Libitina

Libitina

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  1. Abbreviations?

    Libitina replied to Libitina's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks guys. Didn't realise you had so many different types of nurses over

  2. Abbreviations?

    Libitina posted a topic in General Nursing

    What do these abbreviations stand for please? I assume RN is Registered Nurse? NP? Nurse Practitioner? CRNA? LVN? LPN? CNA? Thanks in advance

  3. are you tougher on foreign nurses?

    Libitina replied to ItsTheDude's topic in General Nursing

    OP, aren't the vast majority of Americans originally immigrants

  4. You know you're Old School when...

    Libitina replied to snoopy29's topic in General Nursing

    You also work for the NHS and I claim my £5.I wonder how far behind the US the NHS is? 5 years?

  5. You know you're Old School when...

    Libitina replied to snoopy29's topic in General Nursing

    No, that just means you work for the

  6. Do you wear your engagement rings at work?

    Libitina replied to SarahBerah's topic in General Nursing

    I much prefer the nhs rules of bare below the elbow except for a plain wedding band. Much more hygienic

  7. Describe the Ugliest Scrubs You Have Seen!

    Libitina replied to PacoUSA's topic in Nursing Humor

    Lovely (not) NHS pale blue. At least I don't have to launder them

  8. Where have you lost a sponge?

    Libitina replied to sm9796's topic in Operating Room

    As above, in the surgeons assistants glove that was in the rubbish. Bawled him out for that one as he should know

  9. Burned by hot speculum???

    Libitina replied to silverbelle's topic in Operating Room

    Did they use a non insulated one and diathermy? Otherwise, like you said, they would (should?) have

  10. When a child dies - what makes nurses incredible.

    Libitina replied to snoopy29's topic in General Nursing

    You've just made me cry. We're proud of the way you and your team dealt with this traumatic situation. Keep up the good

  11. Co-Worker not smelling so good

    Libitina replied to RelloydRN's topic in General Nursing

    Which cultures don't believe in

  12. You know you're Old School when...

    Libitina replied to snoopy29's topic in General Nursing

    You lot should come work for the NHS. We still have a lot of the things that you miss. Flat sheets, nurses calculating drugs and mixing iv's, no 24hr pharmacy, 18 bed wards, cardex, no...

  13. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    Libitina replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    The dead can't hurt you, only the living

  14. Not a real nurse?

    Libitina replied to nrsman1's topic in Operating Room

    Hi OP, I too am new (well, relatively now) to theatres. I came straight out of training into it and had virtually no theatres experience. I felt like a first year on my first placement. Nearly 6...

  15. Any tips for setting up my table/instruments please?

    Libitina replied to penny77's topic in Operating Room

    I put mine in the order they will be used, ie 'knife, fork, spoon'. Sutures I keep in a small gallipot stood in a receiver with my prep. Then I move the empty packets into the receiver itself. Like...

  16. Does Death Have A Smell?

    Libitina replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    I think it's this. Especially as people are also describing an acetone smell too. eta: Do you have sweets (candy) called 'pear drops' in the

  17. How long does a Cesarean section last?

    Libitina replied to rn4ever?'s topic in Ob/Gyn

    That made me raise my eyebrows too. At my hospital the midwives (over here, delivery is midwife led) don't even scrub, we do (gynae theatre team). The midwife is there just to catch and sort the baby...

  18. PPH and REDHEADS?

    Libitina replied to rtadpole's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I work in gynae theatres as well as doing c-sections. The majority of our surgeons are of the opinion that redheads do bleed more. I must ask them

  19. Prayer as a Nursing Intervention

    Libitina replied to TOYMECH's topic in General Nursing

    People who think that the bible is a reputable source of evidence should look at the biblical errancy website. I don't believe that your nursing governing bodies would expect their members to pray if...

  20. Cna Mad About Write Up Now Making Allegations!

    Libitina replied to dlissa74's topic in General Nursing

    This is bullying and harassment and you should make a formal

  21. c section scrub

    Libitina replied to massbaby's topic in Operating Room

    I learnt by shadowing other staff. As the majority of ours are done under spinal, I felt it better to ease into gradually as I don't think the Mother would be comforted by hearing me say 'I don't know...

  22. alternative solutions for a vaginal prep

    Libitina replied to suzelle's topic in Operating Room

    We use 'Travasept' here in the

  23. Operating Room Nurse: Roles

    Libitina replied to BethCNOR's topic in Operating Room

    And how many years have you been an OR nurse

  24. Why don't employers start lowering wages for nurses?

    Libitina replied to hcer4507's topic in General Nursing

    Why do you have this stance

  25. height requirement for OR nurses?

    Libitina replied to Elise, RN's topic in Operating Room

    I know I'm stereotyping here, but aren't the majority of Philippino's petite