HazelLPN LPN

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    what do you expect from your unit secretary?

    HazelLPN replied to allthingsbright's topic in MICU, SICU

    Our unit clerks (we don't call them secretaries---the guys really hate to be called that) pretty much run the unit. All of them seem to know what you want before you even ask for it. A good one not...
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    Luvox

    HazelLPN posted a topic in Psychiatric

    I am an LPN who works in ICU and I know very little about psych /psych meds. My 29 year old grandson has recently been diagnosed with severe depressed and OCD. This escalated due to a break up with...
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    What does an ICU nurse do exactly?

    HazelLPN replied to MJB's topic in MICU, SICU

    I have worked as an ICU nurse for over 35 years and would never want to do anything else. I started out on a med/surg unit where I worked for over 10 years and often found myself having as many as 13...
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    ECMO

    HazelLPN replied to 3230's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Yes. Our ECMO patients are usually 2:1 care with a nurse responsible for patient care and an ECMO tech who runs the pump. The tech is either an RN, RRT or a perfusionist. The nurse caring for the...
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    Nurses Capes (not caps)

    HazelLPN replied to Ariko's topic in General Nursing

    I still have my nursing cape. I graduated from nursing school back in the 50s and we were required to wear it to the hospital. I still wear my cap, pin, and starched whites to work, but the cape,...
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    Was anyone ever a floor nurse?

    HazelLPN replied to askater11's topic in MICU, SICU

    I worked general med/surg for nearly 8 years before working in ICU. One day I was floated to the ICU and I was terrified! However, the people were so nice to me that I began enjoying my floats more...
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    Why LPN??

    HazelLPN replied to Q.'s topic in General Nursing

    I became an LPN because I wanted to be a nurse who just took care of the patients without ever wanting a desk job or more paper work. I thought that I could always go back to school to be an RN if I...
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    how do you keep a nursing cap on?

    HazelLPN replied to PowerPuffGirl's topic in General Nursing

    Hey now! I still wear mine everyday. I wear my hair in a bun (grandma style) and the bun seems to do most of the work. Then i use 4 large white bobby pins, 2 on each side and two in the back that are...