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5 yrs OR, ASU Pre-Op 2 yr. ER

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    Techs and MEDS?????

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to RNOTODAY's topic in Operating Room

    East coast, yes. I mena, it was over things like labeling as to why scrub techs where i work are not allowed to work with any meds
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    Bovie Smoke

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to stevierae's topic in Operating Room

    We use smoke evacs on all cases with a bovie. As one surgeon puts it: "I don't smoke. Cigarettes or burning
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    Is Nursing for me if I don't want to be a bedside RN?

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to sail81's topic in Nursing Career

    :yeahthat:
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    Yeah, that's right, it's my fault.

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to oramar's topic in General Nursing

    Even some administrators aren't rolling in the money. Fiance's cousin works as one (MHA in 2005), he'll pull in about 35,000, working in Lynchburg, Va. He doesn't make much more than i
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    Help needed selecting "Malpractice Ins."

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to DOZER06's topic in General Nursing

    There's malpractice insurance for
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    Techs and MEDS?????

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to RNOTODAY's topic in Operating Room

    All that said, i don't care if it's sterile WATER, EVERYTHING should be labeled! And that really applies to every
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    Techs and MEDS?????

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to RNOTODAY's topic in Operating Room

    Also, Heparin and IV Saline mix (5,000 units of heparin in 500 mls of saline) are sometimes used as a flush/irrgation during vascular procedures, either 20 ml syringes, or 10 ml syringes
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    Techs and MEDS?????

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to RNOTODAY's topic in Operating Room

    Usually the ones in the cups are things like Lidocaine 1% (with or without epi), Marcaine (with or without epi), local anesthetics. They're typically drawn up in a 10 ml syringe, and handed to the...
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    Techs and MEDS?????

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to RNOTODAY's topic in Operating Room

    Sometimes the lymphazurine is drawn straight from the
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    Techs and MEDS?????

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to RNOTODAY's topic in Operating Room

    "Drawing it up" from the cup, into a
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    What is Groshong catheter?

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to 3months's topic in General Nursing

    :yeahthat:
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    need advice from LPN and RN)long)

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to sconoli's topic in LPN to RN

    I went for the LPN first because i could pay tuition out of pocket. And while i'm going back for my RN, i'm getting nursing experience, along with better pay, which is needed for
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    Healthier Living Support Thread: PART TWO!

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to SmilingBluEyes's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I laughed when i saw
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    Having an asthma attack. Feel XXXXXX. Mind if I have a pity-party?

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to 1Tulip's topic in Pulmonary

    Very good way to look at it.
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    Yeah, that's right, it's my fault.

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to oramar's topic in General Nursing

    I used to think this, till i found out how much a few of our surgeons actually
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    Nursing Assistants Responsibilities-I Need Help!!

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to ChattyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Assuming the CNA is not busy in someone else's room at the time for who knows how long, which is why i disagree that telling the pt. to ring the bell is an indirect delegation to the CNA. If the CNA...
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    BSN vs BS Title

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to Aaron-RN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I've never seen where the B.S. title is used, just
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    Nursing Assistants Responsibilities-I Need Help!!

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to ChattyRN's topic in General Nursing

    I am not seeing in this thread where anyone delegated to the CNA, what i've seen is where a pt. was told to ring the bell for the CNA, so she could be helped with the pan. Telling the pt. to ring the...
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    Techs and MEDS?????

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to RNOTODAY's topic in Operating Room

    Where i work, you have to be an LPN or an RN to handle meds. This include pour onto the sterile field, or working with it on the sterile field (even though it's the surgeon administering it). As for...
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    Tiny Rant...

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to Alexsys's topic in General Nursing

    Shoo? What a witch. I probably would have said "Your attitude is probably the majority of the reason i'm here", got a cup of coffee and had a
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    Soooo, you're observing in the Operating Room (O.R.)...

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in Operating Room

    That's why i posted this. NONE of my instructors went over any of this when i was in
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    Bleeding at 14 weeks

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to letina's topic in Ob/Gyn

    She should have been given reasons or explainations why this was occuring, from her
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    OR nurses & students

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to RNin2007's topic in Operating Room

    Quite often people quote a person and/or statement they are replying to. And if that reply contains a bunch of "you" statements, it makes the reply seemed directed at the person
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    Feeling Guilty (calling in sick)

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to RaggedyRN's topic in General Nursing

    I don't see where any of that has anything to do with this thread. If the OP were calling in sick for a piano recital, then your post would have more merit. As it is,
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    Cameras in nursing homes?

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to drwatson's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    In the rooms (w/o knowledge), it's privacy violation,