liann replied to bright future's topic in Virginia Nursing

    Norfolk region has mostly nice weather and a lot of recreation and cultural opportunities. The Atlantic coast is great, but be advised that the hurricane season can be

  22. The never-ending blood transfusion...

    Liann replied to IloveSnoopy's topic in General Nursing

    I am a Blood Bank technologist and have crossmatched for lots of GI bleeds, aneurysms, CABG post op, etc...but the worst bit came from the nurse in ICU after a wild night of at least 30 + products...

  23. does anyone get to wear fun scrubs

    Liann replied to S5777's topic in General Nursing

    I dont care for cartoon scrubs unless the job is in peds, but I do like the celestial and animal prints. I recently got a catalog that had scrubs in a denim print...sounds interesting...probably not...

  24. does anyone get to wear fun scrubs

    Liann replied to S5777's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a hospital laboratory and our dress code was recently changed. We used to be able to wear black jeans or khakis and any kind of shirt, but now, jeans are taboo and no t shirts at all....

  25. Why Shouldn't I Tell?

    Liann replied to kmchugh's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Part of that hostile attitude towards folks who crow that they are going on to CRNA school is due to the impression they give that the current nursing situation is only a way station for them. I...